| Uniform Title |
Drovers boy (Short film : 2015) |
| Title |
The drover's boy. |
| Published |
Mitchell, ACT : Distributed by Ronin Films, [2023] |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (11 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Ronin Films : RON911. |
| Originally released as a short film in 2015. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| Credits |
Directed and written by Margaret McHugh ; produced by Lyn Norfor. |
| Performers |
Ted Egan, Katie Beckett, Dale March. |
| Summary |
The story is set in the 1920s in outback Australia, and evokes a time when it was illegal for white Australians and Aboriginal people to marry. It was not uncommon for a drover and his Aboriginal wife to pass off their relationship under the guise of her being 'a drover's boy'. This is one such story, sensitively told, based on a ballad by Australian bush legend and singer-songwriter, Ted Egan. The song, and the film, pay tribute to this form of forbidden union and the significant contribution that Aboriginal women made to the pastoral history of frontier Australia. |
| Target audience note |
E. Exempt from classification. |
| System details |
DVD video ; PAL ; All Regions. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
Interracial marriage -- Australia -- Drama |
| Women, Aboriginal Australian -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Drovers -- Australia -- Drama |
| Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Drama |
| Nineteen twenties -- Drama |
| Short films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australia |
| Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Short films |
| Historical films. First Nations |
| Social problem films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
McHugh, Margaret director, screenwriter. |
| Egan, Ted, 1932- actor. |
| Egan, Ted, 1932-. The Drover's boy Based on (work): |
| Added Corporate Names |
Ronin Films publisher. |
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