shiralee
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of shiralee
First recorded in 1875–80; origin uncertain
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Other film highlights include Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton, in 1955; 1957’s "The Shiralee," starring Peter Finch; 1960’s "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England," with O’Toole; and, reteaming with Gardner in 1963, "55 Days in Peking."
From Fox News
His weather-worn face had been almost omnipresent on Australian screens since he appeared as an extra in “The Shiralee,” a British-made 1957 movie set in Australia.
From New York Times
Hunter's weather-worn face has become almost omnipresent on Australian screens since he first appeared as an extra in 1957 in "The Shiralee," British-made movie set in Australia.
From Seattle Times
Soon after moving to Sydney in 1942, she married a fellow journalist, D’Arcy Niland, who later wrote the novel “The Shiralee.”
From New York Times
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