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[CRAWFORD CRIME RESEARCH] AT:
Call No: CRAWFORD RESEARCH CRIMEPlace: ATPhysDes: # boxesSubject: RESEARCH TV ; CRIME ON TV. AUSTRALIA ; CRIME. AUSTRALIA ; CRAWFORD PRODUCTIONS ; HOMICIDE [TV] (AT, 1964-1975) ; DIVISION FOUR [TV] (AT, 1969) ; MATLOCK POLICE [TV] (AT, 1971-1976) ; RYAN [TV](AT, 1973-4) ; SOLO ONE [TV] (AT, 1975-76) ; BLUEY [TV](AT, 1976-77) ; COP SHOP [TV] (AT, 1977-84) ; CARSON'S LAW [TV] (AT, 1983) ; SPECIAL SQUAD [TV](AT, 1984-1985) ; PRIME TIME [TV] (AT, 1986) ; FEDS, THE [TV](AT, 1993-1995) ; STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Summary: Press clippings, writers' research, interviews and journals used references when developing Crawfords crime show storylines. Research covers crime in Australia and overseas, type characters, technical and historical context as well as local and ethnic detail. Where possible Crawford Productions' original organisational system has been retained. The files were intially developed for early crime productions such as Homicide and Division Four. Annotations indicate that this early research was added to and used in later crime show storylines.
Files are organised into general subjects followed by material connected with specific series in chronological order.Notes: Annotations on some clippings -- Labels follow Crawfords designations unless provided by cataloguerDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: # archive boxes containing writers' research and technical details used for Crawford Production crime shows.
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[Victoria Police research]: History and outline of the Victoria Police Force / Victoria Police Department [Rev. Melbourne 1969[ (19 leaves); [Research] (47 leaves)
Files on the victims in murder cases (214 leaves)
Files on the accused in murder cases (151 leaves)
Crime file research files 1-7: Kidnap; Knife attacks; Abduction; Drugs; Drugs - Nugan case; Disappearance; Leonski
Crime file research files 8-16: Azaria Chamberlain; Azaria Chamberlain appeal; Axe killing - murder; Komarnicki - murder; Kane - murder; Blackmail/extortion/threat; Burglary; Bribe; Backyard car business
Crime file research files 17-31: Bikie; Biggs - great train robbery; Raymond Bennett - murderer; Tait - murderer; Toecutter gang - murderers; Poisons - von Burlow/Perry; Police/shot killed attacked; Colin Creed - rogue cop - police corruption; The Bill Allen affair; O'Heally (murderer); Lord & Lady Lucan; Hinkley - attempted assassin; Graeme Thorne (kidnapped & murdered); Frankston psycho killer; Perjury
Research file: Police anecdotes; Involving police
[Research files of Det. J Puls] Victoria Police Association report (12 leaves); Unpublished ruling (9 leaves); Use of written notes to assist police in giving evidence (4 leaves); Accompanied by handwritten notes, typescripts and newspaper clippings
Technical information research file 1: Army; Airways; Banks; Buslines; Cars & trucks; Chemicals; Children; Cryogenics; Customs; Currency; Cults; Dental; Documents; Dogs; Drugs; Eviction; Explosives; Family affairs; Fishing; Greek customs; Hotels; Health department; History; Humor; Immigration; Italian customs; Languages; Locks; Livestock; Marriage; Mechanical and electrical devices; Medical
Technical information master vol 2: Minerals and metal; Music; Name titles; Newsmedia; Poisons; Police; Postage; Prisoners; Private det's; Racing; Rag trade; Quotes; Religion; Social welfare; Security; Speeches; Telephones; Television; Vegetation; Vermin and noxious weeds; War; Wines; Workers' compensation; Women's lib; University
Character insight master file: Anzacs; Assembly workers; Boxer; Company executives/ wives; Divorce; Faith healers; Funeral directors; Geologists; Graduates; Gypsies; Illiteracy; Lawyer; Medical Professionals; Nurse; Prison officers; Psychologist; Quacks; Racing; Security; Supernatural; Surveyors; Vagrants; Wives; Actors; Bushman; Farmer; Grazier; Hill Billy; Law breaker; Nursing sister; Shearers; Shearers' cook; Stockman; Store keeper; Swagman; Eccentrics; Chivalrous colonel
Character research file no. 1: Everyday; Country; Eccentric; Criminal; Juvenile
Character research file no. 2: Bank robbers; Burglars; Car theives; Conmen; Cracksmen; Killers - thrill; Killers - professional; Killers - contract; Petty crims; Recidivists; Shoplifters; Telephone freaks; Wives of convicted criminals; Juv basher; Skinheads; Vandals
Magazine American master detective [ISSN 0025-5017] Jun, Aug 1970; Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec 1971; Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 1972; Feb, Mar, Apr May 1973
Homicide masters 3
Homicide research files 1: Accidental and unsolved etc; Abduction; Abortion; Child killers; Family relationships; Juvenile and teenagers; Lovers; Migrants; Monetary gain
Homicide and D24 research file 1-4: The Stewart Royal commission (drugs, police corruption); Police/criminology; Reference information from Gordon Timmons; Police
Homicide and D24 research file 5-11: Police; Passport rackets; Rackets; Silver gun
rapist - Vaitos; Robbery - general; S P Bookies; Youth - violence & vandalism
[Homicide and D24] Research file 11A-15: Sniper; Spy; Spy - Prime British; Underworld; Peter Jansen - race driver; Youth unemployment; Youth - theft/robbery/burglary; Youth - Turana Home and other institutions; Youth crime - general statistics; Youth deaths; Youth - drugs; Youth - gangs; Youth - help/aid; Youth - molesting; Youth - murder; Youth - parent problems; Youth - rape; Youth - riots/mobs; Youth - video/pinball crime; Youth - runaways/homelessness; Youth - alcohol; Youth - sex education; Youth - problems with students/education
Homicide and D24 research file 16-25: Shoplifting; Scandal; Revenge; Robbery; Vigilantes; [Prison]; Wran affair; Drugs; Gordon Liddy/Watergate; Courts
Homicide and D24 research file 26-36: Cycling; Police recruiting; Police games; Diamond smuggling; Police association; Security; Sport; Unemployment; Stuntmen; Tatts lotto; UFO; Uranium; Vietnamese; Ceremonies (religious)
D4 masters 1: Abduction; Blackmail; Bombers & explosives; Caches; Children - child battering; Children - neglect; Children - general; Conflicts - family; Conflicts - marital; Conflicts - others; Drugs; Eviction; Fraud - conmen; Fraud - others; Fugitives - prisoners; Fugitives - others; Gambling; Industrial espionage; Migrants; Poisons; Police - attacks on the police; Police - cases involving
(Duplicate file D4 Research vol. 1)
D4 masters 2: [Robbery - armed]; [Robbery with violence]; [Robbery / violent crime]; [Theft]; [Robbery - general]; [Safe breakers]
D4 masters 3: Sex offences; Siege; Smuggling - goods; Smuggling - people; Social; Supernatural - witchcraft, fortune telling etc; Supernatural - spiritualists, ghosts, etc.; Teenagers - gangs; Teenagers - missing and/or runaway; Teenagers - general; Vice - pornography; Vice - prostitution
(Duplicate file D4 research vol. 3)
Division 4 research bulletin 7.3.69 (3 leaves)
[Matlock police character development cards] (50 cards)
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[Cop shop research files 1-5]: Cocaine; Assaults - cabinet committee of inquiry; Kay inquiry - abortion (2 copies); Drugs in sport; Homeless people
Cop shop research file 6-10: Fishing; Spy game; Art fraud; Sexual harassment and rape; White Australia and Ruxton
Cop shop research file 11-20: Video crime; Revivals (50s, 60s, 70s); Computer crime; Sieges; Juries [&] the courts; News + current affairs; William Sinclair; Drugs + drug runners; Pigeons; Lotto winners and losers
Crime file: Abduction; Abo[riginal] crime; Arson; Arson - Fairlea; Assault - general; Assault - bashings
Cop shop research [A]: Abuse; Alcohol; Crime - gen. info; Deaths; Drugs; Gangs; Help/aid; Murder; Parents; Prostitution; Rape; Riots/Mobs; Runaways/homeless; Sex education; Students; Theft/robbery; Turana; Unemployed
Cop shop research [B]: Escapes; Feuds; Forgery/counterfeit; Child battery; Illegal immigrants; Migrant crime
Cop shop research (People/Characters): Pornography; Murder; Call girls; Massage parlor; Mafia/syndicate crime; Psychological effects of crime; Private investigators
Cop shop research memos [1980-1981]
Cop shop memos research [1982-1983]
[Cop shop research files 1-16] A.S.I.O; Builders labour federation; Bodyguards; Boat people; Bakers hobbies; Horses; Aboriginals/general; Aboriginal land rights; Aboriginal racial problems; Commission flats; Video; Blue light disco; [Victoria Police brochure]; Safety house scheme; Consumer affairs; Computers
[Carson's law research]: The complete palmist / Ina Oxenford (photocopy ; 98 leaves); The other love: an historical and contemporary syrvey of homosexuality in Britain / H. Montgomery Hyde (photocopy ; 163 leaves)
[Carson's law historical research]: Contains information on the following topics --Abortion; Advertising; Aviation; Children's games; Contraception; Divorce; Drama; Earnings; Electricity; Entertainment; Education; Fun of the fair; Federal election 1925; Fashion; Films; Games of skill; Health; Household, running the; Houshold and wages; Hotels; Leisure; Magazines; Medicine/health; Music; Marriage; Motor cars; Morality; Newspapers; Pleasures of the picnic; Politics; Public transport; Radio; Spirit of the twenties; Social calendar; Telephones
[Carson's law technical research and memos]: Unsorted research photocopies covering historical and technical developments of the 1920s
[Carson's law - miscellaneous research / specific queries]: Includes summaries of interviews conducted with historians and members of the public on the subject of women in the work force, vice and entertainment in the 1920s
Prime time research file: 17-29: [Greece]; Family court; Execution; Extradition; Education; Italy; Government bonds; Media relations office - Geoff Wilkinson; Media Liaison; Marriage; Karmarn dogs; Missing; Private eye; Story suggestions; [Unsorted]
Miscellany
Scripts: Power without glory : episode 2. Homecomings / (Scene breakdown and script ; iii, 96 leaves);
Barlow at large : [season 2, episode 2. Wanted] / Elwyn Stokes (photocopy ; 53 leaves)
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STATE CORONER : [TV] (AT, 1996-7)
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State Coroner : episode 18 "the gift of life" [1998].
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State Coroner : episode 15 "days of reckoning - part one" [1998].
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State coroner : episode 20 - 'the body of evidence' [1998].
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State coroner : episode 26 - 'Flying solo' [1998].
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State Coroner : Starting with a Bang, Pilot Episode 1996.
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State coroner : telemovie pilot episode. Treatment / written by Michael Harvey; edited by Graeme Farmer AT: c1992.
Call No: SC STA : 1Author: Harvey, Michael Place: ATPubDate: c1992PhysDes: 22 leaves ; 30cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Treatment for telemovie pilot -- Includes annotations -- Script for telemovie donated by The Australian Writer's Guild and kept with Crawford CollectionDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[State coroner]. : Continuity folders AT:
Call No: SC STA : 1Place: ATPhysDes: 2 foldersSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Two ringbound folders -- Wardrobe department continuity notes and photographs for episode 1, 'Starting with a bang' -- I folder contains continuity notes and photos and is labelled for main characters (regular) the other folder is labelled road accident and other guest characters and also contains continuity notes and photosDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsID2: 300
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[State coroner] : Continuity folder. Episodes 4 and 5 AT:
Call No: SC STA : 4/5Place: ATPhysDes: 163 leaves : 128 photographs ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: One ringbound folder. Contains continuity notes and photographs for episode 4, titled ' Coming to Grief' and episode 5, titled ' Final approach'Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 6. Storyline notes AT:
Call No: SC STA : 6Place: ATPhysDes: 6 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Storyline notes for episode 6 -- Contains main themes plus suggested story points for various story strandsDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 7. Partings / written by Patrick Edgeworth ; story edited by Michael Harvey ; script edited by Russell Haig AT: 1996 Sept. 13.
Call No: SC STA : 7Author: Edgeworth, Patrick Place: ATPubDate: 1996 Sept. 13PhysDes: 91 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes character notes , locations -- Accompanied by notes (1 sheet) and Vehicle accident research -- Credits: producer, David Taft ; director, Chris ThomsonDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Continuity folder. Episodes 9 & 10 AT:
Call No: SC STA : 9/10Place: ATPhysDes: 94 leaves : 119 photographs ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: One ringbound folder -- Contains wardrobe department continuity notes and photographs for episode 9, titled ' Truth & Circumstance' and episode 10, titled 'Conflict of interest'Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 11. The angel of mercy. Scene breakdown / written by Bill Garner AT:
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State coroner : Episode 12. Till death us do part / written by John Coulter AT: c1996.
Call No: SC STA : 12Author: Coulter , John Edition: First draftPlace: ATPubDate: c1996PhysDes: 93 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Unpublished script -- contains extensive annotations -- Accompanied by scene breakdown (25 leaves) ; general editorial comments with annotations (2 leaves)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 13. Blood sport / written by John Reeves AT: c1996.
Call No: SC STA : 13Author: Reeves, John Place: ATPubDate: c1996PhysDes: 37 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown with annotations -- Accompanied by backstory details (4 leaves), storyline meeting (3 leaves), episode research ( 48 leaves)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 14 / written by Craig Wilkins AT: c1996.
Call No: SC STA : 14Author: Wilkins, Craig Edition: First draftPlace: ATPubDate: c1996PhysDes: 113 ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by scene breakdown (three versions), storyline notes, meeting notes, revised one-liner (two versions), researchDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 15 AT:
Call No: SC STA : 15Place: ATSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Episode 15 storyline notes plus episode 15 &16 storyline directionsDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 16. Days of reckoning. Scene breakdown / written by Barbara Bishop AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 16Author: Bishop, Barbara Place: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 22 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by scene breakdown notes (6 leaves), storyline notes (11 leaves), memos, researchDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 17. Shaking the tree. Scene breakdown / written by Graham Hartley AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 17Author: Hartley, Graham Place: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 23 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by storyline notes (2 versions), notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 18. Scene breakdown / written by Annie Fox AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 18Author: Fox, Annie Place: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 24 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by memos, first draft notes, scene breakdown notes, storyline notes (2 versions)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[State coroner] : {Research for episode 24] AT:
Call No: SC STA : 24Place: ATSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Background research undertaken for episode 24 -- topics include transmission of HIV and Hepatitis B, stabbing , drug trafficking and gang violenceDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[State coroner] : [Research for episode 25] AT:
Call No: SC STA : 25Place: ATSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Research for episode 25 -- Research topics include backpacker hostels, fires at backpacker hostelsDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 27. Scene breakdown / written by Shane Brennan AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 27Author: Brennan, Shane Place: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 19 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by proposed story outline, scene breakdown notes, storyline notes (two versions), research, notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 28. Scene breakdown / Barbara Bishop AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 28Author: Bishop, Barbara Place: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 29 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by scene breakdown notes, storyline notes (2 versions)Donation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 29. The scent of success, part 1 / Written by John Coulter AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 29Author: Coulter, John Edition: First draftPlace: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 88 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by Scene breakdown with annotations, scene breakdown notes, storyline notes (x2), summary of story themes, research, notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : Episode 30. The scent of success, part 2 / written by Graham Hartley AT: c1998.
Call No: SC STA : 30Author: Hartley, Graham Edition: First draftPlace: ATPubDate: c1998PhysDes: 84 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Unpublished script -- Includes annotations -- Accompanied by Second draft (94 leaves) with annotations, storyline notes (15 leaves), additional storyline notes (4 leaves), scene breakdown (23 leaves), ,notesDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: 1st and 2nd draft of this episode
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State coroner : episode 31. Adverse event. Scene breakdown / written by Denise Morgan AT: 1998.
Call No: SC STA : 31Author: Morgan, Denise Place: ATPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 31 leaves : 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Includes annotations -- Accompanied by scene breakdown notes (2 copies, 5 leaves), storyline notes (15 leaves), research, memos and notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : episode 32. High maintenance. Scene breakdown / written by Michaeley O'Brien AT: 1998.
Call No: SC STA : 32Author: O'Brien, Michaeley Place: ATPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 23 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown includes annotations -- Accompanied by storyline notes (14 leaves with annotations), memosDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State coroner : episode 33. Storyline notes / written by Charlie Strachan AT: 1998.
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State coroner : Episode 34. Scene breakdown / written by Barbara Bishop AT: 1998.
Call No: SC STA : 34Author: Bishop, Barbara Place: ATPubDate: 1998PhysDes: 33 leaves ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Scene breakdown -- Accompanied by storyline notes (12 leaves), plotting meeting notes (4 leaves), notesDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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[State coroner. Additional material] AT:
Call No: SC STA : 0Place: ATSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Notes: Writer's guide -- Regular characters -- Guide to script layout -- Character arcs-- Storylines -- Plotting notes -- Future storylines -- Proposed scheduleDonation: Gift of Crawford Productions
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State Coroner [DVD] : the complete 1st series [Northcote, Vic.]: Umbrella Entertainment, 2008.
Call No: D State CoronerSource: ATPlace: [Northcote, Vic.]Publisher: Umbrella EntertainmentPubDate: 2008PhysDes: 4 videodiscs (DVD) (677 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Series: State Coroner seriesSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Summary: "Delving into the daily lives of a highly trained forensics team employed to unravel the mystery surrounding murder, accidents and strange deaths, State Coroner traces their battles with grieving families, slow or meddling authorities, and organized crime, from the initial inquiry through to the courtroom appearances and the Coroner's final verdict." -- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIANotes: Title from container.; Originally screened in 1997.; Censorship classification: M.; In English. No subtitles.Technical Details: PAL ; All regions.Credits: Producer, David Taft ; devised by Michael Harvey; executive producers, Bruce Gordon and John KearneyStandard Number: 3000000069004Performer: Wendy Hughes, Bob Baines
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[State coroner. Publicity material]
Call No: CRAWFORD PUBLICITY STAPhysDes: 1 folder ; 30 cmSubject: STATE CORONER [TV] (AT, 1996-7) Summary: Media clippings for Crawford Productions series State CoronerDonation: Gift of Crawford ProductionsContents: 1 folder containing media clippings for State Coroner and an article about State Coroner in Infomed v1, iss3, 1996 p. 6 - 8
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