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Books That Made Us

It's subversive and assertive

it's subversive and assertive

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it's subversive and assertive.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:51:18
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 It's a real gift because I've suddenly been given - Books That Made Us 00:09
It's a real gift because I've suddenly been given
S01 • E02 It's like an anthem, really, that whole book, - Books That Made Us 00:06
It's like an anthem, really, that whole book,
S01 • E02 It's about Aboriginal lore, it's about zealots, - Books That Made Us 00:14
It's about Aboriginal lore, it's about zealots,
S01 • E03 (TEARFULLY) "I picked my way between the reclining bodies of my friends. - Books That Made Us 00:04
(TEARFULLY) "I picked my way between the reclining bodi...
S01 • E01 "Those Lambs. No joke, it took his breath away to see them go at it. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"Those Lambs. No joke, it took his breath away to see t...
S01 • E03 Give it to me. I'll read it. (LAUGHS) - Books That Made Us 00:08
Give it to me. I'll read it. (LAUGHS)
S01 • E01 "You'd think they were carrying the nation on their backs - Books That Made Us 00:13
"You'd think they were carrying the nation on thei...
S01 • E02 It's like the novelistic equivalent of LSD is what I would say. - Books That Made Us 00:05
It's like the novelistic equivalent of LSD is what I wo...
S01 • E03 But I guess I've realised that to truly discover Australia, - Books That Made Us 00:17
But I guess I've realised that to truly discover Austra...
S01 • E01 "Stinking, dull work, the labour of sheilas at best, - Books That Made Us 00:10
"Stinking, dull work, the labour of sheilas at best,
S01 • E02 So reading from chapter one, 'From Time Immemorial'. - Books That Made Us 00:05
So reading from chapter one, 'From Time Immemorial'...
S01 • E02 "Picture the creative serpent, - Books That Made Us 00:32
"Picture the creative serpent,
S01 • E01 "They were just scrub farmers, green to town, - Books That Made Us 00:12
"They were just scrub farmers, green to town,
S01 • E03 DAVID MALOUF: When people say they're reading a book - Books That Made Us 00:24
DAVID MALOUF: When people say they're reading a book
S01 • E01 "Making luck, the hardest donkey yacker there is." - Books That Made Us 00:09
"Making luck, the hardest donkey yacker there is."
S01 • E01 "Making luck, the hardest donkey yacker there is." - Books That Made Us 00:07
"Making luck, the hardest donkey yacker there is."
S01 • E03 TIM MINCHIN: The novel has the time and the space - Books That Made Us 00:08
TIM MINCHIN: The novel has the time and the space
S01 • E01 Yeah, they're just the...the two sides of the family, really, - Books That Made Us 00:10
Yeah, they're just the...the two sides of the family, r...
S01 • E02 "The water filled the swirling tracks - Books That Made Us 00:09
"The water filled the swirling tracks
S01 • E03 To generate an entire reality, an entire world. CHARLOTTE WOOD: The relationship you have - Books That Made Us 00:08
To generate an entire reality, an entire world. CHARLOTTE WO...