Where dead men lie

Australia, 1972

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

A dramatisation based on a Henry Lawson story “The Australian Cinematograph”, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death. This film was shot using the directions written by Lawson in 1896 in the days when cinema was no more than a curiosity. The story is about the fate of a drover who has driven a mob of cattle hundreds of miles across the vast dry plains of north-west Australia to their destination. Luck is against him and he doesn’t make it through the drought stricken countryside. His remains are found by a search party one of whom is chosen to take the sad news home to the drover’s wife and family.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Keith Gow

producer

Gil Brealey

production company

Australian Commonwealth Film Unit

writer

Henry Lawson

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1972

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/75163--where-dead-men-lie/ |title=Where dead men lie |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=29 March 2024 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}