Ranked #1
Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany
Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany
A Cold War tale of spies, diplomacy and secret police, from Indigenous communities in the Top End to the opera houses of... Read more
11 Feb 2020
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28mins
Ranked #2
Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe
Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe
American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as mu... Read more
3 Dec 2019
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30mins
Ranked #3
The Bomb Lobby
The Bomb Lobby
In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms r... Read more
29 Oct 2019
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28mins
Ranked #4
Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory
Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory
During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whol... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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28mins
Ranked #5
Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"
Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"
What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?
28 May 2019
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30mins
Ranked #6
Mother danced with Göring
Mother danced with Göring
A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actr... Read more
14 Jan 2020
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28mins
Ranked #7
Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories
Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories
When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale... Read more
10 Sep 2019
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28mins
Ranked #8
The War We Forgot
The War We Forgot
How does a nation forget a wartime catastrophe? When Japan invaded Australian territory in January 1942, hundreds of civ... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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28mins
Ranked #9
Escape from Iran
Escape from Iran
Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more
24 Dec 2019
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28mins
Ranked #10
Port Essington, World's End
Port Essington, World's End
Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the Briti... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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28mins
Ranked #11
The great air race
The great air race
The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.
12 Nov 2019
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28mins
Ranked #12
Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago
Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago
In these remote islands we uncover a history of whalers, abducted Aboriginal women, and a mysterious human skeleton foun... Read more
20 Aug 2019
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32mins
Ranked #13
The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping
The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping
The discovery of the first Chinese story written in Australia gives a fascinating and new insight into the early Chinese... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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28mins
Ranked #14
Narjong means fresh water
Narjong means fresh water
Aboriginal people from the Murray-Darling Basin’s waterways come together to raise awareness and speak up for their coun... Read more
13 Aug 2019
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28mins
Ranked #15
Escape from Iran
Escape from Iran
Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her ba... Read more
21 May 2019
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28mins
Ranked #16
The brazen women of silent film
The brazen women of silent film
The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian s... Read more
26 Nov 2019
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37mins
Ranked #17
Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker
Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker
An idyllic town with a hidden surveillance bunker and a secret past. A ruined RAAF base comes to life to tell its story.
27 Aug 2019
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28mins
Ranked #18
The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga
The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga
In the early 1800s, on the remote East coast of Iceland in a small fishing village, a young man stepped ashore. He was e... Read more
25 Jun 2019
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28mins
Ranked #19
Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany
Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany
In part 2, we trace the growing discontent in East Germany in the 1980s. An Indigenous Australian rock band tours East G... Read more
18 Feb 2020
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29mins
Ranked #20
Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia
Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia
Anonymous threats in the mail and a homemade bomb. International networks of misinformation. A young girl with the gift ... Read more
23 Jul 2019
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28mins