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Books That Made Us

"The gullies had to be crossed,and on the far side "there was alwaysanother tortuous gully

"The gullies had to be crossed,
and on the far side "there was always
another tortuous gully

Full Transcript

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"The gullies had to be crossed, and on the far side
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"there was always another tortuous gully.
Duration
7 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:37
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • 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...
S01 • E02 But they're in exactly the same territory. - Books That Made Us 00:04
But they're in exactly the same territory.
S01 • E02 The thing about Patrick White's description of country - Books That Made Us 00:10
The thing about Patrick White's description of country
S01 • E01 Well, can youse pay? Oh, we can pay. We'll always pay. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Well, can youse pay? Oh, we can pay. We'll always pay.
S01 • E03 We are the ones that carry that story - Books That Made Us 00:11
We are the ones that carry that story
S01 • E01 I think there's something in this novel that is about the underdog - Books That Made Us 00:10
I think there's something in this novel that is about t...
S01 • E02 He doesn't have long tracts of description of landscape, - Books That Made Us 00:05
He doesn't have long tracts of description of landscape...
S01 • E03 Can you give me some lessons in how to say that first line? - Books That Made Us 00:05
Can you give me some lessons in how to say that first line?
S01 • E01 That people really relate to The hard-done-by, making good, - Books That Made Us 00:09
That people really relate to The hard-done-by, making good,
S01 • E02 So, it's almost like a process... It's a great deceptive gift - Books That Made Us 00:06
So, it's almost like a process... It's a great dec...
S01 • E02 Because the landscape is alive Is it silly to compare him to - Books That Made Us 00:07
Because the landscape is alive Is it silly to compare him to
S01 • E01 I read 'Cloudstreet' 30 years ago, - Books That Made Us 00:09
I read 'Cloudstreet' 30 years ago,
S01 • E03 Our family have had language forever - Books That Made Us 00:09
Our family have had language forever
S01 • E02 (LAUGHS) Really. - Books That Made Us 00:05
(LAUGHS) Really.
S01 • E01 I mean, I was a reasonable reader but I wasn't a huge, voracious reader. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I mean, I was a reasonable reader but I wasn't a huge, ...