Anyone thinking of watching The Rover should go to Scarecrow and rent this instead. Wake In Fright is much more entertaining and provides much more to think about.
If you're watching Wake In Fright, I suggest adding Long Weekend to make it a 70's Aussie double feature. I actually cheered at the end of that one.
(ooh, just looked it up and they remade it in 2008. Don't watch that one, watch the 1978 original.)
Fun fact: in the 1970s Gary Bond was the boyfriend of British actor Jeremy Brett (the one who played Sherlock Holmes as a raging queen on Brit TV from 1984 to 1994).
Good story. Glad you're getting the word out about this terrific movie.
(ooh, just looked it up and they remade it in 2008. Don't watch that one, watch the 1978 original.)