Talk:Australian Western

The Nightingale
Not sure whether The Nightingale (Jennifer Kent, 2018) should be listed in this article. Please discuss at Talk:The Nightingale (2018 film). Mathew5000 (talk) 01:20, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Title of the article
I think it is a mistake to title this article "Meat Pie Western". It would have been better to use the more established term "Australian Western" and then stated "also known as Kangaroo or Meat Pie Western". While the term is used by some contemporary journalists and film bloggers, the joke name means very little to anyone outside Australia, and thus renders the whole thing less accessible. Eric Reade, who is cited here as amongst the first to use the term in his 1979 text History and Heartburn certainly did use it, but as with some of his other commentary, he was clearly being "tongue in cheek."

I understand this article's original author has been blocked for repeated copy violations, but they were also accused of spamming material from film blogs - which in my view had an overtly frivolous and nationalistic tone.

Anyway, I'd be interested in other views.Nickm57 (talk) 03:39, 23 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree. As a Brit, I only came to the article because I saw the term used somewhere (can't remember where now) and had no clue what it meant, having never come across it before. I seriously doubt that the phrase "meat pie" is understood by anyone as an obvious reference to Australia. --Blurryman (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree - the general term used is Australian western - I've not seen "meat PIe western" generally used, and "meat Pie" to most people isn't indicative of Australia - Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:00, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


 * As there are three supports for this, and no dissenting votes, I will change the article name. Deathlibrarian (talk) 02:05, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for doing this - gives me hope in Wikipedia yet! Nickm57 (talk) 07:45, 1 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Good on ya, cobbers! ;-) --Blurryman (talk) 22:23, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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The Overlanders
The article makes the claim that The Overlanders (1946) "was marketed in Australia as a drama, but marketed overseas as an "Australian Western"" but it fails to provide a source for this claim. I have yet to find anything that would support this claim, as well. I would advise in removing this short bit until it can be backed up with evidence. 71.41.136.212 (talk) 19:32, 5 August 2023 (UTC)