Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore
- 2000-2000
- 1 season
- Documentary
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2000
Episode 1
Body and Soul
Explains just how vital the seaside is to Australian life.
Episode 2
The Dead Heart
The hard memory of Australia's grim beginnings as a European penal colony is still very close to the surface of the national consciousness.
Episode 3
Money, Class and Power
Australia's evolution from penal colony to suburban utopia has produced political and economic power struggles.
Episode 4
After Trousers
Australia's other contemporary struggle is the battle for Aboriginal identity among its native people.
Episode 5
The Wave of the Future
Extensive immigration has reshaped Australia over the past few decades, and the nation prides itself on being successfully multicultural.
Episode 6
The Long Goodbye
Australia's attachment to the British Empire has often been a source of trouble.