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Based on Margaret Paice's Depression-era books Colour in the Creek and A Shadow of Wings, Colour In The Creek is a ten-part historical drama, capturing the highs and lows of life on the land and the excitement of the Australian goldfields.
Colour in the Creek is a 1985 Australian children's TV series. It was made with a budget of $1.6 million and was adapted from the novel by Margaret Paice. Cast. Dennis Miller as John Fletcher; Judy Morris as Ellen Fletcher; Ray Meagher as Clarrie; Tony Martin as Tom; Jeff Truman as Farmer; Lorna Lesley as Ethel
After struggling to make their way across a land ravaged by drought and the Depression, an encounter with a fellow traveller directs the Fletcher family towards Coorumbong Creek where they hope to join in the search for gold.
Learning of a nearby gold strike, he and wife Ellen (Judy Morris, Phar Lap) lead their three children into the dusty unknown of the Coorumbong Creek region to try their luck. When 12 year-old son Alec and his friend discover a nugget of gold in a nearby stream it is destined to change the family's fortune forever.
Based on Margaret Paice's Depression-era books Colour in the Creek and A Shadow of Wings, Colour In The Creek is a ten-part historical drama, capturing the highs and lows of life on the land and the excitement of the Australian goldfields.
After struggling to make their way across a land ravaged by drought and the Depression, an encounter with a fellow traveller directs the Fletcher family towards Coorumbong Creek where they hope to join in the search for gold.
Aug 13, 2018 · Based on Margaret Paice's Depression-era trilogy, Colour In The Creek is a ten part historical drama, capturing the highs and lows of life on the land and the excitement of the Australian goldfields. 1931.
