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Books That Made Us

Richard Flanagan's stories are almost exclusively setin his home of Tasmania

Richard Flanagan's stories are almost exclusively set
in his home of Tasmania

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Richard Flanagan's stories
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are almost exclusively set in his home of Tasmania.
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7 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:39
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 • E01 ..where an Italian migrant - Books That Made Us 00:08
..where an Italian migrant
S01 • E02 Are almost exclusively set in his home of Tasmania. And I'm keen to discover more - Books That Made Us 00:12
Are almost exclusively set in his home of Tasmania. And I�...
S01 • E03 KATHY: Terms for sex were 'rooting', 'tooling', 'plugging', - Books That Made Us 00:09
KATHY: Terms for sex were 'rooting', 'tooling...
S01 • E01 When it was published in 1957, - Books That Made Us 00:14
When it was published in 1957,
S01 • E02 'Death of a River Guide'. Richard Flanagan was someone - Books That Made Us 00:06
'Death of a River Guide'. Richard Flanagan was som...
S01 • E03 Women were 'bush pigs', 'swamp hogs' or 'maggots'. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Women were 'bush pigs', 'swamp hogs' or ...
S01 • E02 He and his partner were known as the Suicide Twins - Books That Made Us 00:08
He and his partner were known as the Suicide Twins
S01 • E03 And if you were good-looking, they called you a 'glamour maggot'. - Books That Made Us 00:04
And if you were good-looking, they called you a 'glamou...
S01 • E03 And if you were good-looking, When we stopped putting up with it, - Books That Made Us 00:05
And if you were good-looking, When we stopped putting up wit...
S01 • E03 The rest of the girls stayed there and kept putting up with it. - Books That Made Us 00:04
The rest of the girls stayed there and kept putting up with ...
S01 • E02 When Richard was 21, he nearly died kayaking the Franklin. - Books That Made Us 00:05
When Richard was 21, he nearly died kayaking the Franklin.
S01 • E01 "If you lose your temper, you will have declared war, - Books That Made Us 00:07
"If you lose your temper, you will have declared war,
S01 • E02 Richard himself was trapped under a rapid - Books That Made Us 00:04
Richard himself was trapped under a rapid
S01 • E03 KATHY: We had to sit on the beach, fetch the Chiko roll, - Books That Made Us 00:04
KATHY: We had to sit on the beach, fetch the Chiko roll,
S01 • E01 "By keeping your temper, you will win their respect. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"By keeping your temper, you will win their respect.
S01 • E02 And I think when you have a near-death experience, - Books That Made Us 00:06
And I think when you have a near-death experience,
S01 • E03 And we didn't have any feminism at all, - Books That Made Us 00:07
And we didn't have any feminism at all,
S01 • E01 "And when somebody says to you, 'Yer know wot yer c'n do yer bastard,' - Books That Made Us 00:19
"And when somebody says to you, 'Yer know wot yer ...
S01 • E02 Oh, there it is. Wow, it's moving fast. - Books That Made Us 00:04
Oh, there it is. Wow, it's moving fast.
S01 • E03 But as we started to realise how badly we'd been treated, - Books That Made Us 00:10
But as we started to realise how badly we'd been treate...