Australian Story

Australian Story
  • Started airing: May 1996
  • Episodes: 109 (Avg. 16 per season)
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  • Popularity rank: #2121 -172 places
  • ABC (Australia) Mondays at 20

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Season 17

17x1: Road to Nowhere (Part 1)
Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run... read more »
Air date February 6th, 2012
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17x2: Road to Nowhere (Part 2)
The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.
Air date February 13th, 2012
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17x3: Mary and Me
Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the then Blessed Mary... read more »
Air date February 20th, 2012
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17x4: By the Light of Stars
Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.
Air date February 27th, 2012
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17x5: Half a Million Acres
David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing property Wooleen.
Air date March 5th, 2012
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17x6: The Book of Daniel
Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.
Air date March 12th, 2012
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17x7: Woman from Snowy River
Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse for early morning... read more »
Air date March 19th, 2012
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17x8: Going Troppo
From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direct some of the... read more »
Air date March 26th, 2012
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17x9: House Of Hancock
Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.
Air date April 2nd, 2012
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17x10: A Done Deal
Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.
Air date April 9th, 2012
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17x11: Streets with No Names
Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest children there.
Air date April 16th, 2012
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17x12: The Razor's Edge
Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.
Air date April 23rd, 2012
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17x13: Return to Wooleen
Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, Peter Andrews who has... read more »
Air date April 30th, 2012
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17x14: Larger Than Life
Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate who has never mined, a... read more »
Air date May 7th, 2012
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17x15: When We Were Racers
Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world title in a car of his... read more »
Air date May 14th, 2012
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17x16: According to Her Cloth
From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.
Air date May 21st, 2012
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