History Series / MyPlace

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The series stretches across 220 years, so naturally. Many characters are seen from old age to early childhood, and they come from many different backgrounds, although most are Anglo-Australian for historically logical reasons. Because of having a different child protagonist per episode, it also clocks up at 22 central protagonists, with even more main characters. Protagonists are often secondary characters in other kids' stories however and the names of many background characters are often revealed in ending credits.

* BinocularShot: Near the beginning of Michaelis' episode as he spies on his neighbours watching 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. Unlike some examples however, we actually see one circle instead of two.

* CultureClash: Various examples, between Aboriginal Australians and Caucasian Australians, Asian Australians and Caucasian Australians, but perhaps the most interesting example is between a Vietnamese girl and her Vietnamese Australian cousin, who initially do not understand each other for cultural, but also personal reasons, ''at all''.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Australia in 1878 as depicted on the show.]]

* GenerationalSaga: A couple are shown (in reverse) over the show's run.
** Sam and Sarah are two convict children who initially long to return to the old country. They eventually marry and stay in Australia, having descendants with no memory of England and who feel right at home down under.
** Michaelis' parents migrate to Australia from Greece. He grows up with English as his first language and marries an Australian woman. His son Mike is indistinguishable from his peers, apart from having grandparents who speak mostly Greek.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The series stretches across 220 years, so naturally. Many characters are seen from old age to early childhood, and they come from many different backgrounds, although most are Anglo-Australian for historically logical reasons. Because of having a different child protagonist per episode, it also clocks up at 22 central protagonists, with even more main characters. Protagonists are often secondary characters in other kids' stories however.

''My Place'' is probably the most ambitious children's story ever written about Australian history. It spans from the modern day, to before the colonisation of the continent. The story was first told in a book by Nadia Wheatley, and later adapted for TV by {{ABC3}} and the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It would be more accurate, however, to call it a loose collection of short, interlinked stories.

* CultureClash: Various examples, between Abogininal Australians and Caucasian Australians, Asian Australians and Caucasian Australians, but perhaps the most interesting example is between a Vietnamese girl and her Vietnamese Australian cousin, who initially do not understand each other for cultural, but also personal reasons, ''at all''.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Used, despite it being a kid's program. Most memorably, a bastard little girl is shunned by many in her community, meaning [[TheWoobie she can't even sell her vegetables to get by in life]], and also a character who treats AustralianAborigines like wild animals. Also features a child convict who is treated like crap.

''My Place'' takes pains to accurately portray the periods involved. Each episode provides a brief window into a different decade. Despite being a kids' show, it does not soften what life was once like - children are forced to work hard, experience racism, are mistreated by heartless masters, go hungry and even die of whooping cough. However, it's not all grim, and often heartwarming or even quite funny - the tales range from escaped convicts to conquering cricket.

* CultureClash: Various examples, between Abogininal Australians and Caucasian Australians, Asian Australians and Caucasian Australians, but perhaps the most interesting example is between a Vietnamese girl and her Vietnamese Australian cousin, who initially do not understand each other for cultural, but also personal reasons, ''at all'.

Most of all, though, the focus is kids being kids - whatever the era, the kids will misbehave, or screw up, and ultimately seek sanctuary in their hideaway - the same huge fig-tree. Whether it ends happily or sadly depends on the episode

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Used, despite it being a kid's program. Most memorably, a bastard little girl is shunned by many in her community, meaning [[TheWoobie she can't even sell her vegetables to get by in life]], and also a character who treats AustralianAborigines like wild animals.

* {{Motifs}}: the fig tree, the house.

* SliceOfLife - the stories mostly focus on characters going about daily lives in the particular era. Many feature a pivotal moment in the character's life, but others are just pure SliceOfLife.

''My Place'' is probably the most ambitious children's story about Australian history. It spans from the modern day, to before the colonisation of the continent. The story was first told in a book by Nadia Wheatley, and later adapted for TV by {{ABC3}} and the Australian Children's Television Foundation. It would be more accurate, however, to call it a loose collection of stories. Each episode provides a brief window into each decade, all centred around on a child with a talent who finds themselves in trouble -- each one is comforted by the same hideaway, an old fig-tree. The tales range from escaped convicts to conquering cricket.

* HistoricalFiction: Although the first episodes are set in the modern era.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The series stretches across 220 years, so naturally. Many characters are seen from old age to early childhood.