Tanamera â Lion of Singapore was a 1989 Australian drama serial which was a co-production between Central Independent television and Grundy in 1989.
The lives of two leading families of Singapore, the Dexters and the Soongs, become intertwined when John Dexter falls in love with Julie Soong. Action takes place between 1935 and 1948.
The series is based on the novel Tanamera by Noel Barber. "Tanamera" is the name of the house built by Grandpa Jack, the patriarch of the Dexter family; it is derived from Tanah Merah, Malay for "Red Earth". The grounds of the huge Tanamera bungalow consisted largely of red soil.
The series was first shown in the United Kingdom, and from April 1989, Albania, Finland, New Zealand and America as well.