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1 online resource (streaming video file) (55 min. 18 sec.) ; 331118734 bytes |
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*Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and voices of people who have died*The second of a four-part series of the 'people's history' of post-war Australia looks at the national obsession of owning your own home. The 'great Australian dream' began immediately after the war and continues to this day.But the dream which started modestly has blown out with the population explosion and suburban sprawl. Today, the average size of the Australian home is twice the size of the post-war model and where once it was possible to buy a house for three times your annual salary, now it costs nine times. A cross-section of Australians tell their stories of the dream. There's the couple who built their home 65 years ago and still live in it; a woman who lived in a series of renovated houses before finding her dream home, but her lifelong contact with asbestos building materials has brought a life-threatening illness; the first Aboriginal man to receive funding to build a house; a couple for whom a dream of owning multiple properties turned into a nightmare; and a 90-year-old who reminds us you don't have to own it to live in your 'dream home'.Narrated by William McInnes.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Written and directed by Steve Westh; Executive Producer: Ian Collie, Essential Media & Entertainment for the ABC in association with Screen Australia |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-07-29 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Documentary television programs.
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Families -- Housing.
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Manners and customs.
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Overpopulation.
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Public housing -- Social aspects.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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McInnes, William, cast
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Westh, Steve, director
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