Season 17

2012

Feb 6, 2012 · 30m

Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

E2. Road to Nowhere (Part 2)

Feb 13, 2012 · 30m

The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

E3. Mary and Me

Feb 20, 2012 · 30m

Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the then Blessed Mary MacKillop and the event was accepted by the Vatican as a miracle.

E4. By the Light of Stars

Feb 27, 2012 · 30m

Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.

E5. Half a Million Acres

Mar 5, 2012 · 30m

David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing property Wooleen.

E6. The Book of Daniel

Mar 12, 2012 · 30m

Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

E7. Woman from Snowy River

Mar 19, 2012 · 30m

Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse for early morning track work.

E8. Going Troppo

Mar 26, 2012 · 30m

From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direct some of the world's best known TV dramas.

E9. House Of Hancock

Apr 2, 2012 · 30m

Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

E10. A Done Deal

Apr 9, 2012 · 30m

Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

E11. Streets with No Names

Apr 16, 2012 · 30m

Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest children there.

E12. The Razor's Edge

Apr 23, 2012 · 30m

Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.

E13. Return to Wooleen

Apr 30, 2012 · 30m

Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, Peter Andrews who has previously featured on Australian Story.

E14. Larger Than Life

May 7, 2012 · 30m

Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate who has never mined, a human headline and a manipulator of the media.

E15. When We Were Racers

May 14, 2012 · 30m

Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world title in a car of his own construction.

E16. According to Her Cloth

May 21, 2012 · 30m

From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.

E17. Turning the Tables

May 28, 2012 · 30m

Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.

E18. Walking with Kate Mulvany

Jun 4, 2012 · 30m

Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many challenges and explains how she found the energy and determination to return to the public spotlight.

E19. The Voice

Jun 11, 2012 · 30m

Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

E20. To Set Before a Queen

Jun 18, 2012 · 30m

In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. This is the fascinating inside story of the making of Black Caviar, stretching back across the generations.

E21. Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)

Jun 25, 2012 · 30m

Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torment behind the glittering existence.

E22. Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)

Jul 2, 2012 · 30m

This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.

E23. Letters to the Editor

Jul 9, 2012 · 30m

It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journalist who's bucking the trend. James Clark had been living the dream in Paris when he decided to put his future, his relationship and the family sheep station on the line to chase his dream of running a little local newspaper in outback Cunnamulla.

E24. Stranger on the Shore

Jul 16, 2012 · 30m

Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt' a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker.

E25. Foolin' Around

Jul 23, 2012 · 30m

Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.

E26. It Takes a Village

Jul 30, 2012 · 30m

In 2001 Ian and Sandy Johnson adopted two orphaned children, Tigi and Frazer, from Ethiopia. Now with the children 12 and 15, we returned to find out how it's all worked out.

E27. Her Natural Life

Aug 6, 2012 · 30m

This program documents Annabelle Sandes' unlikely pathway from the fine art auction rooms of inner Sydney to whale conservation in the Kimberley.

E28. Tatiana Is Dancing

Aug 13, 2012 · 30m

Tanya Pearson has shaped the careers of hundreds of aspiring Australian dancers and at 75 continues to teach classical ballet full time.

E29. The Queen of Extreme

Aug 20, 2012 · 30m

Torah Bright has lived in the United States since she was fifteen years old when she turned professional as a snowboarder. Since then, she's flown under the radar of many Australians. Her specialty is the half pipe – a winter Olympic event with a huge international following.

E30. Kicking the Habit

Aug 27, 2012 · 30m

A recent High Court ruling all but ended the branding of cigarette packets in Australia. The decision and the woman behind it, Federal-Attorney General Nicola Roxon, have generated news headlines around the world.