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You never heard the voices of women

or of children.

It is that silence that still scares me.

St Kilda are preparing

for their first grand final in five years

since last winning the trophy in '66.

Both Hawthorn and St Kilda...

♪ Olivia Newton-John's 'love song' plays on car radio ♪

♪ The words I have to say

♪ May well be simple but they're true

♪ Until you give your love

♪ There's nothing more that we can do

♪ Love is the opening door

♪ Love is what we came here for

♪ No-one could offer you more

♪ Do you know what I mean?

♪ Have your eyes really seen? ♪

Camille?

Camille? You home?

Did you do it?

Did you ask him?

You were never gonna ask him, were you?

You'll never leave this fucking town.

We can't stay here.

Let's... go.

Just get in the car, go to Melbourne. We'll put the kids in the car.

We'll just go.

Please.

- Rah! - Hello.

Dad, he's got a snail. - Jack, Jack, that's enough.

Sorry Joan.

Camille, she had an appointment,

late notice.

- Oh, of course. - You, in now.

You guys haven't been causing Mrs Baker any trouble?

- Well, he started it. - Did he? What did he do?

- Ah, Leo. - Give me one second, Joan.

One sec.

How was footy today?

- Good. - Good to hear.

- Leo. Ah, Leo. - Yes?

Just so you know, uh

Richie and I are going to be going up north.

We're taking the caravan up to Cairns.

- Ow! - Just the two of us.

And all the bloody mozzies.

You, pipe down. What?

- Leo. - Yeah?

You'd better tell Camille so, you know

just in case there are any more... emergencies.

Ah. Will do.

- OK, love. - Rightio, Joan.

Say, "Thanks, Mrs Baker." - KIDS: Thanks, Mrs Baker.

- Bye-bye. - Rightio.

Oh, come on, Sally.

If she's there, can you just put her on?

Well, she just took off.

Nah.

What do you mean ask my dad, Sally?

What's that gonna do?

Have you met him?

Alright. No, I'll go, I'll go and see him.

Great idea. Yeah, no, I'll go out and...

Fat lot of good that'll do.

Yeah.

Just let me know if she's alright, okay?

Just let me know if she's okay.

Your house seemed enormous to me.

All houses in this new country seemed enormous.

All that space outside, all that space inside.

You didn't see it that way.

You once said to me that your wife wanted a bigger house.

That it was too small for a family of four.

♪ The seekers' 'a world of our own' plays on radio ♪

When is Mum coming back?

Oh, not today, sweetie.

Mum's gone down to Melbourne for a bit

to say hello to Aunt Sally.

She didn't even say bye.

Jack, do you want the vegemite?

I'll have cheese.

Okay. Righto.

- Dad! - Yeah?

The oven.

Hey!

It's burnt, Maudey.

I don't care, I'll still eat it.

It wasn't your house that was too small for her.

She had taken everything with her to Melbourne

except for that one red dress

and the lipstick left on top of your bedroom drawer.

Righto. See you, love.

Be good.

I don't want that. You have it.

Your smell was all over that house.

Men's scent is so harsh

it almost hurts to breathe it in.

♪ Fourmyula's 'nature' plays on radio ' ♪

What's that? What did you say about my sister?

Oh... lucky

my sister

good cook.

Mm.

Well, these aren't so bad.

Tell me, I want to know.

What's going on?

Fucking tell me!

You keep your fucking mouth shut, okay?

What the fuck are you looking at, wog?

Jesus!

War fucked up his head I think.

He should have stayed in the army.

Get off!

Jack, just kick it to me!

♪ Beautiful Dreamer ♪

♪ Beautiful dreamer

♪ Wake unto me

♪ Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee... ♪

Fucken' -

The unprecedented scenes saw police

and protesters clash violently in Sydney.

As the war progresses, there is increasing pressure

from protestors and lobby groups

to fully and completely remove all Australian troops

who are currently fighting in Vietnam.

Prime Minister McMahon says that his government

is working to reduce Australia's commitment

to the war.

The ANZ bank will increase cheque account charges

from next Wednesday.

Over a full year

the fees will rise by an average of 20%

but the bank said concessions would be available

to most customers.

One thing about Rose

he's certainly a credit to himself in the ring tonight

because his last four rounds have been the hardest for him

and have been his best rounds.

Are you gonna harvest soon, Dad?

Yep.

Thought you might like to come round for dinner, Dad.

Come and see the kids.

They miss ya.

They're asking after ya.

"How's Poppy Jim?"

Rose desperate to get back into action

'cause he knows the seconds are running out.

Yeah, I'll start next week, I reckon.

He swings at Numata.

That's the bell.

Might be as good as last year, you never know.

Stand by for the result now.

The judge is checking the score sheet.

And the winner is... Numata.

♪ There's no colour in the rainbow

♪ That my girl can't see

♪ Red lips

♪ A red heart

♪ Red skies when we're apart

♪ There's no colour in the rainbow... ♪

Your father was of the land.

You were different.

The land didn't speak to you.

That is a bond you and I shared

even though we never spoke about it.

Why did you stay, Leo?

How could you not want to escape?

Tony always said, "It's because he's loyal."

And I used to snap back:

“We left our country, our family, our language.

We sailed to the other side of the world.

He's a coward.”

Looking back, you loved this world.

It was your home.

You see, I hear a lot of men say now

"This has brought unrest into my household."

My wife was happy before because she realised

that while the children were little she had to stay at home

because we both think, you know,

"children need the mother and so forth."

Well I think what men mistake for happiness

was, in fact, resignation and... and patience

and now women are beginning to feel

that patience is not the answer.

Have you read Germaine Greer's book

- The Female Eunuch? - No.

- Do you want to read it? - No.

- Yes, I wouldn't mind reading it. - Oh, I think so.

What's it about?

A lot of young women

are very conscious of women's liberation as an issue.

These senior girls have read The Female Eunuch.

They are conditioning us

to take the place of, say, the average housewife.

I mean, as we're brought up, we play with the dolls.

I mean, it's all a type of bringing the idea

that a woman's place is to rear children,

to be a housewife.

She's not going to really have a career of her own

or anything like that.

Have you all been talking

and thinking a lot more about the ideas of women's liberation

or simply about the way

that women might live slightly differently

since Germaine Greer came here?

Yes.

- It's a butterfly. - Yeah.

But don't touch its wings.

I reckon I can see one.

Aww, cute.

Can I touch it?

Oi.

Daddy, where have you been? I'm hungry.

Well come on in, then, we'll get you some dinner.

Come on, Jack.

Ah Jack, you duffer. Come here.

Let me look at ya.

You alright? Be careful, mate.

Alright. Who wants some baked beans, eh?

Dad, not again! - You don't want baked beans?

What do baked beans make you do?

Fart.

He said fart!

Stop it, Jack.

Hey!

Lie down.

Well, you're her sister, Sally.

Maybe just... Maybe just a bit of communication would be nice.

Yep.

How do you think they are?

Yeah.

Ah, okay.

Well nah, I went and saw Dad.

I just want to know why she left.

Aww fuck that hurt!

I'm alright.

Righto.

How's your dad? Haven't seen him for a while.

If Dad isn't farming I don't know what he'd do.

Well say g'day to him for me when you see him.

See you, Jim.

My sister.

She...

can help you...

with your bambini... er, children.

She need work.

You can help her...

maybe.

♪ Gyan's 'beautiful dreamer' plays ♪

♪ Beautiful dreamer

♪ Wake unto me

♪ Starlight and dewdrops

♪ Are waiting for thee

♪ Sounds of the rude world

♪ Heard in the day

♪ Lulled by the moonlight

♪ Have all passed away

♪ Beautiful dreamer

♪ Queen of my soul

♪ List while I woo thee

♪ With soft melody

♪ Gone are the cares... ♪

Come on, possum!

Maudey!

- Dad. - Yeah.

Why are you driving us to school today?

Dad's got a very important meeting today, sweetie.

♪ Beautiful dreamer

♪ Awake unto me. ♪

- Maria? - Yes?

Ah, Leo.

- I work with... - Tony.

Yeah.

Just nights?

Yeah.

And your wife?

Um... she's away for a bit.

My brother, he say you have lunch together.

Yeah.

He say you cannot cook.

Nah.

No.

I finish here at three o'clock. Start today, yes?

Today, yeah.

Yeah, no... Oh, yeah, no, that'd be great, um...

I've just got to pop back to work.

I'll pick you up here at... ah...

Three is good.

Three?

Great. Thank you. Um, see you at three.

Righto.

The men don't talk here. That isn't strange.

Men are like that everywhere.

My father never talked much either.

You stink!

You stink the loudest!

- Why'd you do it? - I didn't fart.

Yes you did.

Jack. Maudey.

This is Maria.

She's going to be here after school from now on.

When's Mummy coming back?

Back soon, sweetie.

But this is a good thing, right?

Maria, she's gonna cook us a proper dinner every night.

Excuse me.

Jack.

Do you cook?

A good man should know how to cook.

Anyway, I'll just head out for a bit.

Be home soon.

We'll be fine.

Won't we, Jack?

See you, squirt.

You don't know this...

but sometimes, once I had kissed the children goodnight

I would sit in that uncomfortable chair.

I would look around

imagine myself in my own kitchen

with my own family.

And in sporting news, young drivers Peter Brock and Allan Moffat

will continue their rivalry at Mount Panorama when the

Hardie Ferodo 500 takes place in Bathurst next month.

Fans will be keen to see if Brock's Holden Torana,

introduced at last year's race, can compensate for the

power advantage that Moffat's Falcon has had on the Bathurst straights.

And in regional news, Wimbledon and French Open Champion,

Evonne Goolagong, will return to her hometown of Barellan.

Mummy?

Leo. Leo...

I feel like I'm dying.

Maratime patrol aircraft for more than $150 million.

Opposition leader Gough Whitlam spoke in parliament today about

his meeting in July with Chinese premiere, Zhou Enlai.

Want a ride up, Dad?

♪ Amália rodrigues' 'vitta 'na crozza' plays on radio ♪

Okay, good. Brava.

Wind, wind. More, more, more.

Okay, good.

What are we making?

Cannelloni.

Cal - la...

Cannelloni.

Daddy, we're making pasta.

Cannelloni.

Cal - ne - noni.

- Can - le... - Cannelloni.

Jack, can you say cannelloni?

- Cannelloni. - Cannelloni.

Good. Brava, brava. Well done.

♪ Amália rodrigues' 'vitta 'na crozza' continues ♪

Enjoy!

One day, I came to the factory

to drop off food for Tony.

He had been in such a hurry to leave

that he had forgotten his lunch.

I stood outside, fearful of coming inside.

I was scared of how those men used to look at me.

I touched my wedding ring.

♪ A Mexican woodpecker high in a tree... ♪

Maudey.

Night-night, Maudey.

Leo. You been fairly busy?

Yeah.

Your missus got you tied up, has she?

Yeah.

Yeah, Camille, she's, ah...

She's down in Melbourne

visiting her sister.

Well maybe when she gets back

we'll head down the pub and have a few beers.

Yeah. That'd be great.

- Alright. - So long as Tony here can join us.

Yeah, righto. Ah... maybe later, then.

Righto. Yeah.

From my first day in this country,

from the moment my feet left the ship

I discarded my widow's black.

I did not want to be old and drab.

Yet I loved going with you and Tony

to watch Jack play

and I always made sure to wear a beautiful dress, to do my hair.

I'm Italian and I'm proud of it.

♪ We are the Navy Blues

♪ We are the old dark Navy Blues ♪

It's such a stupid song!

What do you see out the window?

Nothin' much.

Nothin' much?

Trees.

Any 'roos?

Yeah.

Is that a cow over there?

Is it a cow or a bull?

- Out there? - Yeah.

That's a cow.

How can you tell?

Because it's smaller than a bull.

Daddy.

Why aren't you a farmer like Poppy?

Ah, that's Poppy's world, mate.

Not mine.

Hi, Poppy Jim.

Hey, young fella.

What have you been up to? How's school going?

School's boring but I like footy, though.

Daddy said you went to war. Where did you go?

A few places.

- Daddy. - Yeah?

Are you going to go to war too?

Nah, mate. I'm gonna stick around and look after you.

Got you your part, Dad.

Are you gonna help me put this in?

Okay.

I also got you some pasta to try as well, Pop.

I don't really eat this stuff, you know.

Yeah well, all the same.

Jack, why don't you run and grab that

and put that in Poppy Jim's fridge, eh?

Ah, good man.

Camille's gone, Dad.

What, so she just... just up and left, eh?

Yeah.

I don't think she's coming back this time.

Anyway Jack, he's been a bit quiet since she's gone,

so I thought, you know, it might be nice for him to...

come up and spend some time with you.

I'm not gonna eat that stuff, you know.

Nah... don't eat it.

Jesus Christ, Dad.

What do you want?

You just don't say anything, do you?

You've got your stuff.

But I just don't want you to keep on ignoring them.

Not this time.

Do you hear me, Dad?

Daddy.

You were terribly sad that night

but your house felt lighter.

Some of the heaviness was gone.

I stopped feeling like a stranger in your house.

One day I came over

and her soap and her hairbrushes in the bathroom

had been put away.

Her lipstick was also gone.

I wonder if you ever told your wife she was beautiful.

♪ Robertino loreti's 'Santa Lucia' plays on radio ♪

What's that for?

Crostoli.

Can you say 'crostoli'? - Cros - ly.

Cro - crostoli. Crostoli. - Crostly.

♪ Glittering on the sea

Good.

Okay, roll, like this.

♪ Prosperous is the wind

♪ Glittering on the sea

Good.

♪ Placid is the wave

♪ Prosperous is the wind

It keeps falling apart.

That's okay. Like this.

♪ Santa -

The Victorian Farmers Union says 4 million gallons of milk

will have to be poured away

if a planned strike by butter factory workers goes ahead.

Members of the Cold Storage Workers Union

are seeking a $20 a week pay rise

and higher allowances

and say if this is not granted by next Monday

they'll strike for at least 24 hours.

In Melbourne today,

marchers took to key city streets

to protest the war in Vietnam.

The marchers have headed up Spring Street

turned the corner at Parliament House

and the head of the line is now coming down Bourke Street

towards the General Post Office.

May I ask you one simple question?

Your main and only reason for coming today.

To protest, with the rest of Melbourne, here.

What are you protesting about?

I'm protesting about the war.

I think the war in Vietnam is becoming progressively

and more obviously evil and I'm here to protest it.

Will you be going with this great throng

down into the heart of the city?

Certainly.

"We're gonna visit Grandma's grave.

Why don't you come too, Maria?"

"Yeah, come with us."

And the cloth was black and filthy

and you were all looking at me.

But I didn't want to turn around.

I didn't want you to see my tears.

"On the third day,

the frogs found themselves a new home."

Good.

"It is a new world, the grass is green",

and there are little plants for me to eat.”

“I will... I will stay here.

"So there for a few weeks he stayed."

Jack, go rinse your mouth out.

"'Won't they get cold?' asked the little girl."

'The frogs have special skin, ' replied her mother.

"The little girl sm... sm..."

Smiled.

I know, Daddy.

We should read the rest tomorrow, eh?

Yeah.

Goodnight, sweetie.

When's Mummy coming back?

I really want to talk to her, Daddy.

Mum's not coming back, is she?

Bedtime.

Goodnight, sweetie.

'Night, Dad.

You... lie down.

Sally, if she's not there then she's gonna ring you.

Yeah.

So you haven't heard?

Yeah.

Look, Sally, this is getting a bit silly, don't you think?

I mean, we're grown people, we can talk.

Okay.

Yep.

Ah, you fucken'...

Not you. Hang on.

You there?

Look, Sally...

it's really important that she calls the kids.

I don't underst -

I don't understand ya - -

Listen. Listen to me!

I don't have what you have.

You have children.

They have you.

- Leo. - Yeah?

You... you want play this?

Pool?

You want to play pool?

Yes.

Yeah, we can play pool, mate.

You're Good? Yeah, we'll see.

♪ Judith durham's 'the olive tree' plays ♪

♪ Tell me, white dove

♪ Where will I find the olive tree?

♪ For just one branch

♪ I'd search my whole life through

♪ I've heard them say

♪ A greener land is waiting there

♪ Where people wake and find their dreams come true

♪ High-flying dove

♪ Please lead me

♪ And I'll follow you

♪ Above the clouds

♪ Beyond the stormy sea

♪ I long to share

♪ A world of sweet contentment there

♪ In that bright land

♪ Where grows the olive tree

♪ In that bright land

♪ Where grows the olive tree. ♪

I'll get it!

Hello?

Okay.

Mummy?

You need to find courage.

Just do... what you do.

Just do what you do.

Just do what you do.

Kids asleep?

Mm-hm.

Maria...

I just wanted to say

how wonderful... it's been...

having you here, for the kids.

I wasn't embarrassed, Leo.

I was exhilarated that you saw me.

Just to experience those feelings again.

I should have told you that I wasn't angry.

I should have explained.

♪ Verdi's 'caro nome continues on radio ♪

Mum called last night.

Come on, Jack. Let's go.

You had picked up the children from their mother's

and they leapt out of the car.

You were still parking it.

They flung themselves on me.

"Maria, Maria!"

Then you stepped out of the car and hugged me.

You smelt of cigarettes and chips.

And you whispered to me,

"This is the first time I've been in a church

in bloody ages."

It's okay. God is patient.

Do you want Poppy to walk you to school?

♪ VERDI'S 'VA PENSIERO' PLAYS ♪

♪ Sal Kimber & Simon Lewis' 'little tornadoes' plays ♪

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