The Secret River (2015)

Directed by

Daina Reid

Genre

drama

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

M

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple is sent as convicts to the New South Wales colony in 1805. They try to build a new life along the Hawkesbury River, but tension grows with the Indigenous people whose land they occupy.

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What happens

The Secret River is an Australian television drama screened on ABC in June 2015. This two-part miniseries is based on the novel of the same name written by Kate Grenville. It follows the story of young couple, William and Sal Thornhill, who are transported to the new colony of New South Wales in 1805, giving a look into the colonisation of Australia and the escalating conflict between the original Indigenous inhabitants and the newly arrived white convicts and settlers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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