Season 1
8 episodes · Feb 8, 2015
An extraordinary narrative more than 40,000 years in the making about the people, places and events which have shaped Australia from the first footprints on our continent to the present day.
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S1E1Worlds Collide
Feb 8, 201545mWe travel from prehistoric Austrailia thru the Aboriginals to the British colony in 1790 thru 1808
S1E2Break Out
Feb 22, 201545mWe journey through 1837 to 1854, as wool drives British expansion across the continent. Australia begins to break free from its convict shackles and the discovery of gold creates a global population explosion.
S1E3Fair Go
Mar 1, 201545mAs we journey through 1862-1890, gold brings new wealth to Australian colonies and AFL is born.
S1E4New Nation At War
Mar 8, 201545mIn the years 1915-1918, our nation throws itself into a global conflict that will decide Australia's fate and leave a historic mark. In WWI, Australian nurses help transform emergency medicine.
S1E5Hard Roads To Glory
Mar 15, 201545mFrom 1928-1942, Australia emerges from WWI. Charles Kingsford Smith attempts to cross the Pacific, the Sydney Harbour Bridge nears completion, Phar Lap races to victory and soldiers are tested on the Kokoda Track.
- S1E6
Nation Building
Mar 22, 201545mHolden, Lang Hancock, Sydney Opera House, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Melbourne Olympics and Television.
- S1E7
Revolution: 1956 to 1974
45mRock ‘n’ Roll Riot, Beach Wars, The Rise of the Larrikin, Evonne Goolagong, Cyclone Tracy.
- S1E8
New Frontiers: 1975 to 2015
45mOperation Babylift, America’s Cup, Exporting Australia, Bionic Ear, Sydney Olympics.