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Colour in the Creek (1985)

Colour in the Creek poster
Original title
Colour In The Creek
Genre
children's television series
Country
Australia
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Great Depression a family moves to the Australian goldfields to find work and survive. The show follows their daily struggles and small triumphs.

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What happens

Colour in the Creek is a 1985 Australian children's TV series. It was made with a budget of $1.6 million and was adapted from the novel by Margaret Paice. and was adapted from the novels Colour in the Creek and Shadow of Wings by Margaret Paice. Colour in the Creek was set in the Depression. A family relocates to the goldfields to try make ends meet. It won the Rockie award at the International Banff Television Festival in Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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