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The Tullageal Gala Christmas Dance
Title:
The Tullageal Gala Christmas Dance
NFSA ID
770659
Year
1983
A young Nicole Kidman showcases her country dancing skills in this scene from the 1983 film Bush Christmas.
Set in the 1950s in the fictional town of Tullageal, Queensland, it is a remake of the 1947 film of the same name. Bush Christmas tells the story of a family's struggle to keep their homestead and of two bumbling thieves who steal their race-winning horse, which represents their main chance of survival.
The 1983 version was directed by Henri Safran.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.