William Theodore "Ted" Kotcheff (born April 7, 1931; as Velichko Todorov Tsochev) is a Bulgarian-Canadian film and television director and producer, known primarily for his work on several high-profile British and American television productions such as "Armchair Theatre" and "".
 He has also directed numerous successful films including the seminal Australian classic "Wake in Fright," action films such as "First Blood" and "Uncommon Valor", and comedies like "Weekend at Bernie's, Fun with Dick and Jane," and "North Dallas Forty".
 He is sometimes credited as William T. Kotcheff, and currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.
Hal Buell was the former head of the Photography Service (photography director) at the Associated Press for twenty-five years where he supervised an international staff of 300 photographers.
 He is also the author of "Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs" and "Uncommon Valor, Common Virtue", a book about war photographer Joe Rosenthal.
Yakshi is a 1968 Malayalam horror psychological thriller film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and written by Thoppil Bhasi based on Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's much acclaimed novel of the same name.
 It stars Sathyan, Sharada, Adoor Bhasi, N. Govindan Kutty, Bahadoor, Ushakumari, Sukumari, Rajakokila and Radhika.
 It is the first psychological thriller in the history of Malayalam cinema.
The Todd Killings is a 1971 psychological thriller, directed by Barry Shear and starring Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Belinda Montgomery, and Barbara Bel Geddes.
 It is based on the true crimes of serial killer Charles Schmid in the 1960s.
Vlak u snijegu (English: A Train in the Snow ), first called "Djeca Velikog Sela" --"The children of Veliko Selo") is a children's novel written by Croatian novelist Mato Lovrak (1899–1974), then a young schoolteacher inspired by actual events, in 1931.
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 American action war film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gene Hackman, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Robert Stack and Patrick Swayze in an early screen appearance.
 It follows an ex–U.S. Marine (Hackman) officer who puts together a rag-tag team to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War.
The Glass Ceiling (Spanish:El techo de cristal) is a 1971 psychological thriller film, written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia.
 It stars Carmen Sevilla, Dean Selmier and Patty Shepard.
Wake in Fright (initially released as Outback outside Australia) is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thompson.
 Based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel of the same name, the film follows a young schoolteacher from Sydney who descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.
Bangarwadi (Marathi: बनगरवाडी ) is a Marathi film, directed by Amol Palekar.
 It is based on a 1955, novel of the same name by Marathi writer Vyankatesh Madgulkar.
 It is a story of a young schoolteacher and his experiences in one small village of shepherds, in the princely state of Aundh, during the 1940s.
Reb Brown (born Robert Brown; April 29, 1948) is an American former football player and actor.
 Brown is perhaps best known for playing the lead in the television film "Captain America" and the action war film "Uncommon Valor".
 He is also known for the 1983 cult classic, "Yor, the Hunter from the Future", regarded as a B-Movie classic, as well as the sci-fi film, "Space Mutiny", and for the collaborations with director Bruno Mattei in films "Strike Commando" and "Robowar".

Question: The director of Uncommon Valor's 1971 psychological thriller film was based on a novel that follows a young schoolteacher from what Australian city?
Answer: Sydney