1826 in Campbelltown Farley, a settler was supposedly led by the spirit of a murder victim (Frederick Fisher) to the man responsible for his death. Fisher's body was later found in the creek at the spot where Farley first came upon the ghost.

Cinema in the early twentieth century was often a battleground between the burgeoning industrial might of Hollywood and the localized, idiosyncratic voices of national identities. In the Australian context, few names resonate with as much gravitas as Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell. Their 1924 production, Fisher’s ...


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" Cinema in the early twentieth century was often a battleground between the burgeoning industrial might of Hollywood and the localized, idiosyncratic voices of national identities. In the Australian context, few names resonate with as much gravitas as Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell. Their 1924 production, Fisher’s Ghost, is not merely a retelling of a campfire legend; it is a sophisticated cinematic inquiry into the nature of truth, visibility, and the lingering scars of a convict society. W..."
Lorraine Esmond
Raymond Longford, Lottie Lyell
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