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All my life, our mother
had told us stories about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman, about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman,
and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict, and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict, was quickly freed,
went up the Hawkesbury and "took up land", that
wonderfully euphemistic phrase
had told us stories about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman, about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman,
and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict, and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict, was quickly freed,
went up the Hawkesbury and "took up land", that
wonderfully euphemistic phrase
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All my life, our mother
had told us stories
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about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman,
00:00:06.016 --> 00:00:06.044
about our convict ancestor,
Solomon Wiseman,
and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict,
00:00:06.044 --> 00:00:09.024
and the story about him
was that he came here as a convict,
00:00:09.024 --> 00:00:10.068
was quickly freed,
went up the Hawkesbury
00:00:10.068 --> 00:00:14.028
and "took up land", that
wonderfully euphemistic phrase.
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Movie Summary
An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
