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- form y The Irishman ( dir. Donald Crombie ) Adelaide : Forest Home Films , 1978 Z1312357 1978 single work film/TV Adapted from the novel of the same name by Elizabeth O'Connor, The Irishman is set in North Queensland in the 1920s and tells the story of a family experiencing events that they cannot control. Paddy Doolan is a proud Irish-Australian teamster who refuses to give into the threat of motorised transport. At opposite ends are his two sons: Will, who opposes his father, and Michael, who vows to support his father to the end.
Notes
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Dedication: To my husband and to my father.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording, large print.
Works about this Work
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Period Features, Heritage Cinema : Region, Gender and Race in The Irishman
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 31-42) 'The Irishman (Crombie 1978) has long been regarded as typical of the Australian period film genre of the late 1970s, which is said to collectively exhibit the Australian Film Commission's influences on national culture. In this article, The Irishman is seen as a 'heritage' film for the way locations and authentic sets and decor are featured, and for the nostalgic performances of gender and race. Regional influences on the genesis and production of The Irishman in North Queensland are also considered, and its adaptation from the novel, The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia (Elizabeth O'Conner 1960). Heritage, it is argued, can be seen as a cinematic mode in which regional and national elements of production are synthesized. Heritage also offers a framework through which to view other Australian period films, including Australia (Luhrmann 2008), which was also shot partly in North Queensland locations.' (Author's abstract) -
Untitled
2007
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2007; (p. 2) -
Gender and Race Relations in Elizabeth O'Conner's Northern Homesteads
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 20-31) This article examines Elizabeth O'Conner's seven books, published between 1958 and 1980, as works which functioned ideologically to implement a desire in post-World War II Australia to reformulate and reaffirm the conservative values of the frontier era. Used as exemplifications of national discourses in their era, O'Conner's books focus on representations of the homestead and reveal a number of common parameters, such as hierarchical middle-class structures, concentration on the solidity of marriage and on feminised, domesticated spaces contextualised within an outdoor masculine world of work, and an assumption of Aboriginal inferiority. Thus homesteads in these popular books serve as sites for preserving class and racial distinctions. -
Untitled
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21 - 22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel -
Fiction Chronicle
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 20 no. 4 1961; (p. 474-491)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel ; The Driven 1961 single work novel
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Untitled
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 19 November 1960; (p. 4)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel -
Untitled
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21 - 22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel -
Walkabout Novels
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 November vol. 81 no. 4215 1960; (p. 58)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel -
Untitled
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Salient , vol. 2 no. 1 1961; (p. 21-22)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel -
Fiction Chronicle
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , December vol. 20 no. 4 1961; (p. 474-491)
— Review of The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia 1960 single work novel ; The Driven 1961 single work novel -
Gender and Race Relations in Elizabeth O'Conner's Northern Homesteads
2003
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 21 no. 1 2003; (p. 20-31) This article examines Elizabeth O'Conner's seven books, published between 1958 and 1980, as works which functioned ideologically to implement a desire in post-World War II Australia to reformulate and reaffirm the conservative values of the frontier era. Used as exemplifications of national discourses in their era, O'Conner's books focus on representations of the homestead and reveal a number of common parameters, such as hierarchical middle-class structures, concentration on the solidity of marriage and on feminised, domesticated spaces contextualised within an outdoor masculine world of work, and an assumption of Aboriginal inferiority. Thus homesteads in these popular books serve as sites for preserving class and racial distinctions. -
Untitled
2007
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 June - 1 July 2007; (p. 2) -
Period Features, Heritage Cinema : Region, Gender and Race in The Irishman
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 6 April vol. 5 no. 1 2011; (p. 31-42) 'The Irishman (Crombie 1978) has long been regarded as typical of the Australian period film genre of the late 1970s, which is said to collectively exhibit the Australian Film Commission's influences on national culture. In this article, The Irishman is seen as a 'heritage' film for the way locations and authentic sets and decor are featured, and for the nostalgic performances of gender and race. Regional influences on the genesis and production of The Irishman in North Queensland are also considered, and its adaptation from the novel, The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia (Elizabeth O'Conner 1960). Heritage, it is argued, can be seen as a cinematic mode in which regional and national elements of production are synthesized. Heritage also offers a framework through which to view other Australian period films, including Australia (Luhrmann 2008), which was also shot partly in North Queensland locations.' (Author's abstract)
Awards
- 1960 winner Miles Franklin Literary Award
Last amended 29 Jun 2007 11:38:24
Subjects:
- Gulf of Carpentaria area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
- Northern Territory,
Settings:
- 1920s
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