Australia: The Story of Us

Season 1

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.

Where to Watch Season 1

8 Episodes

Worlds Collide
E1
Worlds CollideFor over 50,000 years Aboriginal Australians meet challenges like the deadly marsupial lion. Then British convicts and their guards arrive. Burglar James Ruse is the only farmer. He must grow crops in Australian soil or die. Under Pemulwuy the First Australians strike back. The colonists rebel against Governor William Bligh, a revolution with its roots in rum - possibility of a free country?
Break Out
E2
Break OutWe 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.
Fair Go
E3
Fair GoAs we journey through 1862-1890, gold brings new wealth to Australian colonies and AFL is born.
New Nation At War
E4
New Nation At WarIn 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.
Hard Roads To Glory
E5
Hard Roads To GloryFrom 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.
Nation Building
E6
Nation BuildingHolden, Lang Hancock, Sydney Opera House, Snowy Mountains Scheme, Melbourne Olympics and Television.
Revolution: 1956 to 1974
E7
Revolution: 1956 to 1974Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot, Beach Wars, The Rise of the Larrikin, Evonne Goolagong, Cyclone Tracy.
New Frontiers: 1975 to 2015
E8
New Frontiers: 1975 to 2015Operation Babylift, America’s Cup, Exporting Australia, Bionic Ear, Sydney Olympics.