Season 3

1998

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E1. The Macpherson Women / A Grain of Sand

Feb 12, 1998 · 30m

E2. On the Waterfront

Feb 19, 1998 · 30m

Maggie MacKellar was a city dweller who seemed to have it all – a successful academic career, a devoted husband, a young daughter and another baby on the way.

E3. Last Christmas at Kaloola / Diana and Me

Feb 26, 1998 · 30m

E4. Camilla's Conversion

Mar 5, 1998 · 30m

E5. Hell for Leather / The Lost City

Mar 12, 1998 · 30m

E6. The Rest is Silence

Mar 19, 1998 · 30m

E7. The Way We Are

Mar 26, 1998 · 30m

Graham Long’s decision to retire presented a real challenge for Sydney's Wayside Chapel. How best to replace a visionary pastor who had served the city's homeless and vulnerable for 14 years? When Graham took over as pastor in 2004, the iconic Sydney institution had gone to wrack and ruin. Under his leadership, it grew from a crumbling drop-in centre for the homeless to a vibrant community offering a range of services for those in need. Graham always remembered a young social worker-turned-pastor he had met in Western Sydney. Jon Owen had thrown in a comfortable middle-class existence in Melbourne to move his family to Sydney's Mt Druitt and run a mini version of the Wayside from his lounge room. Jon joined Wayside Chapel as assistant Pastor in 2016, and after a robust international search, he successfully won the role as CEO and Pastor in 2018. Now installed as the new pastor, Jon is proving a popular choice, bringing generational change and continuing the same unconditional love that the Wayside is famous for.

E8. Wayne's New World / The Full Marcus

Apr 2, 1998 · 30m

E9. The Bus Driver / Dear Doctor

Apr 9, 1998 · 30m

E10. In the Name Of the Father

Apr 16, 1998 · 30m

Lauren Burns fought tooth and nail to find her anonymous sperm donor father. She was then instrumental in campaigning for world-first retrospective legislation to give all donor-conceived children in Victoria the right to identify their donor, irrespective of anonymity promises made in the past. Seven years after Australian Story first profiled Lauren, she is back campaigning again, fearing the achievements she and other donor-conceived children made are being wound back by the Victorian government. Now, as she steps into parenthood for the first time, she finds herself haunted by the past.

E11. To Be a King Again / A League of Their Own

Apr 23, 1998 · 30m

The Seekers were the trailblazers of Australian music in the 1960s, knocking heavy hitters such as the Beatles off the top of the charts in the UK and taking the US by storm. Best known for their unique blend of harmonies and the voice of Judith Durham, the band were unlike anything of their time. Now, fresh off the back of a record deal featuring their final tour, The Seekers are taking part in the first television documentary since their split 50 years ago. All four band members Athol Guy, Bruce Woodley, Judith Durham and Keith Potger discuss their music, the impact of sudden fame and the painful fallout from their famous parting.

E12. The Long Run / Wally's Weddings

Apr 30, 1998 · 30m

E13. The Little Master / Every Breath You Take

May 7, 1998 · 30m

E14. Who Dares Wins

May 14, 1998 · 30m

E15. Searching for the Man / Street Where You Live

May 21, 1998 · 30m

E16. What Katie Did / The Prime of Miss Lhuede

May 28, 1998 · 30m

E17. First Lady / A Distant Drum

Jun 4, 1998 · 30m

E18. A Cold Wind in August

Jun 11, 1998 · 30m

E19. Tara's Choice / Grapes of Mirth

Jun 18, 1998 · 30m

E20. One Dark Night / Queen of the Road

Jun 25, 1998 · 30m

E21. Fish Out of Water

Jul 2, 1998 · 30m

Shayna Jack has worn the label of "drug cheat" since she tested positive for a banned substance in 2019. The 22-year-old swimmer maintains she did not knowingly take the drug and is fighting to clear her name and get back in the pool. Jack had her sights on the Olympic Games, but a positive tested meant she was banned from competition for two years. As an appeal looms to increase her ban, she’s found herself at the centre of a much larger debate about world anti-doping rules that some say are railroading athletes.

E22. In The Line of Duty

Jul 9, 1998 · 30m

E23. The Unlikely Dad / Bush Smithy

Jul 16, 1998 · 30m

E24. Sins of the Father

Jul 23, 1998 · 30m

At 31, Vincent Shin is Australia’s first dedicated in-school lawyer, providing students at The Grange P-12 College in Melbourne’s outer west with advice on everything from fines for fare evasion to the legalities of sexting and how to deal with domestic violence. Vincent is well placed to understand the challenges faced by the school’s students, who come mainly from low socio-economic backgrounds. His childhood and adolescence were blighted by family violence, he mixed with the wrong crowd and failed year 12. He turned his life around, enrolling in TAFE and eventually getting a law degree. On graduating he worked in family law and his new role also provides an opportunity to help children deal with the sorts of experiences he and his family went through. Vincent started opening up about his experiences with domestic violence a few years ago but for the first time he reveals a family secret that shook him to the core. For Vincent Shin, speaking openly about his past is a way to heal.

E25. Hot Gossip / Green Nomad

Jul 30, 1998 · 30m

E26. The Long Journey Home / Northern Exposure

Aug 6, 1998 · 30m

When scientist Jim Bowler saw a human skeleton emerging from the sandhills of the remote Willandra Lakes in 1974, he had no idea his chance discovery would radically rewrite Australian history. The full excavation revealed a complete skeleton covered in red ochre and in astonishingly good condition. Scientists would date ‘Mungo Man’ at around 42,000 years old, pushing back the known date of human occupation in Australia by thousands of years. But for Mungo Man’s traditional owners, the Mutthi Mutthi, Ngiyampaa and Paakantyi/Barkandji peoples, his discovery and removal to Canberra was a deep source of upset. When his remains were finally returned to country late last year it was an emotional homecoming for all, including Jim Bowler.

E27. A Singular Woman / Chariots of Fire

Aug 13, 1998 · 30m

E28. A Place for Us / Top Brass

Aug 20, 1998 · 30m

Award winning television journalist Sara James was living the dream as an anchor and foreign correspondent for American network NBC. She'd lived in New York for fifteen years and reported from around the world including the war zones of Somalia, Sudan and in the Middle East. Then she met and married another high flyer, Australian journalist Andrew Butcher, who worked closely with Rupert Murdoch as his corporate affairs manager. But with the birth of their second daughter came a curve ball. Baby Jacqui didn’t cry and was having multiple seizures. 'Your baby has a bad brain' said the medical specialist. A nurse took Sara aside and said 'they don’t always know you know. Your baby has bright eyes. Don't give up.' To the amazement of their friends, the Butchers abandoned Manhattan, scooped up their family and moved to the Macedon Ranges outside Melbourne. There they embraced an entirely new way of life as they started to unlock the mysteries of Jacqui's distressing and taxing condition.