Tonight, we step into the dust and light of old Australia to follow the remarkable life of Chips Rafferty, shearer, drover, boxer, poet, wanderer and the unlikely bushman who became one of Australia’s very first international film stars. From Broken Hill to Hollywood, from wartime propaganda films to the haunting landscape of Wake in Fright, this is the story of the tall, laconic man who came to embody the spirit of Australia itself. Settle in for a warm and reflective bedtime story about resilience, reinvention, and the making of an Australian legend.

The Nightline Bedtime Story, every night on The Nightline with Cheralyn Darcey