Season 19 (2014)

The Other Side
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February 3, 2014 • 30m

In 1996 Matthew Reilly, aged 22, self-published his first book. Now he has a list of international best sellers. In his books her...Read more

The Back of His Mind
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February 10, 2014 • 30m

Three years ago, 35 year old fashion photographer David Murrell was told he had just months to live. A tumour the size of an oran...Read more

No Half Measures
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February 17, 2014 • 30m

This week's Australian Story charts Torah Bright's remarkable comeback from a year of setbacks and struggles, culminating in an eu...Read more

Call Me Cate
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February 24, 2014 • 30m

Lt.Col. Cate McGregor AM has been a participant in some of the most significant chapters in recent Australian history. She has be...Read more

His Driving Force
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March 3, 2014 • 30m

Monday night's program centres on a remarkable friendship between a top scientist and a coach driver and a crazy brave dream to do...Read more

An Unnatural History
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March 10, 2014 • 30m

David Rennie fell in love with photography seven years ago when he was lured from his car by the sight of a passing bird overhead....Read more

The House of Tara
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March 17, 2014 • 30m

Tara Winkler was just 19 when she set off on the trip to Cambodia that would change her life. After coming across an orphanage wh...Read more

Out of the Box
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March 24, 2014 • 30m

Adam Boland was just 26 years old when he was handed the reins of the ailing Sunrise program on Channel 7. It was the start of so...Read more

Set in Stone
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March 31, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes. Explorer and airline pilot Percy Trezise was captivated by Quinkan rock art fi...Read more

A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 1
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April 7, 2014 • 30m

Getting on for a decade after his death, the legendary businessman Kerry Packer remains an intriguing and puzzling figure. Buildi...Read more

A Complicated Life: Kerry Packer , Part 2
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April 14, 2014 • 30m

This week, the conclusion of our story about the legendary businessman Kerry Packer... Beneath the famous bravado and bluster was...Read more

A Man Called Boy
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April 21, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by Amanda Shalala from ABC Grandstand This week's program tells the story of an Olympic champion so seemingly without ...Read more

A Very Good Rascal
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April 28, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by international music star Leo Sayer. This week's program tells the bitter sweet personal story behind the hard-livin...Read more

The Edge of the Mountain
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May 5, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by Caroline Jones. It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime but when Australian nurse Christy King led a grou...Read more

In Tracy's Corner
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May 12, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by actor and St Kilda resident, Rachel Griffiths. Monday night's program tells the story of the unsolved and savage mu...Read more

All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 1
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May 19, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by Grant Hackett Includes interviews with Grant Hackett, Jared Perkins (brother), Daniel Kowalski and Karen Davis (fia...Read more

All the Right Moves: Kieren Perkins , Part 2
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May 26, 2014 • 30m

Introduced by Grant Hackett Monday’s program concludes the epic tale of Kieren Perkins and the inside story of his battles to bui...Read more

Out of the Kitchen
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June 2, 2014 • 30m

This week's program provides an intriguing glimpse behind the scenes of the reality TV phenomenon that's captured the TV landscape...Read more

The Last Commando , Part 1
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June 9, 2014 • 30m

This week's Australian Story provides a rare insight into the mysterious world of Australia's elite Commando regiments. Corporal ...Read more

The Last Commando , Part 2
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June 16, 2014 • 30m

This week's program goes to the 'tip of the spear' with elite commandos trapped in a lethal and protracted gun battle in Afghanist...Read more

Driving Miss Davis
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June 23, 2014 • 30m

This week the quirky, life affirming story of a young Australian from country Victoria, a car with a history, and a novel that's o...Read more

Forget Me Not
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June 30, 2014 • 30m

How many people with a diagnosis of dementia join a dating agency? How many more find true love? This is just one of the many int...Read more

Talk of the Town
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July 7, 2014 • 30m

Popular singer songwriter Megan Washington performs on stage for huge audiences. But as Australian Story reveals this week, she's...Read more

The Game Changer
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July 14, 2014 • 30m

This week's program tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a former wildlife ranger and the renowned British conservati...Read more

Leaps and Bounds
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July 21, 2014 • 30m

This week Australian Story returns to the story of one the world's best known dancers, Li Cunxin, as we go behind the scenes in a ...Read more

Divide and Conquer
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July 28, 2014 • 30m

This week's Australian Story is proof that from little things big things can grow. Three years ago we told the story of emerging ...Read more

Lock Me Away
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August 4, 2014 • 30m

This week we meet an 'ageing' activist who admits he's spent close to fifty years tilting at windmills without a lot to show for i...Read more

Searching for C11
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August 11, 2014 • 30m

At the age of 21, aeronautical engineer Lauren Burns was told a family secret that turned her world upside down. Barbara Burns re...Read more

Searching for C11 (2)
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August 18, 2014 • 30m

In this week's program, aeronautical engineer Dr Lauren Burns finally finds out the identity of her biological father. To the ama...Read more

Before the Storm
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August 25, 2014 • 30m

This week’s program goes behind the scenes with a tenacious regional newspaper reporter who last year won Australia’s top journali...Read more

Out of the Shoebox
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September 1, 2014 • 30m

This week's program looks at the unlikely evolution of an unexpected global comedy hit. Christiaan Van Vuuren was devastated when...Read more

Getting the Hang of It
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September 8, 2014 • 30m

What happens when a former soldier from Tasmania arrives in Canberra with a potentially vital role to play in governing the nation...Read more

The Past Is a Foreign Country
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September 15, 2014 • 30m

This week’s program looks at the untold stranger than fiction life of a woman well recognised in the entertainment industry for he...Read more

The Past Is a Foreign Country (2)
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September 22, 2014 • 30m

This week’s program concludes the family saga of the woman credited as the ‘silent operator’ of the Australian entertainment indus...Read more

The Pursuit of Happiness
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September 29, 2014 • 30m

Fiona O'Loughlin emerged out of Alice Springs some thirteen years ago as a 'fully formed' 36 year old stand up comedy sensation. ...Read more

I Am Jack
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October 6, 2014 • 30m

This Monday, we find out what's been happening in the lives of a family who featured in one of our most popular programs. It's th...Read more

Vanishing Act
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October 13, 2014 • 30m

More than three-million viewers watched Karise Eden named as 'The Voice Australia' in 2012. One week later, she had four songs in...Read more

The Innocent
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October 20, 2014 • 30m

On a summer's day in 1992 a thirteen year old schoolgirl called Prue Bird vanished without a trace. Her mother Jenny returned fro...Read more

The Innocent (2)
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October 27, 2014 • 30m

This week's program concludes the astonishing family crime saga behind the disappearance of Melbourne teenager Prue Bird. Her mot...Read more

How I Met Your Father
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November 3, 2014 • 30m

This week's program reveals the improbable saga of the making of a very modern family. It's a narrative that 'starts at the end -...Read more

Just Call Me Bob
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November 10, 2014 • 30m

It's been a while since the words popular and politician appeared credibly in the same sentence. But a generation ago one Prime M...Read more

Just Call Me Bob (2)
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November 17, 2014 • 30m

This week's program concludes the story of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. A generation ago he basked in the kind of sustained a...Read more

Letter from Wooleen
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November 24, 2014 • 30m

In this final program for 2014, Australian Story visits a remote West Australian cattle station. The story of historic 'Wooleen' ...Read more