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The First Inventors

History · 2023

Last aired: S1 E4, Navigating the Future · 2023-07-06

Rob Collins and a team of First Nations investigators delve into 65,000 years of Aboriginal Australian invention, looking at how landscapes were transformed, how events were recorded, the use of navigation tools, and how societies were organised.

Cast

Rob Collins Host

Season 1

E1 Design To Survive 2023-06-15 · 60 min Rob Collins and his team explore the innovative creations that enabled First Nations people to thrive, ranging from transforming volcanic terrains into fish farms to mastering the art of harnessing dangerous fire for survival.

E2 Science of Story 2023-06-22 · 60 min Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.

E3 A Connected Continent 2023-06-29 · 60 min Vast communication networks, trade superhighways, and sophisticated kinship systems. How First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous, often inhospitable continent.

E4 Navigating the Future 2023-07-06 · 50 min Indigenous knowledge teams up with cutting-edge science to develop lifesaving medicines and combat climate change. But to tackle humanity's future challenges, first we need to heal the past.

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