Trivia

The movie's opening prologue reads: ''During the long winter of 1926, Henry and Ruby Rose moved up into the Highlands of Tasmania to snare wallaby and possum for the skin trade. Seven years later, they were joined by a homeless boy who became their son.''

This picture's closing credits declare that the production was: "Filmed on location in Tasmania's highland wilderness and lowland valleys."

Debut theatrical feature film directed by Roger Scholes.

This picture is one of 75 Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's films in the Kodak/Atlab Collection (2000-2005) and the Deluxe/Kodak Collection (2006-2011).

The picture was funded under the famed and notorious 10BA Australian film funding and financing scheme.