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  • Australian Story A Force of Nature (Season 20, Episode 41)
  • TV Episode | Documentary, Biography

Australian Story

A Force of Nature (Season 20, Episode 41)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography
Australian Story goes to the Victorian city of Bendigo, which has been the flash point for a series of protests against the building of a mosque. Colourful local business identity, Margot Spalding is leading a campaign to support Bendigo's...See moreAustralian Story goes to the Victorian city of Bendigo, which has been the flash point for a series of protests against the building of a mosque. Colourful local business identity, Margot Spalding is leading a campaign to support Bendigo's small Muslim community and to "fight back against intolerance and hate". A former Telstra Business Woman of the year, 62-year-old Spalding, who co-founded Jimmy Possum furniture has known both personal tragedy and early business hardship. Today she is the matriarch of a multi-million dollar company that employs more than 100 people. Spalding is known as much for her flamboyant style as she is for her philanthropy. Despite being the target of hate mail and having her home under police surveillance, Spalding says she will continue to campaign for the rights of Muslim people to have their own place of worship. Written by Australian Story See less
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Director
Janine Cohen
Producer
Janine Cohen
Cinematographer
Mark Farnell
Editor
Ian Harley
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Status
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Updated Nov 23, 2015
Release date
Nov 23, 2015 (Australia)
Awards
Series awards
9 wins & 12 nominations

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Blair Cottrell's primary photo
Blair Cottrell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Current Affair (1971)
Caroline Jones's primary photo
Caroline Jones
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
Sammy Awards 1977 (1977)
Margot Spalding's primary photo
Margot Spalding
Self Self   See fewer
Australian Story (1996)
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