Episode of Series “Australian story (Television program)”.
From the ABC television series “Australian Story” comes this compilation of five moving portraits of five very different Australians. Common to all five though is that they are battlers in their own way, overcoming adversity and hardship to live life as best they can. “The Big ‘A’” is about former Prime Minister’s wife Hazel Hawke speaking about her struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. “A Man for all seasons” is the story of revered rugby coach Wayne Bennett. “Boots and all” is about the discovery of a wonderful opera singer in a local shoe-repair shop - Peter Brocklehurst. “About a boy” is the story of young cricket enthusiast Dan Halloran, who grew up with his mother having a mental illness. “On the mountain top” is about Victoria Friend and her survival of a plane crash in remote country Australia.
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ACMI Identifier
318971
Languages
English
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australians
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → National characteristics, Australian
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aircraft accidents
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → National characteristics, Australian
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children and adults
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alzheimer's disease
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Burns and scalds
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hawke, Hazel, 1929-
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mental illness
History → Prime Ministers' spouses - Australia
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Coaching
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Rugby football
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Rugby football players - Biography
Music & Performing Arts → Opera singers
People → Prime Ministers' spouses - Australia
People → Rugby football players - Biography
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Television → Television series → Television series - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)