Fed up with being excluded from drinking in public bars just because they were women, in March 1965 Merle Thornton and Rosalie Bogner chained themselves to the bar of the Regatta Hotel, Brisbane in
This clip from episode 1 of Crawford Productions sitcom Bobby Dazzler (1977–78), starring John Farnham as pop star Bobby Farrell, features Maurie Fields as Bobby's father, Fred.
Sigrid Thornton discusses making The Man from Snowy River (1982) as part her NFSA Longford Lyell Lecture, delivered on 28 November 2011 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbo