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Dangerous Remedy
''Dangerous Remedy'' is an Australian historical drama and crime thriller telemovie, which was broadcast on ABC1 on 4 November 2012. It depicts real life Scottish-born doctor, Bertram Wainer ( Jeremy Sims) as he strives for abortion law reform in the state of Victoria during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Also appearing are Susie Porter, William McInnes, Maeve Dermody and Mark Leonard Winter. The script was written by Kris Wyld and is loosely based on Wainer's account, ''It Isn't Nice'' (1972). ''Dangerous Remedy'' was directed by Ken Cameron and produced for the ABC by Ned Lander with filming in Melbourne commencing in March 2012. At the 2nd AACTA Awards, held in January 2013, Porter was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for her role of Peggy Berman. Plot In 1967 Bertram attends a young woman who is haemorrhaging severely after having a "backyard" abortion – she later dies in hospital. By 1969 Bertram is campaigning for abortion law reform a ...
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Bertram Wainer
Bertram Barney Wainer (30 December 192816 January 1987) was an Australian doctor who successfully campaigned for legal access to abortion for women in the state of Victoria. In the process he received multiple death threats from Victoria Police and survived at least three attempts on his life, including shootings and arson. He was also to uncover political and police corruption. Biography Born in Edinburgh, Scotland (his father had died before his birth), he left school at thirteen and migrated to Australia eight years later with 2s 6d in his pocket. He did many odd jobs while attending night school and later the University of Melbourne, where he obtained his medical degree in 1958. He became an army doctor in 1960 but resigned in 1966 as commander of a military hospital to go into private practice in St Kilda, Melbourne. In 1967 a young woman came to Wainer's Melbourne surgery seeking emergency treatment after a back-yard abortion. For Wainer it marked the beginning of a lo ...
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Bleeding
Bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage or blood loss, is blood escaping from the circulatory system from damaged blood vessels. Bleeding can occur internally, or externally either through a natural opening such as the mouth, nose, ear, urethra, vagina, or anus, or through a puncture in the skin. Hypovolemia is a massive decrease in blood volume, and death by excessive loss of blood is referred to as exsanguination. Typically, a healthy person can endure a loss of 10–15% of the total blood volume without serious medical difficulties (by comparison, blood donation typically takes 8–10% of the donor's blood volume). The stopping or controlling of bleeding is called hemostasis and is an important part of both first aid and surgery. Types * Upper head ** Intracranial hemorrhage — bleeding in the skull. ** Cerebral hemorrhage — a type of intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding within the brain tissue itself. ** Intracerebral hemorrhage — bleeding in the brain caused by ...
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Films Shot In Australia
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ...
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Cultural Depictions Of Australian People
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor, Edward. (1871). ''Primitive Culture''. Vol 1. New York: J. P. Putnam's Son Culture often originates from or is attributed to a specific region or location. Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group. Accepting only a monoculture in a social group can bear risks, just as a single species can wither in the face of environmental change, for lack of functional responses to the change. Thus in military culture, valor is counted ...
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Australian Biographical Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the count ...
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Daniela Farinacci
Daniela Farinacci (also credited as Daniella Farinaci) is an Australian actress of Italian descent, who has many television, film and theatre credits. Farinacci is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian movie ''Lantana'' as Paula, alongside Vince Colosimo. She also appeared in supporting roles in '' Little Fish'' and '' Look Both Ways''. Farinacci is known for a starring role in the 2006 television mini-series '' The Society Murders'' as Maritza Wales, based on a real-life crime. She also has a starring role in the police television drama series, '' East West 101'' as Helen Callas. Her theatre roles include Juliet in ''Romeo & Juliet'' and Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and many more Melbourne theatre productions. Farinacci was announced as part of the cast for the second season of '' Total Control'', she also reprised her role for the third and final series. She was also announced as part of the cast for Channel 9’s ''Human Error Human error is an acti ...
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Arthur Rylah
Sir Arthur Gordon Rylah, (3 October 190920 September 1974) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1971. Background Rylah was born in Kew, Melbourne, the son of Walter Robert Rylah, a solicitor, and Helen Isabel Webb. He was educated at Trinity Grammar and the University of Melbourne, where he entered residence at Trinity College in 1928 reading Arts."Salvete 1928", The Fleur-de-Lys', vol. 3, no. 28 (Oct. 928), p. 14. He graduated with a law degree in 1932. On 10 September 1937 Rylah married Ann Flora Froude Flashman, a veterinarian, with whom he had two children. In 1940 he was appointed major in the Australian Imperial Force, serving in the Northern Territory, New Guinea and New Britain. He was mentioned in despatches. Politics After being demobilised in January 1946, he returned to practising law, and joined the newly formed Liberal Party. On 17 December 1949 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for K ...
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Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood (born ) is an English-born Australian actor, writer and producer, with close to 500 screen performances to his name. Haywood has also worked as a casting director, art director, sound recordist, camera operator, gaffer, grip, location and unit manager. Early life and education Haywood was born around 1948 in Billericay, Essex, England. He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended Royal Grammar School from 1959 to 1965. He then started working in the cellars of a local wine shipper before gaining a place at E15 Acting School. After graduating in 1970 he emigrated to Australia. Career Soon after arriving in Sydney, Haywood became involved with the Nimrod Theatre Company, helping to build the premises with scrap timber. He was the artistic director of the Pros and Cons Playhouse at Parramatta Gaol from 1979 to 1981, and established the drama service on Kiribati National Radio. His acting career ...
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Peter O'Brien (actor)
Peter O'Brien is an Australian actor, best known for his role as an original cast member in 1985 of Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Shane Ramsay. He has also acted in numerous British and American productions. Career O'Brien played a regular role in short-lived soap opera '' Starting Out ''(1983), and then had guest roles in '' Carson's Law'' in 1983 and ''Prisoner'' in 1984 and appeared in '' The Henderson Kids''. He was then cast as Shane Ramsay, a regular original character in soap opera ''Neighbours'' on the Seven Network in 1985. He became one of the serial's most popular cast members, continuing in the series until 1987. He then played a leading regular role in drama series '' The Flying Doctors'' from 1988 until 1991. In 1994, O'Brien sent up his soap opera star past by taking a regular role in ''Psycho Ward 10'', a soap opera parody in '' The All New Alexei Sayle Show''. O'Brien took on the role of surgical registrar Mr. Cyril 'Scissors' Smedley in the popul ...
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Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years. Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to his work in film and television, Bell has also recorded over a dozen audiobooks with Bolinda, a company based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2001, he accepted on behalf of the cast and crew of the Australian comedy series '' The Games'' the TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program. In 2023, Bell appeared in the Stan series '' Scrublands'', as well as the Tasmanian drama series '' Bay of Fires''. Also in 2023, Bell was named in the extended cast of the Foxtel/Binge series '' High Country''. Filmography Film Television Theatre Audiobooks *Reader of ''Murder at the Nineteenth'' by J. M. Gregson, 2001 *Reader of the part of Julian in ''Us'' by Richard Mason, 200 ...
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Caroline Craig
Caroline Craig (born 30 April 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress, based in Melbourne. Caroline completed a BA at Melbourne University before graduating from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in 1999. Career Television Caroline first appeared as series regular Sergeant Tess Gallagher in Channel Seven's drama series ''Blue Heelers'' (2000 - 2003). In 2008 she appeared as Detective Jacqui James in ''Underbelly'', and has since narrated the ''Underbelly'' series for Channel Nine. Most recently she played the role of Matron Grace Wilson in the ABC1 mini series '' ANZAC Girls'', which screened in 2014. Stage Since graduating from NIDA, Caroline has worked for Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Bell Shakespeare Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of The Malthouse building in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct. In ...
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