Some of the material in this book has been published in earlier versions in Overland, Australian Literary Studies, and the Australian Journal of Cultural Studies. Illustrations have been provided by the National Film and Sound Archive, The Film House, The NSW Film Corporation, Film Victoria, the South Australian Film Corporation, Anthony Buckley, Paul Cox, and the National Gallery of Victoria. Their assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
George Fisher as Rufus Dawes in ‘For the Term of His Natural Life’ (1927).
(Courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive)