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Seven Little Australians

Produced by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
in association with Ethel Turner Productions
and the Australian Film Development Corporation

Executive Producer: Charles Russell
Written by: Ethel Turner
Adapted by: Eleanor Witcombe
Directed by: Ron Way

Aired: 1973 (10 episodes)

Based on Ethel Turner's classic children's novel, this award-winning miniseries is about a family of seven children set in 1880s Australia. The father of this lively brood is the dashing Captain John Woolcot, and he would like to run his household with army discipline, but is no match for his seven mischievous and fun-loving children. The war of wills between the Captain and his troop of independent-minded sons and daughters is tempered by the gentle guidance of Esther, his wife, and the children's kindly step-mother