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Frances Hattam in Nullarbor Hideout

1965

Frances Hattam in Nullarbor Hideout

1965

  • NFSA IDYEFCD4XF
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormShort
  • Duration35 mins
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Children
  • Year1965

Still image of Frances Hattam (Carol) holding a joey in a scene from Nullarbor Hideout (1965).

Produced by The Commonwealth Film Unit, Nullarbor Hideout is about a group of children living at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain discover a swimming pool in some limestone caves and make the cave their hideout. Unfortunately a gang of kangaroo shooters who are wanted by the police for car stealing have the same idea.

Still image of Frances Hattam (Carol) holding a joey in a scene from Nullarbor Hideout (1965).

Produced by The Commonwealth Film Unit, Nullarbor Hideout is about a group of children living at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain discover a swimming pool in some limestone caves and make the cave their hideout. Unfortunately a gang of kangaroo shooters who are wanted by the police for car stealing have the same idea.

  • Director
    Tim Burstall
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