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The lives of staff and residents at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and Stanton House in Sydney in 1969.

A character drama set in 1969 Kings Cross, the time and place Australia came of age and the new generation broke all the rules. It was the Summer of Love. Mick Jagger was in town, Australia was glued to the telecast of the moon landing, and American sailors clashed on the street with anti-Vietnam war protesters. Joan Millar, a 28-year-old maverick midwife, returns to Australia from London and meets five young pregnant women whose choices for their babies and their own lives exemplify the radical changes at the heart of the cultural and sexual revolution. Their lives intersect between a maternity hospital, a home for unwed mothers, and the wild streets of Darlinghurst.

Channel Nine's new drama series "Love Child" stars Jessica Marais, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Mandy McElhinney and is produced in Sydney. It's 1969 in Kings Cross and Joan Millar (Marais), a smart, sophisticated midwife, returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital and find a new life for herself at a time when Australia is coming of age and the new generation believes that anything is possible. Jonathan LaPaglia plays the charismatic Dr Patrick McNaughton, head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital, and Mandy McElhinney plays Frances Bolton, the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women. Their lives intersect between Kings Cross Hospital, Stanton House, and the wild streets of Darlinghurst beyond the hospital walls. The cast also includes Ryan Corr, Ella Scott Lynch, Sophie Hensser, Miranda Tapsell, Gracie Gilbert, and Harriet Dyer. In a joint statement, Andy Ryan and Jo Rooney, joint Heads of Drama at the Nine Network, said: "A powerful and uplifting series, Love Child tells the stories of young women and men fighting an unjust system in a world on the brink of change. "We are thrilled to join forces again with Playmaker Media to bring Love Child to the Australian audience and showcase a superb cast." David Maher and David Taylor, from Playmaker, describe "Love Child" as a series with a stellar cast, a gripping story, and all the exuberant music, fashion, and attitude of the late 1960s.