Luke's Kingdom (1976)

Genre

drama

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Englishman and his family move to Australia in 1829 to start a new life on a land grant. The series shows their efforts to build a home and survive in the colonial wilderness.

periodearthyslow-pacedhistoricalfamily-focusedgrimstrugglingoutdoor

What happens

Luke's Kingdom is a 1976 Australian TV series set in colonial Australia. Directors included Peter Weir and writers included Elisabeth Kata and Tony Morphett. It was co-produced with Trident Television, the then owners of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, and aired in 1976 on Nine Network in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 1975, Trident Television acquired the series co-producer, Australia Pty Ltd. Filming completed in 1974. The series starred Oliver Tobias as an Englishman who, in 1829, emigrates to Australia with his father and siblings to settle on a land grant in New South Wales. It was based on the novel Pages From A Squatter's Diary, by E. V. Timms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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