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Season 1, 26 episodes

Episode 1: Biggest Banana
- Now playing
- 6m
- Jun 1, 2006
One of the most important days of year for Tweed Valley Banana growers is Murwillumbah's King Banana competition. After the weigh in and judging the King Banana Proclamation is read out aloud and the winners including the Queen Banana are announced.
Episode 2: A Ringers Life
- 6m
Boys as young as 15 and 16 leave home to become ringers out on the backblocks of stations like Mulla Bulla in the Kimberley. It's a tough life. Getting up at 3am and in bed on dusk. They spend all day in the saddle and get a feed of beef before going to bed under the stars.
Episode 3: Designer Bride
- 6m
In an upmarket bridal salon in Melbourne all the gowns are designed and made in-house. 24-year-old Antoinette is the designer. We see her drawing sketches, the gowns being made and a fashion shoot of the finished product.
Episode 4: Wild West Frontier
- 6m
As the only town in Australia to be exempt from the white Australia Policy, only male workers were allowed in. Broome has an exotic and colorful history. Riots, opium dens, grog and debauchery were the flavor of the day.
Episode 5: Rodeo Riders
- 6m
Colin Fuller and Maxie Holt are True Aboriginal men of the Kimberley and live for that 8 seconds of fame on the back of a bull and have the scares to prove it.
Episode 6: Fastest Shearer
- 6m
Hamilton is the wool capital of Victoria and hosts national sheep shearing competitions. Here we see some top local talent go head to head with Kiwi guns. Fast and furious shearing action and the crown goes wild.
Episode 7: Stone Shed
- 6m
The Tohl family run a sheep station in the south west of Western Australia. While the kids are off to school inventor dad tries out his latest machine, a rock driller.
Episode 8: Mountain Men
- 6m
In the Hills overlooking Murwillumbah two self proclaimed hill Billies live in an old shack. They spend most of their days in a daze.
Episode 9: Singing Cowbow
- 6m
Wayne Swan is a Kimberley identity. As well as being a rodeo legend he's known as the singing cowboy. For work he drives massive trucks for the Argyle diamond mine.
Episode 10: Diesel Warriors
- 6m
A small band of merry men take away old cooking fat and turn it into perfectly good fuel for their diesel vehicles in a backyard shed.
Episode 11: Shaddap Already
- 6m
In conversation with the singer songwriter Joe Dulce on the eve of his hit songs 25th anniversary. The song is still the biggest selling song ever to come out of Australia.
Episode 12: Memory Vault
- 6m
In Broome an order of catholic nuns has established an interactive computer archive project as a means of reconciling with the descendants of the "Stolen Generations".
Episode 13: Horsing Around
- 6m
The Knight family from Walcott, NSW are obsessed with rodeo and travel thousands of kilometers in their giant horse float/caravan/home to compete. The youngest daughter is keen to be a trick rider and can already stand on her horses back at a trot.
Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout
- 6m
In Coober Pedy sharing an underground dugout has become positively claustrophobic. Doug decides to look for new digs and finds the best solution is to dig his own dugout
Episode 15: Les Under the Bar
- 6m
In Wyndham an abattoir attracted army of meat workers. One of them was Les Anderson. When he went to the great meatworks in the sky his mates made buried him under the bar.
Episode 16: Jandamarra
- 6m
Known as the Aboriginal Geronimo, Jandamarra held police at bay for years preventing pastoralists from occupying rich pastures of the Kimberley. Today he is regarded as a folk hero and stories abound of his superhuman abilities.
Episode 17: Broome Air Attack
- 6m
On the 3rd of March 1942 the unsuspecting town of Broome was devastated by continued strafing attacks by the Japanese. 29-year-old pilot Gus Winkle had little idea that he would become the only person to shoot down an attacking aircraft on Australian soil.
Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe
- 6m
High Cliffy Island off the Kimberley coast was once home to the Yawijibaya people. Who lived here for about 7 thousand years. But soon after a French film crew visited in 1929 the Yawijibaya people vanished sparking one of the North West's greatest mysteries.
Episode 19: The Boab Story
- 6m
Boab trees sit like ancient monoliths amidst the harsh Kimberley terrain of northwest Australia. But why are they here and where did they come from?
Episode 20: Iron Island
- 6m
A little known fact is that many of Brome's pearling lugers carried tons of almost pure iron ore as ballast. The source of this rich mineral deposit is a few hundred kilometers to the north of Broome in the Buccaneer Archaopaeologo at Koolan and Cockatoo Island.
Episode 21: Firts Contact
- 6m
Stumpy Brown is a Wangkujanka woman who lives at Christmas Creek in the Kimberley. Stumpy has seen many changes throughout her lifetime but nothing so dramatic, when as a teenager, she saw a white man for the first time.
Episode 22: Small Island Big History
- 6m
The Lacepede Islands are small atolls rising out of the sea north of Broome. They were once a rich source of guano or phosphate fertilizer but they also played a fascinating role in shaping the north west including being claimed as part of America.
Episode 23: Cyclone Ally
- 6m
From Nov to April each year Australia's North West is threatened by one of nature's most destructive and unpredictable weather systems, an intense tropical cyclone. This has earnt the coast between Broome and Port Headland the nickname "Cyclone Ally".
Episode 24: Kimberley Rock
- 6m
Art Amidst the remote and inhospitable landscape of the North Kimberley coast lays the distinctive style of ancient rock art known as the Bradshaw Paintings. But what do the locals have to say about these Paintings created by "foreigners".
Episode 25: Bull Buggies
- 6m
Some mustering jobs need a little more horsepower than others. Deep in Kimberley cattle country we meet Station manager Louie Dolby and his unique work vehicle - the Bull Buggy.
Episode 26: Broome Shacks
- 6m
At the height of Broome pearling the hundreds of shacks that lined the shores were makeshift affairs often constructed from whatever was laying around.

That's Australia

2006
1 season
6m per episode
Documentary

Overview

Looks at different aspects of Australian life, from country to city, from historical to contemporary, and from amusing to serious.

Fun facts

Episodes
Ran for 1 season and 26 episodes (2006)
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Details

Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
First aired: June 1, 2006
Original language: English
Countries: AU

Production

Videos

Episodes

Season 1, 26 episodes

Episode 1: Biggest Banana
- Now playing
- 6m
- Jun 1, 2006
One of the most important days of year for Tweed Valley Banana growers is Murwillumbah's King Banana competition. After the weigh in and judging the King Banana Proclamation is read out aloud and the winners including the Queen Banana are announced.
Episode 2: A Ringers Life
- 6m
Boys as young as 15 and 16 leave home to become ringers out on the backblocks of stations like Mulla Bulla in the Kimberley. It's a tough life. Getting up at 3am and in bed on dusk. They spend all day in the saddle and get a feed of beef before going to bed under the stars.
Episode 3: Designer Bride
- 6m
In an upmarket bridal salon in Melbourne all the gowns are designed and made in-house. 24-year-old Antoinette is the designer. We see her drawing sketches, the gowns being made and a fashion shoot of the finished product.
Episode 4: Wild West Frontier
- 6m
As the only town in Australia to be exempt from the white Australia Policy, only male workers were allowed in. Broome has an exotic and colorful history. Riots, opium dens, grog and debauchery were the flavor of the day.
Episode 5: Rodeo Riders
- 6m
Colin Fuller and Maxie Holt are True Aboriginal men of the Kimberley and live for that 8 seconds of fame on the back of a bull and have the scares to prove it.
Episode 6: Fastest Shearer
- 6m
Hamilton is the wool capital of Victoria and hosts national sheep shearing competitions. Here we see some top local talent go head to head with Kiwi guns. Fast and furious shearing action and the crown goes wild.
Episode 7: Stone Shed
- 6m
The Tohl family run a sheep station in the south west of Western Australia. While the kids are off to school inventor dad tries out his latest machine, a rock driller.
Episode 8: Mountain Men
- 6m
In the Hills overlooking Murwillumbah two self proclaimed hill Billies live in an old shack. They spend most of their days in a daze.
Episode 9: Singing Cowbow
- 6m
Wayne Swan is a Kimberley identity. As well as being a rodeo legend he's known as the singing cowboy. For work he drives massive trucks for the Argyle diamond mine.
Episode 10: Diesel Warriors
- 6m
A small band of merry men take away old cooking fat and turn it into perfectly good fuel for their diesel vehicles in a backyard shed.
Episode 11: Shaddap Already
- 6m
In conversation with the singer songwriter Joe Dulce on the eve of his hit songs 25th anniversary. The song is still the biggest selling song ever to come out of Australia.
Episode 12: Memory Vault
- 6m
In Broome an order of catholic nuns has established an interactive computer archive project as a means of reconciling with the descendants of the "Stolen Generations".
Episode 13: Horsing Around
- 6m
The Knight family from Walcott, NSW are obsessed with rodeo and travel thousands of kilometers in their giant horse float/caravan/home to compete. The youngest daughter is keen to be a trick rider and can already stand on her horses back at a trot.
Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout
- 6m
In Coober Pedy sharing an underground dugout has become positively claustrophobic. Doug decides to look for new digs and finds the best solution is to dig his own dugout
Episode 15: Les Under the Bar
- 6m
In Wyndham an abattoir attracted army of meat workers. One of them was Les Anderson. When he went to the great meatworks in the sky his mates made buried him under the bar.
Episode 16: Jandamarra
- 6m
Known as the Aboriginal Geronimo, Jandamarra held police at bay for years preventing pastoralists from occupying rich pastures of the Kimberley. Today he is regarded as a folk hero and stories abound of his superhuman abilities.
Episode 17: Broome Air Attack
- 6m
On the 3rd of March 1942 the unsuspecting town of Broome was devastated by continued strafing attacks by the Japanese. 29-year-old pilot Gus Winkle had little idea that he would become the only person to shoot down an attacking aircraft on Australian soil.
Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe
- 6m
High Cliffy Island off the Kimberley coast was once home to the Yawijibaya people. Who lived here for about 7 thousand years. But soon after a French film crew visited in 1929 the Yawijibaya people vanished sparking one of the North West's greatest mysteries.
Episode 19: The Boab Story
- 6m
Boab trees sit like ancient monoliths amidst the harsh Kimberley terrain of northwest Australia. But why are they here and where did they come from?
Episode 20: Iron Island
- 6m
A little known fact is that many of Brome's pearling lugers carried tons of almost pure iron ore as ballast. The source of this rich mineral deposit is a few hundred kilometers to the north of Broome in the Buccaneer Archaopaeologo at Koolan and Cockatoo Island.
Episode 21: Firts Contact
- 6m
Stumpy Brown is a Wangkujanka woman who lives at Christmas Creek in the Kimberley. Stumpy has seen many changes throughout her lifetime but nothing so dramatic, when as a teenager, she saw a white man for the first time.
Episode 22: Small Island Big History
- 6m
The Lacepede Islands are small atolls rising out of the sea north of Broome. They were once a rich source of guano or phosphate fertilizer but they also played a fascinating role in shaping the north west including being claimed as part of America.
Episode 23: Cyclone Ally
- 6m
From Nov to April each year Australia's North West is threatened by one of nature's most destructive and unpredictable weather systems, an intense tropical cyclone. This has earnt the coast between Broome and Port Headland the nickname "Cyclone Ally".
Episode 24: Kimberley Rock
- 6m
Art Amidst the remote and inhospitable landscape of the North Kimberley coast lays the distinctive style of ancient rock art known as the Bradshaw Paintings. But what do the locals have to say about these Paintings created by "foreigners".
Episode 25: Bull Buggies
- 6m
Some mustering jobs need a little more horsepower than others. Deep in Kimberley cattle country we meet Station manager Louie Dolby and his unique work vehicle - the Bull Buggy.
Episode 26: Broome Shacks
- 6m
At the height of Broome pearling the hundreds of shacks that lined the shores were makeshift affairs often constructed from whatever was laying around.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Biggest Banana

E2 Episode 2: A Ringers Life

E3 Episode 3: Designer Bride

E4 Episode 4: Wild West Frontier

E5 Episode 5: Rodeo Riders

E6 Episode 6: Fastest Shearer

E7 Episode 7: Stone Shed

E8 Episode 8: Mountain Men

E9 Episode 9: Singing Cowbow

E10 Episode 10: Diesel Warriors

E11 Episode 11: Shaddap Already

E12 Episode 12: Memory Vault

E13 Episode 13: Horsing Around

E14 Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout

E15 Episode 15: Les Under the Bar

E16 Episode 16: Jandamarra

E17 Episode 17: Broome Air Attack

E18 Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe

E19 Episode 19: The Boab Story

E20 Episode 20: Iron Island

E21 Episode 21: Firts Contact

E22 Episode 22: Small Island Big History

E23 Episode 23: Cyclone Ally

E24 Episode 24: Kimberley Rock

E25 Episode 25: Bull Buggies

E26 Episode 26: Broome Shacks

Overview

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Production

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Biggest Banana

E2 Episode 2: A Ringers Life

E3 Episode 3: Designer Bride

E4 Episode 4: Wild West Frontier

E5 Episode 5: Rodeo Riders

E6 Episode 6: Fastest Shearer

E7 Episode 7: Stone Shed

E8 Episode 8: Mountain Men

E9 Episode 9: Singing Cowbow

E10 Episode 10: Diesel Warriors

E11 Episode 11: Shaddap Already

E12 Episode 12: Memory Vault

E13 Episode 13: Horsing Around

E14 Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout

E15 Episode 15: Les Under the Bar

E16 Episode 16: Jandamarra

E17 Episode 17: Broome Air Attack

E18 Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe

E19 Episode 19: The Boab Story

E20 Episode 20: Iron Island

E21 Episode 21: Firts Contact

E22 Episode 22: Small Island Big History

E23 Episode 23: Cyclone Ally

E24 Episode 24: Kimberley Rock

E25 Episode 25: Bull Buggies

E26 Episode 26: Broome Shacks

Episode 1: Biggest Banana

Episode 2: A Ringers Life

Episode 3: Designer Bride

Episode 4: Wild West Frontier

Episode 5: Rodeo Riders

Episode 6: Fastest Shearer

Episode 7: Stone Shed

Episode 8: Mountain Men

Episode 9: Singing Cowbow

Episode 10: Diesel Warriors

Episode 11: Shaddap Already

Episode 12: Memory Vault

Episode 13: Horsing Around

Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout

Episode 15: Les Under the Bar

Episode 16: Jandamarra

Episode 17: Broome Air Attack

Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe

Episode 19: The Boab Story

Episode 20: Iron Island

Episode 21: Firts Contact

Episode 22: Small Island Big History

Episode 23: Cyclone Ally

Episode 24: Kimberley Rock

Episode 25: Bull Buggies

Episode 26: Broome Shacks

Episode 1: Biggest Banana

Episode 2: A Ringers Life

Episode 3: Designer Bride

Episode 4: Wild West Frontier

Episode 5: Rodeo Riders

Episode 6: Fastest Shearer

Episode 7: Stone Shed

Episode 8: Mountain Men

Episode 9: Singing Cowbow

Episode 10: Diesel Warriors

Episode 11: Shaddap Already

Episode 12: Memory Vault

Episode 13: Horsing Around

Episode 14: Doug's New Dugout

Episode 15: Les Under the Bar

Episode 16: Jandamarra

Episode 17: Broome Air Attack

Episode 18: Disappearing Tribe

Episode 19: The Boab Story

Episode 20: Iron Island

Episode 21: Firts Contact

Episode 22: Small Island Big History

Episode 23: Cyclone Ally

Episode 24: Kimberley Rock

Episode 25: Bull Buggies

Episode 26: Broome Shacks