Jackaroo (miniseries)

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| writer = John Cundill

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| director = Michael Carson

| starring = Annie Jones
David McCubbin
Tina Bursill
Warren Mitchell

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| num_episodes = 2 x 2 hours

| producer = Bill Hughes

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| budget = $4.5 million{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120864821 |title=MIDWEEK MAGAZINE |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=64 |issue=19,782 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 December 1989 |accessdate=15 July 2020 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| network = Seven Network

| first_aired = {{Start date|1990|10|07|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1990|10|08|df=y}}

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Jackaroo is a 1990 Australian mini series about a half-caste who goes to work on a West Australian property and falls in love with a girl.Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p207

David McCubbin was not Aboriginal. Producer Bill Hughes said they could not find an Aboriginal actor of the right age.