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Tim Flannery begins this North-Western adventure in the remote Montebello Islands, where he finds evidence of British atomic testing from 1952.

May 2016
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In this week's journey, from Seven Mile Beach to Gabo Island, Neil Oliver discovers the fatal engineering errors behind Cape St George Lighthouse that cursed Wreck Bay for four decades.
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On this lush green island, 1,500 kilometres from the mainland, Neil Oliver wanders amidst penal ruins as he discovers the inspiring legacies of two historic figures; the first an audacious convict, and the second a reforming commandant.
April 2016
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Neil travels to Horn Island in Australia's extreme north to uncover the role of Australia's only indigenous battalion, a Second World War fighting force of Torres Strait Islanders.
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Neil Oliver travels from Perth to Augusta. He begins in the rigging of the Duyfken, a replica 16th Century Dutch ship, the first known European vessel to visit Australia.
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Coast Australia is back. Historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver returns to visit eight more spectacular coastlines around this vast and dramatic land. Joined by local experts, Neil and the team set out to capture the dazzling diversity around the edge of a young nation built on an ancient land: its people, their history, ...
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Neil Oliver unearths the surprisingly dirty history of much-loved Byron Bay. Professor Tim Flannery uncovers the world's longest recorded unbroken raft journey. Neil investigates a war that the authorities were determined to cover up at great personal cost.
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