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The First Inventors

The First Inventors

Australia is an ancient continent, full of secrets, waiting to be unlocked. Rob Collins takes a journey through time and Country as he meets and collaborates with First Nations experts, revealing ancient innovations and discoveries.

Cast: Rob Collins

Documentary & Factual

Stream only in New Zealand

The First Inventors

The First Inventors

Australia is an ancient continent, full of secrets, waiting to be unlocked. Rob Collins takes a journey through time and Country as he meets and collaborates with First Nations experts, revealing ancient innovations and discoveries.
Cast: Rob Collins

Documentary & Factual

Stream only in New Zealand

The First Inventors

The First Inventors

Australia is an ancient continent, full of secrets, waiting to be unlocked. Rob Collins takes a journey through time and Country as he meets and collaborates with First Nations experts, revealing ancient innovations and discoveries.
Cast: Rob Collins

Documentary & Factual

Stream only in New Zealand

Season 1, Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Season 1, Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Season 1, Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Season 1, Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Episode 1

Design to survive

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

Episode 2

The science of story

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Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.

Episode 2

The science of story

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Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.

Episode 3

A connected society

How First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.

Episode 3

A connected society

How First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.

Episode 4

Navigating the future

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Indigenous knowledge teams up with cutting-edge science to develop lifesaving medicines and combat climate change. But to tackle humanity's future challenges, first we need to heal the past.

Episode 4

Navigating the future

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Indigenous knowledge teams up with cutting-edge science to develop lifesaving medicines and combat climate change. But to tackle humanity's future challenges, first we need to heal the past.

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