Australia In Colour

Modern Australia is born in 1901, when six colonies unite. Agriculture and mining transform the country, and the new nation finds its first heroes.

Sport and comedy offer relief from the Depression. Australia sends troops to wartime Europe, but shifts its focus toward America when Japan invades Pearl Harbor.

The government makes use of the slogan populate or perish after WWII, as immigration transforms Australia. Indigenous people must deal with racism and discrimination, and their children are removed, creating the stolen generations.

Awareness grows about discrimination and the extent of everyday racism against indigenous people. Gender inequality also becomes an issue in the 1960s.

Family: Marriage and family are the foundation on which to build a prospering federated nation.

A young dancer and a boxer change the nation's race relations and Australian cinema rivals Hollywood. A look at how sporting triumphs and movie successes have forged Australia's national identity.