The First Inventors: Investigating Ancient Australia

The First Inventors: Investigating Ancient Australia

What does it take to become the world's longest surviving culture? In this innovative history documentary, actor Rob Collins leads a team of First Nations investigators uncovering over 65,000 years of invention in what is now Australia. How did people navigate extraordinary distances, how were whole societies organized and could these ancient cultures help determine the future of all Australians?
IMDb 6.7/102023
DocumentaryInspiringSmart
DocumentaryInspiringSmart
IMDb 6.7/102023
Cast: Rob Collins
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Season 1
4 episodes

  • 1. Design to Survive

    1. Design to Survive

    How did First Nation people survive perilous Australian conditions 65,000 years ago?
    How did First Nation people survive perilous Australian conditions 65,000 years ago?
    TV-PG
    47min
    Jun 14, 2023

  • 2. The Science of Story

    2. The Science of Story

    Can oral stories accurately store and share vital knowledge? In this ground-breaking history documentary, actor Rob Collins leads a bold expedition that sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago. Could this tradition of sharing knowledge via stories grant us a better understanding of the world we live in today?
    Can oral stories accurately store and share vital knowledge? In this ground-breaking history documentary, actor Rob Collins leads a bold expedition that sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago. Could this tradition of sharing knowledge via stories grant us a better understanding of the world we live in today?
    TV-G
    46min
    Jun 21, 2023

  • 3. A Connected Society

    3. A Connected Society

    How the earliest inhabitants of Australia shared vital knowledge via storytelling.
    How the earliest inhabitants of Australia shared vital knowledge via storytelling.
    TV-G
    42min
    Jun 28, 2023

  • 4. Navigating the Future

    4. Navigating the Future

    The trade and communication networks of Australia's early inhabitants were remarkable.
    The trade and communication networks of Australia's early inhabitants were remarkable.
    TV-14
    44min
    Jul 5, 2023
    • The First Inventors: Investigating Ancient Australia
    DocumentaryInspiringSmart
    IMDb 6.7/102023
    What does it take to become the world's longest surviving culture? In this innovative history documentary, actor Rob Collins leads a team of First Nations investigators uncovering over 65,000 years of invention in what is now Australia. How did people navigate extraordinary distances, how were whole societies organized and could these ancient cultures help determine the future of all Australians?
    Creators and Cast
    Directors
    Larissa Behrendt
    Producers
    Max BourkeMargee BrownJessica CareyBen CommensBen DaviesFotini ManikakisCian McCuePaul Scott
    Cast
    Rob Collins
    Studio
    Ronde Media, Moogie Down
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    7+
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