Sara Dane

Based on the best selling novel by Catherine Gaskin, “Sara Dane” portrays the rags to riches story of a young servant girl transported to New South Wales for a crime she did not commit. Rated: PG

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 As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions.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

producer

Jock Blair

production company

South Australian Film Corporation

Duration

04:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300297

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

History → Australia - History

History → Convicts - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

People → Gaskin, Catherine, 1929-

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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/79355--sara-dane/ |title=Sara Dane |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=8 December 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1981

Please note