The River Kings

*The River Kings*
The River Kings
Genre	mini-series
Written by	Rob George
Directed by	Donald Crombie
Starring	Tamblyn Lord; David Bradshaw; Bill Kerr
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer	Rob George
Running time	4 x 1 hour
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	10 November –; 1 December 1991

The River Kings is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the novels The River Kings (1966) and Conquest of the River (1970) by Max Fatchen. It had a budget of $3.5 million.^[1]

Plot[]

During the 1921 Mallee drought, sixteen-year-old Shawn Hoffner leaves behind farm life to find work to support his family. He finds work on a River Murray steamboat.

Home media[]

The series has been published in Australia by Beyond Home Entertainment on DVD: format 4:3; total running time 191 minutes.

References[]

^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p228

External links[]

The River Kings at IMDb

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[scott-1] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p228

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