First Australians

Season

2008

8.9

From 1788-1992, the oldest Australian culture clashes with British colonization, following individuals in an epic friendship, revenge, and nation-building saga culminating in the Mabo legal challenge.

Episode List

S1 • E1

They Have Come to Stay

About the series First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire. Over seven episodes, First Australians depicts the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history.