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MELISSA: Australia is dipping its toe
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Australiais dipping its toe into a vast ocean of Aboriginal knowledge

MELISSA: Australia
is dipping its toe into a vast ocean of Aboriginal knowledge

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MELISSA: Australia is dipping its toe
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into a vast ocean
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of Aboriginal knowledge.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:44
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

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 • E02 "It is simply the most ordinary place in the world." - Books That Made Us 00:24
"It is simply the most ordinary place in the world.&quo...
S01 • E03 There's a hell of a lot that has been obscured, - Books That Made Us 00:09
There's a hell of a lot that has been obscured,
S01 • E01 (LAUGHS) - Books That Made Us 00:06
(LAUGHS)
S01 • E01 Melissa really gave me a true picture - Books That Made Us 00:07
Melissa really gave me a true picture
S01 • E03 From great Indigenous novels of the past - Books That Made Us 00:12
From great Indigenous novels of the past
S01 • E01 And that's something that she talked quite passionately about, - Books That Made Us 00:08
And that's something that she talked quite passionately...
S01 • E02 In terms of what we think of There's a kind of game in that - Books That Made Us 00:07
In terms of what we think of There's a kind of game in ...
S01 • E01 "And we..." you know, "We can..." you know, - Books That Made Us 00:12
"And we..." you know, "We can..." you kn...
S01 • E03 MAN: They're not only winning prizes and acclaim, - Books That Made Us 00:07
MAN: They're not only winning prizes and acclaim,
S01 • E02 Then there's a third character in the book which is the city, - Books That Made Us 00:14
Then there's a third character in the book which is the...
S01 • E03 There is an appetite for this stuff now, - Books That Made Us 00:04
There is an appetite for this stuff now,
S01 • E01 The more I want - like, (REFLECTIVE MUSIC) - Books That Made Us 00:17
The more I want - like, (REFLECTIVE MUSIC)
S01 • E03 We've always been writing. We're the original storytellers. - Books That Made Us 00:05
We've always been writing. We're the original stor...
S01 • E03 I mean, there's just such a rich back catalogue. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I mean, there's just such a rich back catalogue.
S01 • E02 Johnno's resisting it because he thinks it will destroy him - Books That Made Us 00:10
Johnno's resisting it because he thinks it will destroy...
S01 • E03 We're becoming a nation - Books That Made Us 00:14
We're becoming a nation
S01 • E02 But what he resents is that he's seeing it as a writer. - Books That Made Us 00:05
But what he resents is that he's seeing it as a writer.
S01 • E01 "She asked questions about my long hair, - Books That Made Us 00:10
"She asked questions about my long hair,
S01 • E02 But what he resents is that Then of course that becomes a game, - Books That Made Us 00:20
But what he resents is that Then of course that becomes a ga...
S01 • E03 A book at the heart of this new era of writing - Books That Made Us 00:07
A book at the heart of this new era of writing