1 9 8 5 (Australia)
10 x 25 minute episodes
This 10-part historical drama – based on Margaret Paice’s Depression-era books Colour in the Creek and A Shadow of Wings – captured the highs and lows of life on the Australian goldfields in the early 1930s.
Driven by desperation and hope for a better life, the Fletcher family pack their worldly belongings into the back of a Model T Ford and head to the outback in search of work, food and shelter.
On the road, patriarch John Fletcher (Dennis Miller) lends his hand to anything that can provide a meal for his family, from fixing farm equipment to building fences.
Learning of a gold strike nearby, he and his wife Ellen (Judy Morris) lead their three children into the dusty unknown of the Coorumbong Creek region to try their luck.
When 12-year-old son Alec (Ken Talbot) and his friend discover a nugget of gold in a nearby stream, it will change the family’s fortune forever.
John Fletcher
Dennis Miller
Ellen Fletcher
Judy Morris
Alec Fletcher
Ken Talbot
Biddy Fletcher
Pascale Moray
Jonno Fletcher
Hugh Simpson
Barney
Philip Quast
Clarrie
Ray Meagher
Ethel
Lorna Lesley
Ada Coney
Su Cruickshank
Ron Royals
Robert Hensley
Pa Coney
Brian Anderson
Flo
Caz Adams
Jenny
Lucy Charles
Robbie
Travis Latter
Jamie
Ty Hill
Snow
Christopher Wood
Megan
Bindi Angel
Joe Ellis
Edward Howell
Mrs Anderson
Margo Lee
Ekman
Alfred Bell
Jack
John Stone
Wally
Paul Blackwell
Bluey
John Black
Mr Blake
Lester Morris
Episodes
The Great Depression | All the Family’s Money Has Gone Missing | Alec Enjoys the Flight of a Lifetime | The Fletcher Family Set Up Camp in Coorumbong Creek | Hypnotised | Return to Coorumbong Creek | Gold Fever | Code of Silence | Old Joe Is Elected Mayor | The Golden Cairn