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The story of an Aboriginal family's attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their family camp, to a house in the main town.
Keywords
based on novel or book
australian aboriginal
aborigine
segregation
Casts

Ernie Dingo
Phil
Justine Saunders
Mollie Comeaway
Kristina Nehm
Trilby Comeaway
Bob Maza
Joe Comeaway

Kylie Belling
Noonah Comeaway
Denis Walker
Bartie Comeaway
Malcolm Silva
Charlie
Marlene Bell
Hannah
Michelle Torres
Audrena
Michele Miles
Blanchie
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
Eva
Bill Sandy
Skippy
Maureen Watson
Rene
Robert Ugle
Tim
Alan Dargin
Bruce
Terry Thompson
Horrie
Anne Saward
May
Dianne Eden
Matron
Wilkie Collins
Dr. Symons
Lisa-Jane Stockwell
Nurse McCarthy
Sandra Lehane
Nurse Creswell
Theresa Stafford
Schoolgirl
Leo Wockner
Stockman
Wilf Campagnoni
Bert
David Clendenning
Headmaster
Noanie Wood
Miss Simmons
Gabrielle Lanbrose
Mrs. Henwood
Jack Mayers
Constable
Rob Johnston
George
Laurie Foell
Waitress
John McCollon
Mr. Colquhoun
Kevin Dean
Foreman
Crews

Bruce Beresford
Director
Mark Egerton
First Assistant Director

Carolynne Cunningham
Second Assistant Director
Katherine Shaw
Third Assistant Director
Wilf Flint
Construction Manager
Helen Macaskill
Set Dressing Buyer
Martin Manahan
Runner Art Department
Max Bowring
Sound Recordist
Eric Briggs
Boom Operator
Peter Fenton
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Fenton
Sound Mixer
Phil Heywood
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Phil Heywood
Sound Mixer
Brian Pearce
Special Effects Supervisor
Chris Cole
Clapper Loader

Warwick Field
Focus Puller
Laurie Fish
Best Boy Electric
Mitchell Logan
Assistant Grip
Robert McFarlane
Still Photographer
Pip Shapiera
Key Grip
Rob Young
Gaffer
Alison Barrett
Casting
Kate Ingham
Extras Casting
Jeanine Chiavlo
Assistant Editor
Jo Weeks
Continuity

Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Tim Wellburn
Editor
Nene Gare
Novel

Bruce Beresford
Screenplay
Rhoisin Beresford
Screenplay
George Dreyfus
Original Music Composer
Sue Milliken
Producer
Herbert Pinter
Production Design
Jo Weeks
Script Supervisor

Hilary Dwyer
Executive Producer
Backdrops & Posters
