The town was initially a major outback town.
Rankin is self-taught, developing his techniques and ideas in the outback towns of his youth.
"It's a real outback town, like the feeling in the movie," Miss Furness said.
The district was based on the outback town of Mount Magnet.
Flinders Highway passes a number of small outback towns.
Rubinstein ended up in Coleraine, a rough outback town, and had a pretty rough time with an uncle.
It is set in the central outback town of Alice Springs.
The outback town was established in 1883 and given a name meaning "woman" in a local Aboriginal language.
Ackermann lectured both in cities and outback towns using lantern slide techniques.