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The summer of 1969/70 saw the release of a number of Hollywood and British blockbusters - Hoffman and Voight’s Midnight Cowboy, Streisand’s Hello Dolly, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service starring the Australian Bond, George Lazenby, and the adventures of a sentient VW Beetle named Herbie. Against stiff competition, that icon of 1960s children’s TV Skippy the bush kangaroo, made her big screen debut in The Intruders.

The summer of 1969/70 saw the release of a number of Hollywood and British blockbusters - Hoffman and Voight’s Midnight Cowboy, Streisand’s Hello Dolly, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service starring the Australian Bond, George Lazenby, and the adventures of a sentient VW Beetle named Herbie. Against stiff competition, that icon of 1960s children’s TV Skippy the bush kangaroo, made her big screen debut in The Intruders.

When it comes to Australian society, 'outsider' journalists are perhaps better placed to notice what is hiding in plain sight.

What are the key characteristics of the Australian accent? How has it evolved – and is there only one, a couple or many?

A languid documentary about the pioneering Indigenous actor leaves the impression there is more to be uncovered beneath the surface.