Stills Gallery

Episode 1 | 2008 : Laura

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  Laura and Soriya in the dinghy
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  Laura's family enjoying a barbecue
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  Aunty Bev with Laura
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  Aunty Bev and Laura
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  Laura and Soriya finding themselves adrift
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  Michaelis holding the urn
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  Laura and Soriya bailing water
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  Laura at school
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  Laura under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Laura
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  Carmel
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  Laura and Soriya
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  Aunty Bev
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  Michaelis

The apology

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  Families listening to the apology
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  Aunty Bev and her family listening to the apology
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  Aunty Bev holding Laura as they listen to the Prime Minister
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  Families and friends listening to the apology
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  Families listening

Episode 2 | 1998 : Mohammed

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  The girls' team
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  The bowler considering his next move
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  The bails
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  Emma, Mohammed's mother
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  Mrs Benson
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  Mohammed with his sisters
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  Mohammed
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  Danielle

Ramadan

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  Mohammed's family standing outside their house
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  Mrs Benson standing on her doorstep

Discrimination

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  Mohammed and Danielle
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  How's that!

The ball of the century

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  Mohammed bowling a spinner
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  Mohammed taking a wicket
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  Bowling a leg break
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  Mohammed batting
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  Mohammed and Danielle discussing tactics

Episode 3 | 1988 : Lily

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  Lily and Phoung trying on clothes
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  Lily performing on the balance beam
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  Lily
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  Lily under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Phoung

First day

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  Lily and Phoung
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  The girls walking to school
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  Lily and Phoung giving a talk to the class
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  Lily and Mrs Benson stepping out in opposite directions

Food and chores

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  Lily and Phoung making rice-paper rolls
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  Lily watching Archibald the white mouse
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  Phoung teaching Lily how to make rice-paper rolls
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  Lily and Mrs Benson

The Bicentenary

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  Lily in class
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  Lily and Phoung with their friends Anisha and Fatima
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  Phoung and Lily examining their worksheets
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  Lily and Phoung with their school friends

Episode 4 | 1978 : Mike

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  Mike and Ben
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  The Tippy carries a box of car parts.
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  Mike in his bed with the black cat
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  Mike and the Tippy at the yard
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  Mike arriving at the Tippy's yard
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  Mike and his cat
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  Nina, Sofia's friend
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  Mike swinging under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Ben's brother working under the bonnet
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  Mike
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  The Tippy

Performance cars

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  The Tippy's car yard
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  The Tippy showing the car part to Mike
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  Mike and Ben
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  The Tippy showing Mike the car

The card collection

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  Mike and Nina looking at the card collection
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  In the kitchen

The 'Tippy'

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  Mike watching the happenings in the Tippy's yard
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  Mike and the Tippy
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  Mike and the Tippy working on the car
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  Mike asking the Tippy for help

Episode 5 | 1968 : Sofia

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  Sofia in her bedroom
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  Sofia putting on lipstick
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  Sofia and Mareka at school
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  Michaelis leaving for Vietnam
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  Michaelis wearing a jacket
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  Sofia under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Sofia
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  Sofia and Michaelis

Speaking the language

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  Janice meeting Michaelis's family
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  Janice giving Sofia a bird
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  Sofia and Mareka under the Moreton Bay fig tree.
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  Sofia siting between Janice and Michaelis

Conscription

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  Michaelis having a hair cut
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  Sofia and Michaelis walking home
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  Sofia sitting on the steps

The goodbye

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  Michaelis saying goodbye to his family
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  Michaelis wearing a peace sign on his hat
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  Michaelis saying goodbye to Sofia
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  The taxi taking Michaelis away
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  Sofia and Janice

Episode 6 | 1958 : Michaelis

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  Christos watching Michaelis from over the fence
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  Michaelis being bullied by the McCormack boys
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  The McCormack boys paying back Michaelis
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  Janice
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  Janice standing
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  Michaelis and Christos
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  Michaelis
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  Michaelis under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Michaelis's father with his portable LP player
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  Michaelis with his mother and father
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  Gil and Tom McCormack
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  Mrs McCormack wearing her hat and gloves
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  Mrs Benson on the balcony
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  Michaelis and Janice

Greek school

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  Michaelis watching television
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  The boys playing pinball
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  Christos, Michaelis's friend
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  Janice at the milk bar

A Greek garden

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  Michaelis and his father in their garden
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  Michaelis and his father in the garden
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  Michaelis pushing the wheelbarrow
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  A lucky horseshoe for Michaelis

The christening

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  Sitting on a packing case outside Michaelis's house
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  Celebrating Sofia's christening
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  Baby Sofia in her mother's arms
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  Michaelis's father and his friends
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  Janice visiting Michaelis

Episode 7 | 1948 : Jen

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  Wal playing with the Indian clubs
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  Wal saving the day
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  Jen shopping at the corner store
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  Mr O'Sullivan's store
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  Jen enjoying a picnic with her mother and Wal
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  Jen enjoying tea, sandwiches and cake
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  Wal
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  Jen holding her string bag
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  Swinging in the tree
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  Jen
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  Jen with her mother, Kath
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  Jen with her friends, Jan and Margey
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  Kath talking to Wal
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  Mr O'Sullivan
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  Miss Minna Miller

The pictures

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  Jen with her friends in the picture theatre
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  Jen and her friends admiring the movie poster
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  Jen, Jan and Margey standing in the foyer
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  The demolition notice

Holdens

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  Wal opening the door of his Holden for Jen's mother
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  Wal and Kath in the Holden
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  Wal and Jen's mother leaving the cinema
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  Jen, her mother and Wal

Courting

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  Jen hiding in the old house
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  Jen and her friends walking past Wal's Holden
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  Jen talking with Miss Miller

Episode 8 | 1938 : Colum

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  On the billycart
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  Colum and Thommo at the top of the hill
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  Off they go!
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  The boys pretending to fly a plane
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  The boys sitting on Colum's bed
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  The horse and cart
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  Getting out the tea chests
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  Thommo and Colum giving the alert
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  Colum
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  Colum, the aviator
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  William Thompson (Thommo)
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  Colum with his family
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  Colum's Pa
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  Bridie
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  Kath
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  Miss Miller
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  Mr O'Sullivan sitting outside his shop
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  PC Maroney, the policeman

The dole inspector

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  The dole inspector
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  Beating the rug
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  Removing the chickens in the billycart
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  Playing cards in the backyard
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  The dole inspector challenging the family
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  Miss Miller helping to hide the chickens

The Shadow

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  The radio
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  Colum and Thommo reading The Shadow
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  Listening to the radio
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  Colum and Thommo listening to Miss Miller's radio

Punting

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  Listening to the race
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  Colum and Thommo picking up newspapers to deliver
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  Outside the house
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  Colum and Thommo with Mr O'Sullivan

Episode 9 | 1928 : Bridie

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  Bridie pushing baby Colum in the pram
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  The girls going swimming
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  Bridie holding baby Colum
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  Lorna, Bridie and Kath
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  A statue of Mary in the Sheahan's kitchen
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  The meat safe
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  Bridie Sheahan
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  Kath Sheahan
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  Kath and Bridie walking in Lorna's funeral procession
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  Lorna
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  Bridie's father and mother
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  Mr Sheahan, Bridie's father
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  Kath, Bridie's mother
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  Declan, Bridie's brother
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  Pa, Declan and Mr Thompson
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  The priest
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  Sid after driving the horse-drawn hearse

The Funeral

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  Kath washing the dishes
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  The family prepares breakfast
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  The family eating breakfast in the kitchen
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  The Sheahan's kitchen

Children's chores

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  Kath washing the dishes
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  The family prepares breakfast
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  The family eating breakfast in the kitchen
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  The Sheahan's kitchen

Episode 10 | 1918 : Bertie

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  Bertie and Laurie
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  Freddie Miller and Eddie Forsyth
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  Sid showing Bertie and Laurie the cricket bat
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  The magic show
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  Bertie and his mother Rose
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  Sid and Bertie talking with Mr Watson
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  The horse and dray
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  Bertie on the steps of the house
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  The telegram boy waiting for Sid and Laurie
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  Bertie carrying a bag of coal
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  Bertie delivering notices about the magic show
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  Bertie
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  Sid
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  Sid in his uniform
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  Nurse Evelyn
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  Laurie
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  The telegram boy
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  Mr Watson
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  Miss Minna Miller

On 'tick'

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  Edna holding her white rabbit
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  Bertie in Mr Watson's shop
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  The magic book
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  Bertie talking with Sid and Mr Bracey

Impact of war

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  Running to the telegram boy's whistle
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  Evelyn telling Bertie the news of Freddie Miller's death
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  Bertie taking the news badly
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  Bertie and Sid talking to Mr Watson in his shop

Armistice

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  Celebrating Armistice
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  Eddie
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  Bertie celebrating
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  Miss Miller and Evelyn remembering the fallen

Episode 11 | 1908 : Evelyn

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  Freddie and Evelyn asking Miss Müller for help
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  Evelyn, Eddie and Freddie inspecting the 'No 5' assortment box
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  The children taking cover as the fireworks explode
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  Evelyn and Freddie
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  Evelyn's bed
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  The dining room
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  Evelyn, Eddie and Freddie running past the house
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  Evelyn standing
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  Evelyn
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  Eddie
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  Freddie
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  Vernon Forsyth, Evelyn's father
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  Tom Müller
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  Mr Wong works in his shop.
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  Rose Forsyth, Evelyn's mother

Games from India

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  Evelyn playing in the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Freddie pretending to be a tiger
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  Miss Minna Müller
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  Evelyn and Freddie taking the fireworks

Mr Wong's Emporium

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  Evelyn holding pennies and halfpennies
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  Buying Mr Wong's 'No 5' assortment box
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  Evelyn, Freddie and Eddie with Mr Wong's shop sign
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  Freddie, Eddie and Evelyn making their fireworks

Chores and punishment

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  Evelyn polishing the table
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  Evelyn's mother, Rose, setting the table
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  The clock
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  Miss Müller making amends

Cracker night

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  The family opening their box of fireworks
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  The effigy of Guy Fawkes
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  The family enjoying cracker night
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  Miss Müller

Episode 12 | 1898 : Rowley

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  Rowley chasing after the coach
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  Rowley's father arriving home
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  Rowley playing cricket
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  Riley and Tom Müller with Mr Merry
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  Elsie considering the situation
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  Rowley Gartner
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  Rowley
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  Miss Singer, the washerwoman
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  Rowley's mother and father, Russell and Elsie
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  Bill Bayliss, the brickwork's manager
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  Jono Bayliss with a new cricket bat

1,000 good deeds

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  The horse and dray
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  Private school students practising their marching
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  Rowley collecting manure
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  Rowley carrying the box to the cart
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  Mr Wong and Rowley

Early photography

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  Mr Merry
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  Rowley at the brickworks
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  Rowley with his mother
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  Elsie Gartner, Rowley's mother

Workers' rights

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  Miss Minna Müller

Founding the ALP

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  Rowley asking for a job for his father
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  Mr Merry and Rowley talking together
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  Rowley and his mother discussing the situation
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  The brickworkers

Episode 13 | 1888 : Victoria

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  Victoria, Wesley and May with their treasures
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  Victoria and May talking in bed
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  Developing a plan
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  Alexandra Owen with the marble
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  Wesley taking aim with his slingshot
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  Victoria, Wesley and May feeding the cockatoo
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  Victoria and Wesley collecting eggs in the chicken coop
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  The children's bedroom
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  The kitchen
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  The wood stove with its large black iron kettle.
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  Victoria sitting under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  Wesley, in a skin cape, under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  May
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  Victoria's father
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  Victoria's mother
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  Miss Minna Müller
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  Finding a nook in the Moreton Bay fig tree

Children's games

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  Playing Blind Man's Bluff under the Moreton Bay fig tree
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  A girl appears
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  A precious find!
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  Alexandra Owen riding her horse

Victoria's family supper

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  Victoria
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  Victoria's mother
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  Victoria talking to her father
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  Victoria with her brother and sister

The horse and carriage

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  The coach
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  The Müller's Horse and Carriage Company
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  A horse and buggy
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  Miss Müller speaking with the Irish tradesman

Treasured objects

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  The children collecting the objects
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  May tossing the china egg in the air
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  Victoria contemplating where to hide the treasures
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  The children burying their treasures

Episode 14 | 1878 : Henry

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  Franklin and Henry
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  Henry and Franklin with Mrs Wong

Henry's life

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  Henry
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  Henry in the workshop
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  Mei-Lin Wong, Henry and Franklin

The dough machine

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  Franklin and Henry with their clothes-scrubbing machine
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  Henry and Stanley
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  Stanley the baker's son

The penny-farthing

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  Henry at work
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  Mei-Lin Wong, Henry and Franklin on the road
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  The penny-farthing

The Chinese dragon

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  The Chinese dragon
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  The lanterns
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  The Wongs prepare for the celebrations

Episode 15 | 1868 : Minna

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  Toby, Adelaide, Minna and Leo with the golem
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  Adelaide and Minna with the golem

The legend of Bloody Mary

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  Toby, Adelaide and Minna
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  Minna Muller up the tree
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  The Owen boys with Adelaide and Minna

The Chinese house

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  Leck Wong, Minna Muller and Adelaide Owen
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  Minna Muller and Adelaide Owen

Night projection

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  Night projection
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  Setting up the projector
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  The Owen boys flee the tent

Making amends

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  Adelaide and Minna
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  Minna Muller
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  The confrontation

Episode 16 | 1858 : Ben

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  Ben and Leck with Maryann
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  Ben, Beth and Amy
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  Beth and Amy
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  Leck Wong fishing

Eggs for tuppence

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  Ben and his family around the table
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  Ben attempts to sell his eggs
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  Leck Wong selling eggs

Working together

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  Ben and Leck carting the turkey
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  Ben and Scratch the cat
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  The clock in front of a green screen

Episode 17 | 1848 : Johanna

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  Johanna by the tree
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  Johanna
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  John Owen, Edgar and Christabel
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  Johanna, Edgar and Christabel

Torment

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  Bank's maid and Johanna
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  Johanna by the portraits
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  Johanna with the vegetable cart

Loves me, loves me not

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  Johanna and Granny Sarah
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  Johanna in bed

My father's house

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  Johanna
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  John Owen and Johanna
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  Johanna by the house

Episode 18 | 1838 : Davey

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  Davey and George inspect Duchess
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  Davey with Duchess the horse

Horsewhipping

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  Davey and George
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  John Owen, Mr Owen and Davey
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  Mr Owen, George and Davey in the stable

The bushranger

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  Davey and his horse take shelter

The shooting

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  Davey on the road

Episode 19 | 1828 : Alice

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  Alice with Wilhelmina the piglet
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  Alice with Benny the piglet
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  George and Alice with the piglets
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  The town looks on as the pigs race

This little piggy

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  Alice and Wilhelmina the piglet
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  George and Alice with the piglets Benny and Wilhelmina
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  The quarry

The bets

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  Alice and Wilhelmina at the dock
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  Old Freddie and Alice by the fire
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  Old Freddie, Alice and Maryann

Pig forgery

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  Alice and Old Freddie disguise Wilhelmina
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  Old Freddie and Alice

Episode 20 | 1818 : Charles

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  Charles punches his brother John
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  Mr Owen with his sons, John and Charles
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  Charles ready to strike his brother John
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  Sarah and Charles Owen

Fencing

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  Charles on the fence
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  Mr Owen, Sam, Charles and John
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  The young John Owen

The convict

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  Charles
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  Liam and Charles sitting on the fence

Being a lady

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  Liam and Charles

Episode 21 | 1808 : Sarah

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  Sarah and Alice in the tree
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  Mrs Owen and her daughter Alice
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  Alice and Sarah
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  Sarah twirls while Alice looks on

Sarah's life

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  Sarah
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  Sarah in the garden
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  Sarah washing clothes in the creek

A female gaol

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  Mrs Owen fires a warning shot
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  Sarah in the garden, with Sam (background)
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  Sarah with some local indigenous people

Seashells

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  Alice and Sarah
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  Mrs Owen
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  Sarah, Alice and Mrs Owen

Episode 22 | 1798 : Sam

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  Sam and Katie, the goat
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  Sam sitting on a rock

Farm lad

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  Sam

Milking time

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  Sam resting in the hay

Oranges and lemons

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  Sam and Katie, the goat, meet an Aboriginal boy
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  Sam with pail

Episode 23 | 1788 : Waruwi

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  Waruwi with Lapa, the dingo
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  Dan and his drum, with Waruwi
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  Waruwi and Nana in the tree
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  Nana, the cow and Waruwi
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  Nana and Waruwi

The encounter

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  Nana and Waruwi with the cow
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  Waruwi and her grandmother
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  Waruwi up the tree

Little drummer boy

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  The hurdy-gurdy playing soldier and Waruwi
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  The soldiers get stuck in the swamp
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  Waruwi in the bush

Episode 24 | 1788 : Dan

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  Goodwin and Dan
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  Dan with Lapa, the dingo
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  Dan running on the beach
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  Dan drumming

First contact

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  Nana and Waruwi with the cow
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  Waruwi with her grandmother
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  Waruwi up the tree

Governor's orders

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  The hurdy-gurdy playing soldier and Waruwi
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  The soldiers get stuck in the swamp
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  Waruwi in the bush

Cat-o'-nine-tails

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  Dan and Goodwin
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  Dan with the soldiers
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  Waruwi and Dan smiling

Episode 25 | Before Time : Bunda

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  Bunda in the smoking tree
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  Garadi and Bunda, up the tree
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  Father standing over Garadi and Bunda

Snakebite

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  Bunda
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  Garadi
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  Garadi, Bunda and Father

Fishing

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  Bunda holding a fish
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  Bunda and Father
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  Garadi and Bunda fishing

Water

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  Bunda and Garadi
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  Father instructing Garadi and Bunda
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  Garadi, Bunda and their father

Episode 26 | Before Time : Barangaroo

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  Mani with fish
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  Mani spears a fish
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  Mani, Wadi, Barangaroo and Badjal at the tree

Dance-off

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  Barangaroo
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  Mung, Barangaroo, Mani, Wadi and friends dancing
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  Wadi, Mani and Badjal

Yabbies

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  Badjal, Barangaroo, Wadi and Mani
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  Barangaroo and Mung
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  Barangaroo and Mung in the creek