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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 35 sec.) ; 164811667 bytes |
| Series |
Who's Been Sleeping In My House? ; Series 1, Episode 7 |
| Summary |
About 500 kms east of Perth, on the fringe of the Western Desert, sits the outback town of Coolgardie. In the 1890s it exploded into life with the discovery of gold, and became a ghost town almost overnight when the gold dried up. Today only a few of the grand buildings from Coolgardie's heyday survive, and one of them is Peter Pan.Tex and Margaret Moore have a remarkable history with Peter Pan that makes their bond with it particularly strong. They first laid eyes on it in the 1970s when the house was in ruins, but it was love at first sight. They began rebuilding it, a monumental task that took eight years. But what makes Tex and Margaret's renovation story so different is they didn't even own the house. It was in the hands of the Public Trustee, and for years they slaved away at restoring Peter Pan in the hope that one day they could buy it. Eventually they did.Coolgardie's a tough old mining town. A fairytale name is the last thing you'd expect out here. So who named it Peter Pan, and why? Also, despite the house being in ruins, the couple has always wondered about the only furniture to survive the years of ransacking - a set of dining chairs with sinister, demonic heads carved onto their backs. And finally, there's a local legend that a barman once hid in Peter Pan's cellar whilst trying to escape an angry lynch mob from nearby Kalgoorlie. Could it be true?PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Joined Up Films Production in association with ScreenWest, Lotterywest and ABC TV. Executive Producers: Dan Brown, Jacqueline Willinge & Anthony Willinge. ABC TV Commissioning Editor: Chris Thorburn. ABC TV Head of Factual: Jennifer Collins |
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Broadcast 2012-01-09 at 20:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Dining rooms -- Design and construction.
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Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration.
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Dwellings -- Remodeling.
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Dwellings -- Research.
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Dwellings, Prehistoric.
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Western Australia -- Coolgardie.
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Streaming video
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Brown, Daniel, director
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Saw, Andrew, director
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Ford, Adam, host
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