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Picnic at Hanging Rock? Im fairly sure thats it. My brother grew up quoting The Man From Snowy River from start to finish

The Dish!!! oh so good

Its another screen shot of the same movie. This should make it alot easier!

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Does anyone know this one?

Oh its SUCH a good movie.....Early Heath Ledger, with Rose Byrne in this shot. But Bryan Brown too....GOOD MOVIE! I recommend watching it, so long as someone guesses it

Yeah it is pretty fantastic

This was still happening in Australia in the 1960's. Its just horrible and pathetic and disgusting and there is no excuse for it. But its strange to think that we have a very similar background just Australia happened years later. You would like to think people learn from mistakes but apparently not so much. I guess the only plus is how quickly attitude has changed since then

Yeah it is a little bit of different stories, same history across those countries and the original inhabitants. The horrible part of the stolen generation for me is mostly how recent it was done. People are alive now that were taken from their biological parents and dont know who they were. They dont have a sense of their heritage and that is why it became so important last year when a formal apology was issued. The previous prime minister was very very careful with his words in this situation but chose to not apologise for what they had been through. Mostly because of the political scare of if you apologise you are admitting blame and then the consequence of that.

Well i know that alot of Australians are avoiding it like the plague. Alot of films seem to depict Australians as simpletons, and over-do the "G'day mate" "Orhh true blue" "Throw another shrimp on the barbie", things that are more often said to make fun of ourselves rather than in normal speech. But i actually quite enjoyed it. Oh i LOVE David Wenham. He has got to be one of the most underrated actors that i know of. But yeah they seem to play up the stereotype a little bit too much, especially at the beginning. Very ocker. But i guess it could be said the same of whenever the American South is portrayed on screen about fried chicken, or the New Yorkers "forgeddaboudit" that kinda thing. And it was one of those "Based on a true story" rather than an actual true story. Darwin was attacked at that stage and the taking of aboriginal children from their families was happening. But the stolen generation is a very sore topic still now. Originally it wasnt meant to be a malicious taking children away from their parents. But yes it was racial based and assumed that white was better. The idea was to breed out the dark skin. Horrible but true. Alot of it came from the Aboriginal people being nomads that did not value the same things that the whites did. So it was assumed that because a family did not have money, did not have a home that they were struggling and unable to look after children and so the children were taken away from them. Sadly most aboriginals now are in small communities or have a diluted heritage. Also i have never heard of the term "creamy". I think that was inserted rather than using a known term to lessen any insult to aboriginals. But i was just curious having lived in Australia all my life and having known the history behind these stories and realising just how much of the truth and history has been altered or glossed over to suit the story of the film. In country standards Australia as we know it is a baby. First British settlement was Jan 26 1788 and before that not much is known. The history of the aboriginal people was mostly passed on generation to generation through story and song and dance, and is now lost. It was a pretty violent rough and racist beginning and was originally used as a far away prison by England. Most Australians tracing family history will find to have either been an immigrant of a few generations or else have originated from convicts.

Its ok TeeJay, im not a fan of Nicole either. My mum absolutely adores her, but meh doesnt really do all that much for me. However this movie does show some AMAZING shots of the red centre. Darwin is so beautiful. I was a little concerned at the beginning of the film that having such talented actors being wasted. But i did enjoy it. Like i said before i was just curious to know what others thought of it without the same background knowledge that i would have.

Not in the slightest, doesnt even look familiar to me sadly

I think i might have to go more obscure to stump you!

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