Episode 1
Worlds Collide
2015-02-08 • 45 min
We travel from prehistoric Austrailia thru the Aboriginals to the British colony in 1790 thru 1808
TV season
2015-02-08
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.
Episode 1
2015-02-08 • 45 min
We travel from prehistoric Austrailia thru the Aboriginals to the British colony in 1790 thru 1808
Episode 2
2015-02-22 • 45 min
We 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.
Episode 3
2015-03-01 • 45 min
As we journey through 1862-1890, gold brings new wealth to Australian colonies and AFL is born.
Episode 4
2015-03-08 • 45 min
In 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.
Episode 5
2015-03-15 • 45 min
From 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.
Episode 6
2015-03-22 • 45 min
Holden, Lang Hancock, Sydney Opera House, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Melbourne Olympics and Television.
Episode 7
Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot, Beach Wars, The Rise of the Larrikin, Evonne Goolagong, Cyclone Tracy.
Episode 8
Operation Babylift, America’s Cup, Exporting Australia, Bionic Ear, Sydney Olympics.