Australian Diary 77: New Australians Live in Unusual Home is a short program from the Film Australia Library.

Ida (Deborah Kerr) has persuaded her husband to inquire about a job shearing sheep.

The Carmodys are camped in the Snowy Mountains beside a farm that’s for sale. Paddy (Robert Mitchum) explains why owning a farm is a recipe for misery.

Ida sends Jean Halstead (Dina Merrill) to town to fetch Bluey Brown from the pub. Bluey’s wife is in labour and Paddy (Robert Mitchum) is under strict instructions to keep him sober.