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The Battlers is a 1994 Australian mini series about two drifters during the Great Depression, based on the novel of the same name by Kylie Tennant. Cast. Gary Sweet - Snow Grimshaw; Jacqueline McKenzie - Dancy Smith; Marcus Graham - Busker; Peter Stonham - Jimmy; Audine Leith - Dora Chester-Phipps; Richard Piper - Apostle; Amanda ...
The Battlers: With Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham, Peter Stonham. Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail.
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The Battlers (1941) is a novel by Australian author Kylie Tennant. It won the ALS Gold Medal in 1942.
The Battlers is Kylie Tennant’s most critically acclaimed novel, remaining constantly in print in Australia since its first publication in 1941. One of Australian literature’s indisputable classics, this rollicking poetic gem received the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society.
- Michael Walmer
The Battlers by Kylie Tennant (published 1941) follows the journeys of a group travellers on the track in country New South Wales. The main characters are Snow and Dancy, called ‘The Stray’ by Snow.
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The Battlers. 7.1 3 h 10 min 1994 16+. Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a commendable level of period detail. Based on the novel by Kylie Tennant.
Jun 21, 2023 · The Battlers (1941), also called “The Brown Van” whilst still in manuscript form, was Kylie Tennant’s third novel, rounding out what some critics at the time deemed to be her Depression era trilogy.
