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Title Family Confidential: The Williams - Series 3, Ep 4 of 6 / Director: McKenzie, Fiona
Published Australia : ABC, 2014
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Series Family Confidential ; Series 3, Episode 4
Summary *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program contains images and voices of people who have died*The untold family saga behind our most iconic bush legend. RM Williams was a legend in his own lifetime. The epitome of the iconic bushman and Australia's pioneering spirit. Swagman, cameleer, gold prospector and explorer, he built a multi-million dollar brand, based on the skills he developed in the bush.The enterprise he began out of a desperate need to support his family during the Depression - hand-crafting his own version of a pair of stockman's boots out of one piece of leather - would form the basis of a national retail empire. Today, the RM Williams brand sits alongside other luxury names in London and New York, part of the global Louis Vuitton group. What many don't know, however, is that there is no longer any family involved in the company. Only the name remains. And yet this is a family that is extraordinarily proud of its heritage and patriarch.RM, as he was always known to family, friends and the general public alike, had ten children from two marriages - six from the first, four from the second. One child, from his second marriage, died soon after birth, but his remaining children, beginning with the eldest Diane, now aged 83 right down to youngest, Mike, 53, are all alive and still loyal, in their own way, to the Williams legacy.Now, on the 10th anniversary of RM Williams' death, Family Confidential goes behind the scenes to reveal the unique and complex family legacy of a legendary pioneer.PRODUCTION DETAILS:A Southern Pictures production. Executive Producer: Laurie Critchley. ABC Commissioning Editor: Anita Brown
Event Broadcast 2014-02-25 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Williams, R. M. (Reginald Murray), 1908-.
Businesspeople -- Biography.
Clothing trade -- Management.
Leather industry and trade -- Management.
Families -- Social life and customs.
Queensland.
Form Streaming video
Author McKenzie, Fiona, director
Smith, Robyn, director
Young, Brendon, director
Killeen, Gretel, cast
Martin, Ray, contributor
Williams, Diane, contributor
Williams, Ian, contributor
Williams, John, contributor
Williams, Kerry, contributor
Williams, Mike, contributor
Williams, Peter, contributor
Williams, R.M., contributor