ANZAC Girls is an Australian television drama series that first screened on ABC1 on 10 August 2014. The six-part series tells the rarely told true stories of the nurses serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service at Alexandria, Lemnos, and the Western Front during the First World War. The series is based on Peter Rees' book The Other ANZACs as well as diaries, letters, photographs and historical documents. The series was written by Felicity Packard and Niki Aken, produced by Screentime, and filmed in South Australia.
Cast Source: Anna McGahan as Sister Olive Haynes Caroline Craig as Matron Grace Wilson Georgia Flood as Sister Alice Ross-King Laura Brent as Sister Elsie Cook Antonia Prebble as Sister Hilda Steele Todd Lasance as Major Sydney 'Syd' Cook Dustin Clare as Lieutenant Harry Moffitt Brandon McClelland as Lieutenant Norval 'Pat' Dooley John Waters as Colonel Thomas Fiaschi Charles Mayer as Major Xavier Leopold Thomas Cocquerel as Lieutenant Frank Smith Honey Debelle as Sister Kit McNaughton Rhondda Findleton as Matron Ellen "Nellie" Gould Sara West as Clarice Daley Leon Ford as Major John Prior Hannah Marshall as Sister Millicent Parker Charlotte Hazzard as Sister Florence Tilly Maddy Jevic as Sister Meg Hayes Nathaniel Dean as Major Lionel Quick Brad Williams as Major Archibald Springer Nicholas Bell as General William Birdwood Josef Ber as Major Sherwin Bonnie Soper as Jessie Verey Clarence Ryan as Private Billy Tinker
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Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result2014AWGIE AwardsBest Television Mini Series – AdaptationNiki Aken & Felicity Packard ACS State AwardsBest Telefeature/Series (SA/WA)Geoffrey HallBest Entry (SA/WA)Geoffrey HallScreen Producers Australia AwardsTelemovie or Mini Series ProductionScreentimeASSG AwardsBest Sound for a Television Drama SeriesANZAC Girls 2015 AACTA AwardsBest Cinematography in TelevisionGeoffrey HallBest Sound in TelevisionTom Heuzenroeder, Des Kenneally, Belinda Trimboli and Pete BestBest Production Design in TelevisionScott Bird Logie AwardsMost Outstanding Mini-Series or TelemovieANZAC GirlsMost Outstanding NewcomerBrandon McClellandMost Popular New TalentLaura Brent Golden Nymph Awards Best Miniseries ANZAC Girls Best Actress in a Miniseries Georgia Flood
See also Anzacs (TV series) The War That Changed Us, 4-episode ABC documentary first shown 19 August 2014 Margaret Graham (matron)
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