A joint Film Australia, Transmedia, Roadshow Coote & Carroll production, WILLESEE’S AUSTRALIANS re-enacts the lives of thirteen of Australia’s greatest heroes and heroines. Among the best-known people included in the series were infamous singer/dancer Lola Montez, actor Errol Flynn, athlete Betty Cuthbert, actress Lottie Lyell, radio personality Jack Davey, boxer Les Darcy, and Gallipoli hero Private John Simpson. The series also explored the lives of the Durkin family (Soldier Settlers), aviator Clyde Fenton, Sister Mary Mackillop, WWII nurse Vivian Bullwinkle, press baron John Norton, and General Henry Gordon Bennett, who fled Singapore in 1942, just prior to the island being invaded by the Japanese, leaving his army behind. (13 x 50min)
Executive Producers: Michael Willesee, Mathew Carroll, Greg Coote, Robin Hughes
Producers: Ron Saunders, Pamela Vanneck
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- Private John Simpson
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- John Norton
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- Lola Montez
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- Mary McKillop
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- Les Darcy
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- Jack Davey
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- Clyde Fenton
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- Errol Flynn
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- Lottie Lyell
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- Betty Cuthbert
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- Vivian Bullwinkle
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- Gordon Bennett