Outback Books & Films

Message received Baz,I also sent you a reply ,not sure if I did it correctly also. hooroo ...Jack

Yes, it seems she wrote the screenplay. I have checked the site you gave me but
it offers little more than I know. Am now checking on an ABC cameraman that may have been involved.Thanks for your help......oldbaz.

Oldbaz, try

http://www.worldcat.org/title/to-fight-the-wild/oclc/318901842/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

and

Richard Oxenburgh Productions Pty Ltd produced the movie:

130 - 132 Edward St
Perth, Western Australia 6000
Australia
tel: +61 83289488

http://www.zibb.au.com/media/profile/richard+oxenburgh+productions+pty+ltd/au/western+australia/perth/6000/32256523

Hope this helps!

Gavin, your fist link came up with the book only. When I entered the complete box
& dice google came up with your follow up.....:))))...bloody magic aint it ??
The other link doesnt work bit I managed to come up with a phone number for
Richard Oxenborough Productions, but is wrong. Anyway I will find the right number & ring them Monday. Thanks again for your assistance.....oldbaz.

Make that...Oxenburgh...getting too close to beer o clock.....oldbaz.

Yes indeeed. Do you remember anything else re the film ?.....oldbaz.

Can't remember much, I was in high School....I remember him shooting a cow and drinking its blood.

Saw the film as a TV Doco.

Quite some time now, however as I recall he managed to overturn a tinny way up river in non inhabited country. Got himself to the bank with a knife, rifle and a limited number of ammunition rounds.

Sat up in a tree for a couple of nights to avoid the crocadators. As mentioned shot a bull, drank it's blood and used the scrotum as a carry all. I recall he extracted the projectile from a round, held in a tight loop of his heavy leather belt and stuck the primer to start a fire.

Was pretty well on the way out when he got picked up by an aboriginal stock man who went ouy of his way to investigate smoke from his fire.

Returned to town and ran into his sometime girlfriend who had not known he was missing.


Book written, film made and he got a bit of money out of it. If I recall correctly he took up a property to run cattle, eventually went broke and walked away from the place.

He reputedly had psychological problems which were acerbated by conviction that Paul Hogan prospered by trading on his experience. He eventually went quite psycho and died in a shoot out with Police.

The movie/doco was a good watch though I reckon there was quite a bit of license taken. It was sort off along the lines of the old Albie Mangels come Malcolm Douglas Style.

Ian

That is pretty much the story Ian. Rods book gives an account of his incident
on the Fitzmaurice, & Joannes book is about their life together. Both are good
reads . I'm still chasing the film. cheers.....Oldbaz.