My Place

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.