Name: Australia In Colour (Series 2)
Uploaded: 2020
Description: This fascinating treasure trove of the best available film digs into Australia’s social, political and economic history.

This fascinating treasure trove of the best available film digs into Australia’s social, political and economic history.

Marriage and family are the foundation to build a prospering federated nation. This episode charts the changing dynamics from the turn of the 21st century when white men’s and women’s traditional roles are set in stone to the gradual shift to include working wives in the 1960s.

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This episode charts the changing dynamics from the turn of the 21st century to working wives in the 1960s.

Family

Sporting victories and creative triumphs forge Australia's distinct identity. This episode reveals the unique conditions that turn Australia into a sports-mad nation.

Australians At Play

This episode examines our love affair with gambling and lawbreakers. As a nation born of convicts dumped at the bottom of the world, crime has always been a part of modern Australia's DNA.

This episode examines our love affair with gambling and lawbreakers.

Crime

Work and industry transform Australia, its workforce, and its identity. This episode shows how in 1900, Australia's identity is firmly fixed to the land, until mechanical advances, driven by the Industrial Revolution, transforms farming.

Work and industry transform Australia, its workforce, and its identity.