First Footprints
First Footprints explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.
Cast: Ernie Dingo
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Series 1
4 episodes
1. Super Nomads: 50,000 to 30,000 Years AgoThe story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.GCCJul 14, 2013
2. The Great Drought: 30,000 to 15,000 Years AgoFor thousands of years people lived with Australia's strange and ferocious mega fauna but all beasts went extinct during the last ice age. Temperatures were 6 degrees colder; it was dry and windy and lasted over 10,000 years.GCCJul 21, 2013
3. The Great Flood: 18,000 to 5,000 Years AgoFrom eighteen thousand years ago, melting polar ice caps began drowning 25% of Greater Australia. And we meet Narrabeen Man, found under a bus stop on Sydney's Northern Beaches.GCCJul 28, 2013
4. The Biggest Estate: 9,000 Years Ago to 17889,000 years ago people in Australia were learning to manipulate available plants and animals to increase food resources. They transformed an entire continent into a fully sustainable estate, until outsiders arrived.GCCAug 4, 2013
First Footprints
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First Footprints explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
- Cast
- Ernie Dingo
- Studio
- Contact Films
Maturity rating
GCheck the rating before watching with younger viewers.
Audio languages
Czech, English, French, German
Where to watch
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