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Around the Boree Log (1925)

Around the Boree Log poster
Directed by
Phil K. Walsh
Genre
silent film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A priest goes about his daily life in a rural Australian community in the 1870s. The film shows quiet moments with the people he serves.

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What happens

Around the Boree Log is a 1925 Australian silent film by Phil K. Walsh adapted from the poems of "John O'Brien" (Patrick Joseph Hartigan). It tells stories of a priest's life around the 1870s in the Goulburn area. Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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