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    Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902) was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer...
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  • Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the...
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  • court-martial of Breaker Morant was a war crimes prosecution that brought to trial six officers – Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant, Peter Handcock,...
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    Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts is an Australian play written by Kenneth G. Ross, centred on the court-martial and the last days of Lieutenant Harry...
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    1 December 1902 The 1980 film Breaker Morant portrays the unit in which Australian Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock were serving...
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    for writing the 1978 stage play Breaker Morant, that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry "Breaker" Morant. With the support of the South...
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  • break Circuit breaker, an electrical overload switch Breaker (hydraulic), a percussion hammer attached to an excavator Breaker Morant (1864–1902), Anglo-Australian...
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    martial in early 1902, Lieutenants Peter Joseph Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant, of the Bushveldt Carbineers (BVC) of the British Army, were executed...
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    1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include Breaker Morant (1980), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), F/X (1986), Tai-Pan...
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  • School of Law Breaker Morant, (1864–1902), Australian drover, horseman, bush poet and military officer Clarice Morant (1904–2009) Edward Morant (cricketer...
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  • the title role of Harry 'Breaker' Morant in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's Australian play Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts, presented...
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    Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, on 28 July 1902. In the Breaker Morant case, five Australian officers and one English officer of an irregular...
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    Street. He has also appeared in Outrageous Fortune, Underbelly: Badness, Breaker Morant: The Retrial and Pirates of the Airwaves. Wall co-wrote and directed...
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    for Breaker Morant, and Best Director for Tender Mercies. He won AACTA/AFI Awards - Best Direction (2) for Don's Party (1976) and Breaker Morant, and...
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    Court-martial of Breaker Morant Pardon for Morant, Handcock and Witton Discovery of Breaker Morant relics "Major Thomas Defended Breaker Morant". Australians...
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    Lieutenant-General Viscount Kitchener, albeit Lieutenants Peter Handcock and Harry "Breaker" Morant, who were court martialled with him, were both executed by firing squad...
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    several years. Witton of the Bushveldt Carbineers was charged along with Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock of murdering captured Boers during the Anglo-Boer...
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    with his brother called Welcome Stranger. He was offered a role in Breaker Morant (1980), directed by Bruce Beresford - the part of Private Hancock. Thompson...
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    and beheaded. During the Second Boer War, four Australian officers (Breaker Morant, Peter Handcock, Henry Picton, and George Witton) were indicted and...
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  • Morant, responded with a series of revenge killings of both POWs and many local civilians. This led directly to the Court-martial of Breaker Morant,...
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    in South Africa. After a court martial, Handcock (along with Harry "Breaker" Morant) was convicted and executed for the murders of nine Boer POWs and three...
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    The Wicker Man, and in the title role of the 1980 Australian biopic Breaker Morant. From 1985 to 1989, Woodward starred as ex-secret agent and private...
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    kilometres (25 mi) outside of Charters Towers.: 68 : 30  Breaker Morant (aka, Harry Morant or Edwin Murrant) was also employed here, but as a 'horse-boy'...
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  • Australian films and television films, including A Town Like Alice, Breaker Morant, Phar Lap, Muriel's Wedding and The Man Who Sued God. Ball appeared...
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  • in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's Australian play Breaker Morant, presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum theatre...
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    Harry "Breaker" Morant, and once owned and operated the Tenterfield Star newspaper. Jack Thompson portrayed Thomas in the 1980 film Breaker Morant Edward...
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  • Bulawayo on 24 October 1941. In the award-winning Australian New Wave film Breaker Morant, Taylor is portrayed onscreen by John Waters. Alfred Taylor was born...
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    Alfred Taylor in the 1980 film Breaker Morant which starred British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant. In 1982, Waters appeared in the...
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    execution of Morant and Handcock as instances of wrongfully executed Australians, as illustrated in the 1980 Australian film Breaker Morant. It is believed...
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  • The Breaker is a 1974 documentary about Breaker Morant directed by Frank Shields. It was the first film from Frank Shields. He says he was inspired to...
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