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Based on the novel by G.M. Glaskin, this multi-award winning adventure is about two young children who, after their mother dies, decide to run-away to England to stay with their only surviving relatives to avoid being put in separate orphanages. The first stage of the journey involves walking 107 kilometres from an inland West Australian wheat belt town to perth. They are befriended by a young aboriginal man and his family, survive a bush-fire, eat off the land and eventually reach Perth to media and public acclaim.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
305490
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Food
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia
Childrens Films → Children 12+
Childrens Films → Children's films - Australia
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)