About this season
Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.
Episodes (13)
1. Welcome Back Sergeant McKellar
Aired 1 March 1976 • 50 min
The O'Halloran brothers dig a well in a lore belonging to the Great Eastern Mining Company. Some company men intervene and a fight breaks out. Patsy O'Hollaran is killed...
2. The Great Eastern Bubble
Aired 8 March 1976 • 50 min
Widow Melanie Parker owns five acres of land which Farrar desperately needs to appease his shareholders, so he hires security man Henry de Witt to apply pressure - but he goes too far, and kills her friend Billy Adams.
3. Romany Gold
Aired 15 March 1976 • 50 min
A gypsy family is a convenient scapegoat when rioting miners seek vengeance on an unknown police informer.
4. The New Golden Mountain
Aired 22 March 1976 • 50 min
Sgt. McKellar confronts Farrar over the mystery of a skeleton and a gold earring found by two miners in a bush grave on Great Eastern land.
5. La Belle France
Aired 29 March 1976 • 50 min
Farrar has a rival when the Chevalier de Vaucluse arrives in Turon Springs and sets up a major new mining venture, with many miners leaving the Great Eastern to work for the new concern.
6. Farrar's Pride
Aired 12 April 1976 • 50 min
McKellar competes against Farrar in a horse race to win back money intended for a young orphan girl.
7. Live to Fight Another Day
Aired 19 April 1976 • 50 min
Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall clash over Farrar's treatment of the Curran family who have settled on crown land he uses for sheep.
8. I'll See You Dead McKellar
Aired 26 April 1976 • 50 min
In pursuit of the notorious bushranger Jack Jessop, Sgt. McKellar captures his girlfriend and shoots dead one of his brothers. Jessop seeks revenge, and McKellar faces a shootout in the main street of Turon Springs.
9. You Just Can't Win
Aired 3 May 1976 • 50 min
Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall both become involved when a kleptomaniac comes to Turon Springs to visit his estranged wife.
10. The Kadaitcha Man
Aired 10 May 1976 • 50 min
McKellar is on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive, who is feared to be a kadaitcha man by his tracker.
11. McKellar R.I.P.
Aired 17 May 1976 • 50 min
Sgt. McKellar is seriously injured when a bank robbery is attempted while Turon Springs is deserted due to surrounding bushfires.
12. The Second Oldest Trade
Aired 24 May 1976 • 50 min
Three inexperienced bushrangers attempt to hijack a large gold nugget en route to Bathurst.
13. A Shilling a Day
Aired 31 May 1976 • 50 min
McKellar becomes personally involved when Tim Thomas leads the miners in direct action against the Great Eastern in support of a pay rise.