Look luv, you're in for a few shocks!

Australia, 1970

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Two years prior to the making of this documentary film, the Gordon family migrated from Great Britain to Australia. In the film titled “If we don’t go, we’ll never know, will we?” (Title Code 503633), the ABC’s “Chequerboard” series looked at the family before they migrated and at their arrival and settline-in period in Australia. In this film, we now take a look at the family after nearly two years in the country. Do theyknow now? Has their dream of Australia been realised? In fact, did they make the right decision? The film tries to find the answers. Reported by Richard Oxenburgh.

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Credits

producer/director

Russell Toose

production company

ABC

Duration

00:44:45:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1970

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

503634

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Emigration and immigration

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

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

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

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Great Britain - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social sciences

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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