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Adaptations
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form
y
The Shiralee
( dir. Leslie Norman
)
United Kingdom (UK)
:
Ealing Studios
,
1957
7214135
1957
single work
film/TV
'Tale of the wanderings of a Sydney husband who takes to the road with five-year-old daughter after finding his neglected wife living with another man.'
Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50475). (Sighted: 7/4/2014)
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form
y
The Shiralee
( dir. George Ogilvie
)
South Australia
:
South Australian Film Corporation
,
1988
Z1829182
1988
series - publisher
film/TV
This 1988 mini-series is based on the novel by D'Arcy Niland, and follows the successful 1957 feature film adaptation, starring Peter Finch (made by Ealing Studios, but filmed in Australia).
The narrative follows Macauley, who tramps through outback Australia looking for work. At first, he's content to leave his daughter Buster with her mother in the city, but when he discovers his wife's infidelity, he takes Buster with him (as the 'shiralee' or 'burden' of the title). As the taciturn Macauley tries to bend Buster to his ways, Buster slowly softens her father's often brutal nature.
Moran notes, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, 'the series was the hit of 1989. It had excellent ratings of 38 nationally and peaked in Adelaide at 45. On BBC2 it had an audience of fourteen million over two nights.'
Notes
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Dedication: This book is for my Mother / Barbara Lucy Niland
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Epigraph: Comprises of an extract from a poem 'The Ballad of the Shiralee', by Ruth Park.
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In addition to the translations listed herein, Index Translationum (on-line edition) includes a record for a Turkish translation, Sirali (Moscow; AST-Press, 1993). However this may be an erroneous record and is therefore not listed below.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
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1955
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