06 Oct 1979
Tess
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line, but is left traumatised from her experiences.
The Harp in the South
We first meet The Darcys, a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock through whose eyes we hear their story. A story that centres on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, razor gangs, brothels and sly-grog shops of inner city Sydney.
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Anne Phelan Mumma
Anna Hruby Roie
Kaarin Fairfax Dolour
Gwen Plumb Grandma
Martyn Sanderson Hughie Darcy
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