The Definitive Guide Deeply Connected to Australia's Peril: Cult Guide

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Rough Passage perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

John Stofel goes off to fight in the Civil War, in the place of a deacon who gives him the title deed of a farm. John returns from the war wounded and insane. Oil is discovered on the farm and the deacon tries to take the land back.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Pioneers perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Girl of the Bush perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lorna Denver manages Kangaroo Flat sheep station and is pursued by two men, evil Oswald and handsome young surveyor, Tom Wilson. Lorna gives shelter to a baby that has survived an attack by aboriginals.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Life of a Jackeroo perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Franklyn Barrett

Old fashioned melodrama of a country boy taken advantage of by a couple of city slickers, during one of the periodic droughts that affect Australia, as a result his family is driven into disaster.