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Dec 14, 2003 · With Juliet Stevenson, Richard Roxburgh, Katherine Slattery, Tim Guinee. A compelling tale based on Australian writer Jill Ker Conway's celebrated autobiography about a heroic and ambitious woman's struggle for independence, and her complex relationship with her mother.
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- Biography, Drama
- Brendan Maher
- 2003-12-14
The Road From Coorain is the film adaptation of Jill Ker Conway's memoir of the same name. It was awarded an AFI award, Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series in 2002.
Australian feminist Jill Ker-Conway (Katherine Slattery) joins the intellectual renaissance of the 1940s when she leaves the Outback of New South Wales.
- Brendan Maher
- Drama, Biography
- Juliet Stevenson
The Road from Coorain is a 1989 memoir by Jill Ker Conway. The Road from Coorain was the first in Conway's trilogy of memoirs. True North (1994) is the story of her immigration to America in pursuit of intellectual fulfilment and a Harvard PhD in history.
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Mar 2, 2010 · Born in the 1930s on a remote sheep ranch in New South Wales, Jill Ker learns early to love the untamable land—and the allure of books. While her brothers attend boarding school, she stays at Coorain, working beside her beloved father and learning from Eve, her strong-willed mother.
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What mother of a lone 21 year old daughter is pleased to see her having an affair with a foreigner on his occasional visits - a foreigner who is married with two small children? For that matter, what widow yearns to move to the Outback without children or husband?
