Temporal setting: 1970s
Location notes:
Storm Boy is set in the Coorong wetland ecosystem, a series of saltwater lagoons separated from the sea by a narrow stretch of sand dunes called the Younghusband Peninsula.
The Coorong National Park is 150km southeast of Adelaide. It stretches from the mouth of the Murray River for over 100km down the South Australian coast almost all the way to Kingston. The wetland is home to many waterbirds, including pelicans, swans, terns, and egrets. It is also culturally significant for the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal people and archaeological evidence shows shell middens dating back thousands of years. Diversion of the Murray River water for irrigation has endangered the ecosystem of the Coorong because it doesn't get flushed out with fresh water.
For more information see ABC Science: Our Changing World -- The Coorong
Shooting Locations
Coorong, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Storm Boy was filmed on location along the Younghusband Peninsula at the Coorong, which is where Storm Boy lives with his father and Mr Percival.
Goolwa Beach, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Goolwa Beach is one of the shooting locations for Storm Boy.
Meningie, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Meningie is one of the shooting locations for Storm Boy, most probably where the town scenes were filmed.
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