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The Secret River

Produced by Ruby Entertainment

Executive Producers: Sue Masters, Carole Sklan, Greer Simpkin, Mark Ruse
Producer: Stephen Luby
Co-Producers: Daina Reid, Lesley Parker
Writers: Jan Sardi, Mac Gudgeon
Director: Daina Reid

Aired: June 14 & 21, 2015 (ABC)

In 1810, emancipated English convict William Thornhill stakes a claim on 100 acres of land on the remote Hawkesbury River in New South Wales, only to find that a clan of Aboriginal people also lay claim to the land, as they have done since time immemorial. Based on the novel by Kate Grenville (2x80min)