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Television dramatisation of the second of Ruth Park’s novels covering the trials and tribulations of the poor Irish-Australian Darcy family of number 12 1/2 Plymouth Street in Surrey Hills - a Sydney slum. In this series it is the 1950s and all the Darcy children have grown up yet they still have to face the problems of their working class background.
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ACMI Identifier
324680
Language
English
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty - Australia
History → Australia - History - 1945-1965
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Television → Television series
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)