After the release of George T. Miller’s ‘The Man from Snowy River’ (1982), Australians fell a little in love with an image of themselves as a nation of rugged bush folk. Akubras and Drizabones appeared on city streets, and RM Williams boots pounded pavements. This 1983 commercial for Aura detergent plays into this infatuation with a cinematic title (‘Aura’s Australia’) over ‘Snowy River’-style outback and horse scenes. The archetypal housewife is replaced by Joy Greystone, a quarter-horse traine

Jack Thompson, Sigrid Thornton and Tom Burlinson talk to Mike Walsh about their characters in #TheManFromSnowyRiver. Our new collection celebrates this 1982 classic: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/man-snowy-river | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia