Jackaroo
Written byJohn Cundill
Directed byMichael Carson
StarringAnnie Jones
David McCubbin
Tina Bursill
Warren Mitchell
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 x 2 hours
Production
ProducerBill Hughes
Budget$4.5 million[1]
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release7 October (1990-10-07) 
8 October 1990 (1990-10-08)

Jackaroo is a 1990 Australian mini series about a half-caste who goes to work on a West Australian property and falls in love with a girl.[2]

David McCubbin was not Aboriginal. Producer Bill Hughes said they could not find an Aboriginal actor of the right age.[1]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "MIDWEEK MAGAZINE". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 19, 782. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 December 1989. p. 27. Retrieved 15 July 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p207


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