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Essington (film)

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Essington
Directed byJulian Pringle
Written byThomas Keneally
Produced byAlan Burke
StarringChris Haywood
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Production
company
ABC
Distributed byABC
Release date
1974
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Essington is a 1974 TV film about a convict name Squires who arrives with a detachment of Royal Marines at Port Essington.[1]

Reception

Thomas Keneally won Best Script at the 1976 Logie Awards.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p52
  2. ^ 1976 TV Week Logie Awards accessed 27 June 2013

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