Slathers on the period (1959) details and Australianisms ("strewth", "hooroo", and much more), soft pedals the racism and sexism which are in no small part its subject, and steers directly into fantasies of harmony and easily-swallowed 'progress' by its ending after limply indicating the possibility that they might not be realised - yet it's also quite charming, and sly in its depiction of Australian masculinity in particular, while its positive depiction of immigration can only be welcomed.
(w/ Erandathie and Ru)
(w/ Erandathie and Ru)
