« Sunday too far away » is a study of one aspect of Australian social behaviour to which all shades of society have clung throughout our brief history… the code of « mateship », or the belief that, at some time during each man’s lifetime, he will depend on a friend for survival, mentally or physically. In this case, the « mates » or friends, are a migratory band of sheep shearers, the film following their ups and downs during a six week stint at a particular shearing shed. If we dare to question the elitism which they fervently believe was theirs by divine right or legend, we do so with affection and pride. The strike, which coincides with the end of this shearing contract, serves mainly to unite them in a last ditch stand against those forces that threaten their mythology, so carefully nurtured and so desperately needed… Ken HANNAM