Name: My Place
Released: 2009-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Susie Porter, Rebecca Massey, Susie Porter

Available on ABC iview

Based on the much loved Australian children’s classic by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins, My Place tells the story of the children who live in one place over 130 years. Picking up the story from Henry in 1878, we go back through the years to Barangaroo’s adventures before white settlement.

Kids & Family · 2009 · 23 min

Starring Susie Porter , Rebecca Massey , Susie Porter

Director Samantha Lang , Michael James Rowland

EPISODE 1

2008 - Laura

Laura is 10. She borrows a tinnie to muck about in the canal. It sinks, taking with it the ashes of its owner's beloved dog. She can't find a way to own up and say sorry. It's 2008 and the Prime Minister is trying to do the same thing with her mob.

22 min · 26 Mar 2013
EPISODE 2

1998 - Mohammed

Mohammed is 10. He's a mad keen bowler and is desperate to join the cricket team at his new school. But there are no places and so he ends up playing with the girls who prove to be the better side. It's 1998.

23 min · 27 Mar 2013
EPISODE 3

1988 - Lily

Lily's cousin Phoung arrives with her parents from Vietnam. But the trophy cousin turns out to be a real threat to Lily's status at home and at school. It's 1988.

24 min · 28 Mar 2013
EPISODE 4

1978 - Mike

Mike knows a lot about Australian muscle cars from 1968 to 1978 but the other kids think he's odd and he thinks he's only got one friend, Ben. But is Ben a real friend? It's 1978.

24 min · 2 Apr 2013
EPISODE 5

1968 - Sofia

Sofia is 10. She's a spy for the yayas and she's determined to get rid of her brother Michaelis' Anglo-girlfriend before he leaves for Vietnam. It's 1968.

24 min · 3 Apr 2013
EPISODE 6

1958 - Michaelis

Michaelis is 10 and his family is from Kalymnos. He wants to be Australian not Greek but even more he wants a television so he can watch Robin Hood and be accepted into the gang at the milk bar. It's 1958.

23 min · 4 Apr 2013