Aunty Maggie & The Womba Wakgun

Leah Purcell | Australia 2009 | 11 min

Aunty Maggie struggles to feed her three boys. One day, short of cash, she swaps a box of tobacco for a rooster and some chooks.

Hardly settled in the pressure is on for the chooks to lay eggs. “We want eggs,” chant the boys and each day Aunty Maggie searches the nests for results of the rooster’s work—but no luck.

“You’re supposed to be the man, you Womba Wakgun,” aunty yells to the rooster, dreaming of roasting him for a good feed. “He’s driving me Womba!”

The next day, while doing her usual check, she finds the rooster lifeless. A sabotage act by the neighbour? Panic sets in, but Aunty Maggie knows what to do: She performs CPR and miraculously revives the bird.

Hence forth the rooster is pampered by the textbook and kept in the house, not in the shed until, one day, one of the sons comes running back with eggs.

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Cast	Rachel Maza - Aunty Maggie Kelton Pell - Uncle Peter Lola Forester
Release dates	2009 - Australia
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Awards	Best Australian Film - 2010 Heart Of Gold International Film Festival, Gympie, Queensland
Rating	G - general
Language level	easy
Distributor	Flickerfest
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Genre	Comedy
Notes	Aunty Maggie and the Womba Wakgun is based on a true story about Angelina’s Aunty (Grandma Margaret Johnson) as happened in the Holland Park in Brisbane in the 1950s. Also by Leah Purcell: Black Chicks Talking. Other films by Leah Purcell: Black Chicks Talking (2002) Aunty Maggie & The Womba Wakgun (2009)
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