The Shiralee (1988)

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IMDb

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/481/

Trakt

38

/6/

TMDb

68

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Network: Seven Network

Episode Runtime: 93 min.

Season Runtime: 188 min.

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

The Shiralee (1988)

Miniseries (June 26, 1988, midnight)

Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter after his drunken play-girl wife in Adelaide makes him face up to what she believes are his responsibilities, neither he nor his daughter are ready for each other. But in the beginning he's all she's got, and at the end, she's all he's got.

Genres: Drama, Family

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The Shiralee (1988)

Miniseries (June 26, 1988, midnight)

Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter after his drunken play-girl wife in Adelaide makes him face up to what she believes are his responsibilities, neither he nor his daughter are ready for each other. But in the beginning he's all she's got, and at the end, she's all he's got.

Genres: Drama, Family

Keywords: tmdb.australia, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.shiralee, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.father-daughter-relationship, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series + 65 more, imdb.swagman, imdb.pichi-richi-pass, imdb.pichi-richi-railway, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.frustration, imdb.impatience, imdb.caterpillar, imdb.campfire, imdb.sleeping-outside, imdb.braided-hair, imdb.stuffed-animal, imdb.tryst, imdb.tramp, imdb.outback-town, imdb.ocker, imdb.laborer, imdb.1940s, imdb.1950s, imdb.1930s, imdb.boxer, imdb.boxing, imdb.hit-by-a-car, imdb.cereal, imdb.single-parent, imdb.single-father, imdb.pajamas, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.cornflakes, imdb.girl, imdb.saga, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.train, imdb.spanking, imdb.little-girl, imdb.hospital, imdb.car-accident, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.shiralee, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.trek, imdb.town, imdb.thief, imdb.south-australia, imdb.small-town, imdb.outback, imdb.journey, imdb.drifter, imdb.australia, imdb.the-outback-australia, imdb.family-feud, imdb.drift, imdb.drifting, imdb.country, imdb.countryside, imdb.country-town, imdb.country-life, imdb.country-home, imdb.country-girl, imdb.country-boy, imdb.burden, imdb.bundle, imdb.affair, imdb.remake, imdb.based-on-novel

Network: Seven Network

Country: Australia
Languages: English

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Trakt

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TMDb

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Bryan Brown
Macauley

Rebecca Smart
Buster

Noni Hazlehurst
Lily

Ray Meagher
Polkadot

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Lorna Lesley

Ned Manning

Madeleine Blackwell

June 26, 1988, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - Episode 1

After falling from a train in a small town in the Australian outback, Mac, a strong-willed young man, meets Lily, the daughter of the local butcher and decides to stay. A mean trick played by a rival suitor leads to Mac being bundled out of town. On returning six years later, he finds that Lily has married his old friend Jim Muldoon. His own marriage to showgirl Marge has failed and left him with nothing but his stubborn and wilful daughter Buster... his Shiralee.

June 27, 1988, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - Episode 2

Mac has returned to Eucla with Buster, looking for a job from Thaddeus, only to find his old boss gravely ill and Lily running the family business. Although strongly attracted to each other, Mac's independence in refusing to work for a woman leads him to take to the road again. He resumes his career as a prize fighter, but leaves after an argument with Beauty. Swallowing his pride he asks Lily for a job, but weeks on the road have taken their toll on Buster

Network: Seven Network

Episode Runtime: 93 min.

Season Runtime: 188 min.

Released: June 25, 1988

Last Air Date: June 27, 1988, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

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