Country Kids

Australia, 1987

TV show
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Episode of Series “PGR Series”.
Colin talks to mothers about their reactions to living in small isolated communities such as those serviced by the Australian national train “The Tea and Sugar”. Paula talks to a representative of RICE and local women about the benefits of the Community Service van, which travels with the train. PGR also looks at life on an isolated sheep station, and we listen to the stories of some of the women to arrive in

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Credits

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Appears in

PGR Series

Group of items

PGR Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017651

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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