The Story of Australia

For over 50,000 years Aboriginal Australians meet challenges like the deadly marsupial lion. The colonists rebel against Governor William Bligh, a revolution with its roots in rum.

Wool drives the colonies' expansion. For some convicts Australia becomes a land of opportunity. Gold miners fight and die for their rights against the deadliest army in the world.

The Birth of the Bushranger; Nellie Melba launches Australia on the world's great stages; and in World War One, submarine AE2 changes the course of the Gallipoli campaign.

In WW2 Australians fight to defend their continent. In the peace an Australian-made car changes lives. Finding an iron ore mother-load changes the economy.

Desmond Duke fights cops for the right to dance. Surfer Midget Farrelly battles for freedom on the waves. Advertising genius John Singleton celebrates the Australian Voice.