Episode number 11 of Series “Bush tucker man series”.
Les Hiddins relates survival stories in four episodes. ‘The “Coffee Royal” affair’ set in Western Australia traces the story of Charles Kingsford Smith whose reputation was damaged by one of Australia’s earliest aviation disasters. ‘The Cannibal convict’ tells of one of the earliest convict escapees, Alexander Pierce in the wilds of south-west Tasmania. The footsteps of determined explorer John McDouall Stuart is retraced in ‘The Best of them all.’ ‘The Dutch settlement’ follows clues across Australia to investigate a report made last century about a Dutch colony established in Central Australia following a shipwreck.
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ACMI Identifier
306576
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Amusements - Australia - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Survival skills
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Wilderness survival
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilderness survival
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aircraft accidents
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Survival (after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Amusements - Australia - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival skills
History → Amusements - Australia - History
History → Convicts - Australia
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Amusements - Australia - History
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Survival skills
People → Kingsford Smith, Charles, 1897-1935
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)