History Research Content

While travelling around researching and developing our MagicLands film productions, we found that there was a lack of educational content on Australian and Indigenous history that showed both sides. In our education videos, we aim to show the stories, names and landmarks of the land and people before colonisation, how it changed over time, and how it is today. If you are a school or corporation looking to create educational and training content that involved Indigenous culture, history and Australian colonial history, then please reach out. We have the relationships to produce content specific for your area and will collaborate with First Nation communities in that area.

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  • Magic Lands Community Voices
    • 4/5/23

    Magic Lands Community Voices

    The Magic Lands producers and writers are listening to the Indigenous Communities across Victoria, Australia on how they want to re-tell history. Numerous hours and meetings have progressed to gain the perspective of how we can re-tell history in a drama truthfully and respectfully with the Indigenous communities.

  • Elder Reg Abraham Interview
    • 4/5/23

    Elder Reg Abraham Interview

    Truth-telling interview about colonisation's impact on the first peoples of Victoria.

Extra Educational Research Content

Australia, The Time Travellers Guide

Produced by ABC Australia

Of all continents on Earth, none preserve the story of the formation of our planet and the evolution of life quite like Australia. Nowhere else can you simply jump in a car and travel back through the entire history of the world. 'Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide' takes you on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. Buckle up for a rocky ride down the Road of Time with series host Dr Richard Smith. Over four one-hour episodes, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and exploding asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the land Down Under, the one island continent that has got it all. So join the good Doctor for the ultimate Outback road trip: an exploration of the history of the planet as seen through the mind-altering window of the Australian continent.

The Australian Wars

The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been kept silent - until now. Over three parts, this ground-breaking documentary series gives voice to the story of The Australian Wars - the battles fought on home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward, and First Nations peoples resisted. The series directed and presented by filmmaker Rachel Perkins, reveals the truth of Australia’s past. Airs Wednesdays from 21 September at 7:30pm on SBS and NITV, and available to stream free on SBS On Demand.