Frontier Films - 'The Breaker', 1984
Frontier Films - 'The Breaker', 1984
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Date
1984
Call Numbers
MLMSS 7302
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Contents
1 folder - 0.02 Meters
Textual Records - (typescript)
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Fonds
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Film script for a proposed television mini-series, produced by Frontier Films, based on the life of Harry Harbord Morant known as 'The Breaker'. It is in six one-hour parts and the cast of characters include Daisy Bates, Banjo Paterson, Will Ogilvie, Henry Lawson and A.G. Stephens. An associeted letter from Frontier Films, dated 10 September 1984 i...
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Frontier Films - 'The Breaker', 1984
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Source
Acquired from Berkelouw Books in November 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
The origins of Harry Harbord Morant are uncertain. It is likely that he was born Edwin Henry Murrant in England in 1864 and came to Australia in 1883. His great skills as a horse-breaker and rider led to his knickname 'The Breaker'. He also earned some fame as a minor poet and balladist. During the 1890s over sixty of his poems were published in th...
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MLMSS 7302
Record Identifier
1Jkm7XrY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Jkm7XrY
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Reference code
431614
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