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Books That Made Us

I wanted to discover a truthabout who we are as people through fictionand make-believe...

I wanted to discover a truth
about who we are as people through fiction
and make-believe characters

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I wanted to discover a truth about who we are as people
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through fiction and make-believe characters.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:41
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E03 Well, we don't worry too much about teaching it as such, - Books That Made Us 00:09
Well, we don't worry too much about teaching it as such...
S01 • E02 And Patrick wrote that scorched landscape. - Books That Made Us 00:04
And Patrick wrote that scorched landscape.
S01 • E01 And from Edith Campbell Berry - Books That Made Us 00:10
And from Edith Campbell Berry
S01 • E03 So it's about keeping it alive and... Keeping it alive. - Books That Made Us 00:04
So it's about keeping it alive and... Keeping it alive.
S01 • E02 So, this is one of Nolan's pictures from that exhibition, - Books That Made Us 00:15
So, this is one of Nolan's pictures from that exhibitio...
S01 • E03 And the spirit of the language moving through us, - Books That Made Us 00:05
And the spirit of the language moving through us,
S01 • E01 It won't be a newspaper clipping - Books That Made Us 00:14
It won't be a newspaper clipping
S01 • E03 What he's done is he's taken stories - Books That Made Us 00:20
What he's done is he's taken stories
S01 • E02 This is Patrick looking at the desert through Sid Nolan's eyes, - Books That Made Us 00:06
This is Patrick looking at the desert through Sid Nolan'...
S01 • E02 "This devilish country, flat at first, - Books That Made Us 00:17
"This devilish country, flat at first,
S01 • E01 It's been voted Australia's favourite book, - Books That Made Us 00:15
It's been voted Australia's favourite book,
S01 • E03 He has taken those stories, which were lost, - Books That Made Us 00:05
He has taken those stories, which were lost,
S01 • E02 "There was no avoiding chaos by detour. - Books That Made Us 00:06
"There was no avoiding chaos by detour.
S01 • E02 "The gullies had to be crossed, and on the far side - Books That Made Us 00:07
"The gullies had to be crossed, and on the far side
S01 • E03 (APPLAUSE) - Books That Made Us 00:11
(APPLAUSE)
S01 • E01 Where are we gonna sleep? Oh, must be a dozen rooms or more. - Books That Made Us 00:04
Where are we gonna sleep? Oh, must be a dozen rooms or more.
S01 • E02 "there was always "It was as if the whole landscape - Books That Made Us 00:14
"there was always "It was as if the whole landscap...
S01 • E01 Through 20 postwar years, the two families are bonded together - Books That Made Us 00:08
Through 20 postwar years, the two families are bonded togeth...
S01 • E03 That's the one about the Noongar that jumps into the whale, - Books That Made Us 00:13
That's the one about the Noongar that jumps into the wh...
S01 • E02 I think he does it better in words than Nolan does it in painting. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I think he does it better in words than Nolan does it in pai...