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The Breaker (1973)

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clip Henry 'Breaker' Morant education content clip 3

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Clip description

Using stock footage to accompany the voice-over, the narrator tells us, in detail, of the disputed circumstances of Morant’s birth in England, and of his arrival in Australia in 1884.

We learn that as a young man in Western Queensland, he gained a reputation as an excellent horseman, thus earning the nickname 'breaker’. He was known for his taste in 'wild horses, women and hard liquor’.