My Place tells the story of one house in south Sydney as told by the generations of children who have lived there over a period of over 220 years. The series opens in 2008 and travels back to pre-1788. Each episode centres around a child with a talent for some kind of trouble, each hiding up the same old fig tree, each with a story to tell.
2008 Laura
Dec 4, 2009
10-year-old Laura can't own up and find a way to say sorry for a misadventure.
1998 Mohammed
Dec 7, 2009
Mohammed is a keen bowler and is desperate to join the cricket team at his new school. But there are no places and so he ends up playing with the girls - who prove to be the better side.
1988 Lily
Dec 8, 2009
Lily's cousin Phoung arrives with her parents from Vietnam. But the trophy cousin turns out to be a real threat to Lily's status at home and at school.
1978 Mike
Dec 9, 2009
Mike knows a lot about Australian muscle cars from 1968 to 1978 but the other kids think he's odd and he thinks he has only got one friend, Ben. But is Ben a real friend?
1968 Sofia
Dec 10, 2009
Sofia is a spy for the yayas and she's determined to get rid of her brother Michaelis's Anglo girlfriend before he leaves for Vietnam.
1958 Michaelis
Dec 11, 2009
Michaelis's family is from Kalymnos. He wants to be Australian not Greek but even more he wants a television so he can watch Robin Hood.
1948 Jen
Dec 14, 2009
Jen's dad died in the war. Now her mum is planning to marry Wal, who even though he has a car, definitely doesn't match up in Jen's eyes to her war hero real dad.
1938 Colum
Dec 15, 2009
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 Brickpits Hill.
1928 Bridie
Dec 16, 2009
Bridie just wants to hang out with her big sister Kath and best friend Lorna, and be in on their secrets. Talking her way into tagging along, Bridie sets off for what is meant to be a day of harmless fun.
1918 Bertie
Dec 17, 2009
Bertie steals his friend's pet rabbit for his magic show. He wants to raise money to buy a present for his brother Eddie who's coming home from the war. It's 1918.
1908 Evelyn
Dec 18, 2009
Evelyn can't wait for cracker night. This year, for the first time, the family has their own box of fireworks. Unfortunately Evelyn shows the box to her disbelieving neighbour Freddie.
1898 Rowley
Dec 21, 2009
Rowley longs for his father to come home. 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. It's 1898.
1888 Victoria
Dec 22, 2009
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.
