Quigley Down Under: Filming Locations from Alice Springs to Warrnambool

Matthew Quigley, a sharpshooter, arrives in Australia by boat. The film opens with a title card, "Fremantle, Western Australia", and a dockside brawl: Quigley fights three men who are trying to force a woman, "Crazy Cora", into their wagon. Fremantle is the port of Perth, but the cameras never went there. Warrnambool in Victoria stood in for it, so this pin marks the real harbour the story names.

Точность места: The film is set in Fremantle but was shot in Victoria; the pin marks Fremantle Harbour, not a filming site.

Quigley is driven to Marston's station, demands the "$50 in gold coin" he was promised and shows his skill by hitting a distant bucket three times. Then Marston explains the real job: using Quigley's aim against Aboriginal Australians. Quigley refuses and throws him out of his own house. The "Marston Station" was a $1 million replica of a 19th-century ranch built for the film, and the credits thank Ross River Homestead in the Northern Territory.

Точность места: The ranch was a purpose-built set; the pin marks Ross River Homestead, thanked in the credits, not a confirmed set location.

Советы для посещения: Ross River Homestead is a working outback stop east of Alice Springs; the film set itself is not a known attraction.

Marston's men beat Quigley and Cora unconscious and dump them in the desert with no water and little chance of survival. Quigley recovers his rifle, and he and Cora spend a few days trekking the Outback until Aboriginal Australians rescue them. Filming began here on 18 September 1989, the first of fifty-one Northern Territory locations.

Точность места: The desert scenes were spread over fifty-one Northern Territory locations; the pin marks the town of Alice Springs.

Советы для посещения: Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, is where filming began.

Leaving Cora and an orphaned baby in a cave, Quigley rides to a nearby coastal town. German gunsmith Grimmelman supplies new ammunition, and Marston's men soon hunt him down. Cornered in a burning building, Quigley escapes through a skylight and kills all but one of them. The fishing village was a museum-style replica of an 1860 port town, built at Meekathanga on the shores of Apollo Bay, Victoria, on the Great Ocean Road.

Точность места: The village was a film set on Apollo Bay's shore; the pin marks the town of Apollo Bay.

Советы для посещения: Apollo Bay is a tourist town on the Great Ocean Road; the set village is not a known attraction.

After the showdown, Quigley and Cora book passage back to the United States in the name of her husband, Roy Cobb, because Quigley is wanted. On the wharf she finally calls him "Matthew Quigley", and the film ends. Warrnambool in Victoria portrayed Fremantle, and the end credits thank Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. The city sits at the western end of the Great Ocean Road.

Точность места: The pin marks Warrnambool city; the exact dock locations are not given in the sources.

Советы для посещения: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum in Warrnambool is thanked in the film's credits.