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Bran Nue Dae

Director: Perkins, Rachel
Year: 2009
Type: Film
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Synopsis

Bran Nue Dae (Brand New Day) is a charming Aboriginal Australian music-driven road movie/romantic comedy starring Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush that literally bursts onto the screen with unbridled energy and fun. Loosely based on one of Australia's most beloved and popular musical theatre narratives, Bran Nue Dae is a foot stomping tour-de-force centering on the romantic adventures of a young aboriginal couple set against the spectacularly beautiful landscape of Western Australia from Perth to Broome.

Synopsis adapted from the official movie site: http://www.brannuedaemovie.com/



Adaptation of: Bran Nue Dae: A Musical Journey (Chi, Jimmy Kuckles, 1990)
The film Bran Nue Dae is an adaptation of the musical stage play with the same title.

Narrative Locations

Aboriginal Mission School, Perth, Peel, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Address: 295 Manning Rd, Waterford, WA.

Clontarf Aboriginal College is a co-educational Catholic boarding school for Indigenous high school students. It was constructed in 1901 by the Irish Christian Brothers.

Shooting Locations

Clontarf Aborignial College, Perth, Peel, Western Australia

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Gantheaume Point, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Gantheaume Point is a five-minute drive from the centre of Broome. It features in flashback sequences and coastal scenes.

Shooting Locations

Gantheaume Point, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia

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Molly Springs, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Molly Springs, 30km from Kununurra toward Wyndham on the Victoria Highway, located between Yearling Creek and Weaner Creek, is the location in Bran Nue Dae where Missy Higgins has a romantic swim with her German boyfriend.  

Shooting Locations

Molly Springs, Kimberley, Western Australia

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Pub in Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Matso's plays the interior of the Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome, where Lester's band plays.

Matso's Address: 60 Hammersley St, Broome

Shooting Locations

Matso's, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia

Roebuck Hotel, Kimberley, Western Australia

The old Roebuck Hotel is a disused shell. The exterior features in the film as the venue where Lester's band plays.

Address: Corner of Hannersley and Louis St, Broome.

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Sacred Heart Church, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

The Sacred Heart Church with the mother of pearl altar that features in Bran Nue Dae was built in 1915 by German Pallottine monks. 

The church is located on the Beagle Bay-Broome Road

Shooting Locations

Sacred Heart Church, Cape Levique, Kimberley, Western Australia

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Sun Pictures, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Sun Pictures is a fully functioning cinema in Broome.

Address: 8 Carnarvon Street, Broome

Shooting Locations

Sun Pictures, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia

The scene when Willie invites Rosie to the movies the cinema is Sun Pictures, Broome.

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Tong's Chinese, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia  

Temporal setting: 1969

Location notes:

Napier Tce, Broome

Shooting Locations

Tong's Chinese, Broome, Kimberley, Western Australia

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Bran Nue Dae: A Musical Journey (Chi, Jimmy Kuckles, 1990)

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