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Fields of Fire

Season 3
TV-14

  • Nine Network
  • 1h 30m
  • Australia
  • English
Fields of Fire is a 1987 Australian mini series that attempts , for the Queensland cane cutters what John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath achieved for the itinerant farm workers of Oklahoma. It tells human stories overshadowed by greater event in the form of World War 11 and mechanization of cane harvesting, against a backdrop of an unknown and picturesque way of life.

2 episodes

Season Premiere

3x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

3x01 Episode 1

  • no air date1h 30m

The final chapter takes the story into the 1950s, where Gina and her brother Paolo have established themselves as successful cane growers.

But the future is not all roses for the people of Silkwood – as Prime Minister Menzies’ 1951 Federal Referendum to outlaw communism causes all manner of instability within the small community, bringing back haunting memories of oppression to many of the migrants.

3x02 Episode 2

  • no air date1h 30m
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