Faraway Downs

Aboriginal people in this drama set in 1939 Australia are called derogatory names ("boong," "creamy") and treated like second-class citizens. This show looks at the systematic abduction of mixed-race, or "half-caste," children from their Aboriginal families. An Aboriginal shaman plays a crucial role for the people hoping to save a mixed-race child from this type of abduction. Chinese, Aboriginal, and Southeast Asian people act as servants for White characters.

Pointed bursts of violence. Fistfights, threats of domestic abuse, child abuse, drowning. War violence includes bombing raids, women and children killed in air raids. One man is thrown into crocodile-infested waters, a woman drowns, a man is trampled to death by a stampede of cows.

Characters kiss. Derogatory comments are made about women ("sheilas"), as though they are only meant to be helpmates. No graphic nudity is shown when characters have sex. A scene in which a White man knocks on an Aboriginal woman's door for sex (he's later shown buckling his belt, etc.) is somewhat disturbing.

"Bloody," "Christ," "hell."

Characters get violent when they're drunk. One character is an alcoholic who stashes bottles of rum all around him, passes out drunk, struggles to stay sober long enough to take care of his responsibilities. Characters smoke cigarettes.