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The Shiralee

TV·1988–1988·1 season, 2 episodes·Seven Network·Drama·1h 35m

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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.

Castfull cast & details

Bryan BrownBryan BrownMacauleyNoni HazlehurstNoni HazlehurstLilyRebecca SmartRebecca SmartBusterLewis Fitz-GeraldLewis Fitz-GeraldTonyLorna LesleyLorna LesleyMarge
Ned Manning
Ned ManningJimMadeleine BlackwellMadeleine BlackwellLucyReg EvansReg EvansLuke

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes1988Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Shiralee S01E01Episode 1June 26, 1988—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
  2. S01E02The Shiralee S01E02Episode 2June 27, 1988—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 bu

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