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Lost in the Bush

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Lost in the Bush
Directed byPeter Dodds
Written byPeter Dodds
Based onstory by Les Blake
StarringGabrielle Bulle
CinematographyLee Wright
Edited byPeter Dodds
Music byGeoff D'Ombran
Production
companies
Audio-Visual Education Centre
Education Department of Victoria
Release date
  • 13 June 1973 (1973-06-13)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Lost in the Bush is a 1973 Australian film based on the true story of three siblings who got lost in the Victorian bush for several days in 1864.[1] They were discovered through the help of some aboriginal trackers including Dick-a-Dick.

Cast

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  • Gabrielle Bulle as Jane Cooper
  • Colin Freckleton as Isaac Cooper
  • Richard McClelland as Frank Duff
  • Adrian Crick
  • Barbara Maroske
  • Don Mitchell
  • Bill Tregonning

Production

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The film was made for schools by the Victorian government. Shooting began in February 1972 near the Wimmera town of Horsham.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lost in the Bush at State Library of South Australia
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p271
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