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Season 1, 10 episodes

Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974
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- 3m
- Jul 30, 2013
Presented with humour & verve, Australian Encounters celebrates historic encounters between a renowned Australian & an international mover & shaker. This episode recounts when Bob Hawke met Frank Sinatra in 1974.
Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919
- 3m
- Aug 6, 2013
It was 1919 and the world's statesmen were gathered at Versailles to redraw the map of the world. Australia had sacrificed much blood to win the peace, and Billy Hughes was there to see it got its fair share of the spoils.
Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
- 3m
- Aug 13, 2013
In December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and Curl Curl. He was about to perform a feat never before seen in Australia: surfing!
Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902
- 3m
- Aug 20, 2013
The imperious Australian soprano and the effusive Italian tenor had transformed La Boheme from a slow burn sleeper into a blockbuster hit that's still putting bums on seats a century later. Their double act was sensational.
Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
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- Aug 27, 2013
Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.
Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958
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- Sep 10, 2013
Just before Christmas, 1958, Rupert Murdoch, then aged 27, met a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration authorities. A poor scholar with black skin, Kamahl's days in White Australia were numbered.
Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960
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- Oct 8, 2013
In the backroom bar of the Katsikas brothers' grocery store, amid tins of olive oil and sacks of flour, a young unknown Canadian poet met an Australian expatriate named George Johnston.
Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987
- 3m
- Oct 15, 2013
Kylie Minogue met Michael Hutchence at a bash after the Countdown Awards in 1987. By the time their two-year affair ended, it had transformed a singing budgie into a femme fatale, and set Kylie's course towards pop divadom.
Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968
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- Oct 22, 2013
Twenty-year-old boxer Lionel Rose was in Los Angeles to defend his world bantamweight title. When he received the message that Elvis wanted to meet him, he jumped under the shower and drove straight to the MGM lot.
Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880
- 3m
- Oct 29, 2013
In 1880, an unschooled Catholic bushman and a Protestant judge traded points, back and forth, neither ultimately persuading the other. "Edward Kelly," concluded Redmond Barry, "I hereby sentence you to death by hanging."

Episodes

Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880

Australian Encounters

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Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

E2 Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

E3 Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

E4 Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

E5 Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

E6 Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

E7 Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

E8 Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

E9 Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

E10 Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880

Overview

Fun facts

Details

Network

Production

Cast

More like this

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

E2 Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

E3 Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

E4 Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

E5 Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

E6 Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

E7 Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

E8 Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

E9 Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

E10 Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880

Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880

Episode 1: Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

Episode 2: Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

Episode 3: Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

Episode 4: Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

Episode 5: Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

Episode 6: Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

Episode 7: George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960

Episode 8: Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987

Episode 9: Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968

Episode 10: Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880