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Works explorer

On the Line

Australia, 1985
film

It’s a harsh, lonely life for the men, mostly European migrants, who work maintaining the railway around Redmont in north-west Western Australia. Labour..

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Journey of a Nation

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Women of the iron frontier

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Capricorn charter

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Railways at work

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On the Line

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Golf in Australia

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Run nickel run: the making of a movie

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On the Line

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The Back of Beyond

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Snowy river - a new wave?

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