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Superintendent Cobham (Frank Thring) tells (unseen) members of the press that Dan Morgan will not be tolerated if he returns to Victoria. Billy (David Gulpilil) rides back to a hidden camp with news of what people are saying. Morgan announces his intention to return to Victoria, during a confrontation with a bounty hunter (Hugh Keays-Byrne).
Curator’s notes
The film sometimes uses an unusual 'documentary’ style, in which characters address the camera directly, as with Frank Thring’s speech, both for satirical effect and to foreground questions of historical accuracy. The film treats this history as a kind of media event, with press conferences and still cameras frequently used to immortalise moments of the story. The sense that Morgan is creating his own legend is strong – he’s eager to hear what people are saying about his exploits. The hideout scene was filmed in Morgan’s actual cave hideout in the Yambla Range.
