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Australian Story Season 17

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17x01 The Best aired Jan 25, 2012

The Story of Black Caviar and the people who were inspired by her.

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17x02 Road to Nowhere - Part 1 aired Feb 06, 2012

Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed i... read more

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17x03 Road to Nowhere - Part 2 aired Feb 13, 2012

The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

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17x04 Mary and Me aired Feb 20, 2012

Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the... read more

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17x05 By the Light of Stars aired Feb 27, 2012

Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.

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17x06 Half a Million Acres aired Mar 05, 2012

David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing pro... read more

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17x07 The Book of Daniel aired Mar 12, 2012

Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

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17x08 Woman from Snowy River aired Mar 19, 2012

Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse ... read more

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17x09 Going Troppo aired Mar 26, 2012

From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direc... read more

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17x10 House of Hancock aired Apr 02, 2012

Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

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17x11 A Done Deal aired Apr 09, 2012

Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

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17x12 Streets with No Names aired Apr 16, 2012

Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest chil... read more

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17x13 The Razor's Edge aired Apr 23, 2012

Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.

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17x14 Return to Wooleen aired Apr 30, 2012

Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, P... read more

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17x15 Larger Than Life aired May 07, 2012

Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate wh... read more

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17x16 When We Were Racers aired May 14, 2012

Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world titl... read more

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17x17 According to Her Cloth aired May 21, 2012

From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.

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17x18 Turning the Tables aired May 28, 2012

Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.

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17x19 Walking with Kate Mulvany aired Jun 04, 2012

Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many challenges and explains how ... read more

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17x20 The Voice aired Jun 11, 2012

Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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17x21 To Set Before a Queen aired Jun 18, 2012

In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. This is the fascinating ins... read more

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17x22 Her Hour Upon the Stage - Part 1 aired Jun 25, 2012

Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torment behind the glittering ex... read more

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17x23 Her Hour Upon the Stage - Part 2 aired Jul 02, 2012

This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.

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17x24 Letters to the Editor aired Jul 09, 2012

It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journalist who's bucking the trend... read more

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17x25 Stranger on the Shore aired Jul 16, 2012

Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt' a fourteen year old Afgha... read more

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17x26 Foolin' Around aired Jul 23, 2012

Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.

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17x27 It Takes a Village aired Jul 30, 2012

In 2001 Ian and Sandy Johnson adopted two orphaned children, Tigi and Frazer, from Ethiopia. Now with the children 12 and 15, we returned to find out how it'... read more

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17x28 Her Natural Life aired Aug 06, 2012

This program documents Annabelle Sandes' unlikely pathway from the fine art auction rooms of inner Sydney to whale conservation in the Kimberley.

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17x29 Tatiana Is Dancing aired Aug 13, 2012

Tanya Pearson has shaped the careers of hundreds of aspiring Australian dancers and at 75 continues to teach classical ballet full time.

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17x30 The Queen of Extreme aired Aug 20, 2012

Torah Bright has lived in the United States since she was fifteen years old when she turned professional as a snowboarder. Since then, she's flown under the ... read more

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17x31 Kicking the Habit aired Aug 27, 2012

A recent High Court ruling all but ended the branding of cigarette packets in Australia. The decision and the woman behind it, Federal-Attorney General Nicol... read more

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17x32 War Paint aired Sep 03, 2012

Ben Quilty is an Archibald prize winning artist with a lifelong interest in concepts of masculinity - from youthful excesses with drugs, alcohol and fast car... read more

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17x33 On Bicheno Beach aired Sep 10, 2012

It's forty years since a 15 year old Shane Gould created a sporting sensation by winning three individual gold medals at the Munich Olympics.

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17x34 Alaska and Me aired Sep 17, 2012

Twenty-seven year old John Cantor has devoted the past six years to trying to complete one of the toughest solo expeditions on earth - Brooks Range in Alaska.

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17x35 Life After Puberty aired Sep 24, 2012

Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja, the two young girls who starred in the 1981 Bruce Beresford film 'Puberty Blues', found fame and celebrity and looked set for... read more

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17x36 Leap of Faith aired Oct 01, 2012

Li Cunxin - once one of the world's best known dancers - embarks on a high stakes return to the ballet world after 15 years as a stockbroker.

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17x37 The Slam - Part One aired Oct 08, 2012

Rod Laver, the 'Rockhampton Rocket' remains the player most revered by today's top professionals. His record of twice winning the Grand Slam (all four major ... read more

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17x38 The Slam - Part Two aired Oct 15, 2012

Part two follows Laver through his marriage to an older American divorcee, raising children, battling a near catastrophic stroke and his return to Australia ... read more

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17x39 The Year of Living Famously aired Oct 22, 2012

Ben Lewin and Judi Levine are two film-makers whose latest film 'The Sessions' has received considerable acclaim and is now being tipped as an Academy Awards... read more

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17x40 A Man of His Word aired Oct 29, 2012

Veteran print reporter Malcolm Brown has covered some of the biggest stories of the last four decades, but now finds himself somewhat out of step with the ti... read more

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17x41 Dreams from My Mother aired Nov 05, 2012

Oscar-nominated actress Diane Cilento left Hollywood at the height of her fame to pursue more creative and spiritual endeavours. Her most enduring love was a... read more

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17x42 Under Her Spell aired Nov 12, 2012

Zelie Bullen is a former stunt woman, turned world renowned animal trainer who trained Abraham, the lead horse in Steven Spielberg's movie 'War Horse'.

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