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Marta Dusseldorp and Noni Hazlehurst received significant praise for their respective roles as the mysterious nurse and the iron-fisted matriarch.

" A Place to Call Home " most commonly refers to the (2013–2018), though there are several books and older films with the same name. The Australian TV Series (2013–2018)