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Mmm.Well, the Irish story would've been Well, the Irish story would've been similar to...

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Well, the Irish story would've been Well, the Irish story would've been similar to that of
Well, the Irish story would've been similar to that of
Italian migrants, you know

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Mmm. Well, the Irish story would've been
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Well, the Irish story would've been
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similar to that of Well, the Irish story would've been
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similar to that of Italian migrants, you know.
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5 seconds
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00:21:09
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 The classic walking down the beach - Books That Made Us 00:07
The classic walking down the beach
S01 • E01 Similar to that of It's everyone's story, you know, - Books That Made Us 00:05
Similar to that of It's everyone's story, you know...
S01 • E02 Back home and on dry land, - Books That Made Us 00:11
Back home and on dry land,
S01 • E01 To learn the ways of Australian speech, or... - Books That Made Us 00:04
To learn the ways of Australian speech, or...
S01 • E03 So I didn't have that experience, - Books That Made Us 00:05
So I didn't have that experience,
S01 • E01 To try and integrate when you come here, - Books That Made Us 00:06
To try and integrate when you come here,
S01 • E02 WOMAN: Obviously Tasmania's a place where a lot of your novels are set. - Books That Made Us 00:05
WOMAN: Obviously Tasmania's a place where a lot of your...
S01 • E01 You know, I remember my mother got a job - Books That Made Us 00:11
You know, I remember my mother got a job
S01 • E03 Sexual assault is just commonplace - Books That Made Us 00:06
Sexual assault is just commonplace
S01 • E02 One way of defining the novel - Books That Made Us 00:17
One way of defining the novel
S01 • E03 It's horrifying, you know, like, but it happened, - Books That Made Us 00:07
It's horrifying, you know, like, but it happened,
S01 • E03 So, I was just gonna do a post-surf book reading for you. - Books That Made Us 00:06
So, I was just gonna do a post-surf book reading for you.
S01 • E01 Yeah, my stepdad is Greek, and his father came out here when he was 17, - Books That Made Us 00:06
Yeah, my stepdad is Greek, and his father came out here when...
S01 • E03 "There were six of us in the panel van." - Books That Made Us 00:17
"There were six of us in the panel van."
S01 • E02 We're not a European people, we're not a poor copy of North America, - Books That Made Us 00:09
We're not a European people, we're not a poor copy...
S01 • E01 He had...he sold ice-cream - Books That Made Us 00:07
He had...he sold ice-cream
S01 • E02 We're something other, and we need And the way to try and uncover that - Books That Made Us 00:08
We're something other, and we need And the way to try a...
S01 • E01 And then he bought a fish and chip shop in Cowra, - Books That Made Us 00:05
And then he bought a fish and chip shop in Cowra,
S01 • E02 Certainly good things become possible, perhaps even great things. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Certainly good things become possible, perhaps even great th...
S01 • E03 "Every car in the parking lot was doing it, - Books That Made Us 00:06
"Every car in the parking lot was doing it,