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.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p200 In the Netherlands, the series was broadcast under the title ''De Verlaten Mijn'' ("The abandoned mine"). Its theme music, ''The Lonely Shepherd'' by the

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Orchestra and soloist Georghe Zamfir, reached the top 5 in the

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in 1979.

Cast

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as Alec Hamilton * Elizabeth Alexander as Janet Garrety * Bill Hunter as Chris Culpin *

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as Rosa Hamilton *

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as Johnny Culpin *

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as Prophesy *

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as Jacko

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