The film in 1987 was nominated for 4 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards in the categories of Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Production Design and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Julie Hamilton, but the movie failed to take home a gong in any of these categories.
According to 'Turner Classic Movies', ''Shirley Ann Richards, a native Australian, was denied a small role in the film by Australian Actors Equity, due to the fact that she had become an American citizen.''
The film's source novel by Jane Hyde was not first published until 1987 in the same year prior to the picture premiering. During principal photography, the book was an unpublished novel.
The film is based on an unpublished novella by Jane Hyde which got first published for the first time in the week that the picture debuted in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.