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form y separately published work icon The Year My Voice Broke single work   film/TV  
Is part of Danny Embling Trilogy John Duigan , 1987 series - author film/TV
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Year My Voice Broke
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A coming-of-age story, The Year My Voice Broke is set in a New South Wales country town in 1963. Fifteen-year-old Danny Embling's life is complex. Not only does he have to deal with teenage development, death, and departure, but his evolving relationship with a girl called Freya also begins to reveal the town's deepest secrets.

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(Sweet) Sixteen Great Australian Teen Films Erin Free (editor), 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 May 2016;
The Year My Voice Broke Rewatched – Coming of Age in the Backwoods Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 February 2015;
— Review of The Year My Voice Broke John Duigan , 1987 single work film/TV
Hot Ticket Samantha Selinger-Morris , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 May 2012; (p. 3)
Director Bares His All Vicky Roach , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 May 2012; (p. 9)
The Young and the Desperate Lynden Barber , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 November 2009; (p. 19)
The Year My Voice Broke Rewatched – Coming of Age in the Backwoods Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 February 2015;
— Review of The Year My Voice Broke John Duigan , 1987 single work film/TV
Braidwood Celebrates as a Favourite Comes of Age Megan Doherty , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 December 2008; (p. 6)
Life and Love in a Country town Megan Doherty , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 December 2008; (p. 4-5)
The Year My Voice Broke Comes of Age 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Sunday Canberra Times , 7 December 2008; (p. 10)
The Young and the Desperate Lynden Barber , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 November 2009; (p. 19)
y separately published work icon 'The Year My Voice Broke' David Thomas , Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2000 Z1673616 2000 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into The Year My Voice Broke (1987). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
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John Duigan
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Country towns,
  • New South Wales,
  • 1960s
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