My Place

Seasons

2009

7.4

The story of one house in South Sydney, told by the children who live there over 260 years.

Episode List

S1 • E1

2008 Laura

Laura borrows a tinnie to muck about in the canal. It sinks, taking with it the ashes of its owner's beloved dog. She can't find a way to own up and say sorry. It's 2008 and the Prime Minister is trying to do the same thing with her mob.

S1 • E2

1998 Mohammad

Mohammad is 10 and he's new at school and wants to join the cricket team. There are no places and he ends up playing with the girls - who prove to be the better side. It's 1998.

S1 • E3

1988 Lily

Lily is excited when cousin Phoung arrives with her parents from Vietnam but Phuong turns out to be in no need of help and a real threat to Lily's status at home and at school.

S1 • E4

1978 Mike

Mike knows a lot about Australian muscle cars from 1968 to 1978, but the other kids think he's odd. He only has one friend, Ben. But is Ben really a friend?

S1 • E5

1968 Sofia

Sofia is a spy for the yayas. She tries to derail the budding romance of her brother Michaelis and his girlfriend Janice, before he leaves for Vietnam.

S1 • E6

1958 Michaelis

Michaelis' family is from Kalymnos but he wants to be Australian, not Greek. Even more, he wants a television so he can watch 'Robin Hood' and be accepted by the McCormack brothers at the milk bar.

S1 • E7

1948 Jen

Jen's father died in the war. Now her mum is planning to marry Wal, who even though he has a car, definitely doesn't match up to the war hero dad, in Jen's eyes.

S1 • E8

1938 Colum

Colum has two big ambitions; to stop his best mate Thommo's family from being kicked out of their house next door to his and to get up the nerve to ride his billy cart down Brick Pits Hill.

S1 • E9

1928 Bridie

Bridie just wants to hang out with her big sister Kath and best friend Lorna, and be in on their secrets. After talking her way into tagging along, and wheeling her baby brother in his pram, Bridie sets off for what is meant to be a day of harmless fun and relaxation.

S1 • E10

1918 Bertie

Bertie wants to raise money to buy a present for his brother Eddie who's coming home from the war and steals his friend's pet rabbit for his magic show.

S1 • E11

1908 Evelyn

Evelyn can't wait for cracker night and this year, for the first time, the family has their own box of fireworks. Unfortunately, Evelyn shows the box to her disbelieving neighbor Freddie with explosive results.

S1 • E12

1898 Rowley

Rowley is convinced that good deeds will be rewarded, he'll do anything to help his mother and the other residents in the boarding house they live in. He longs for his father to come home but then he discovers that his father may never come home at all.

S1 • E13

1888 Victoria

Victoria and her family have just moved into the terrace house that her father has built. She'll do anything to ensure that they stay there forever - including witchcraft. It's 1888.