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1) Mary
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Excommunication in the 19th century, sainthood in the 20th. Mary MacKillop is one of Australia's unsung heroes. Despite excommunication and exile, Mary remained determined to bring education to the poor and underprivileged. In January 1995 Mary was beatified by Pope John Paul II as Australia's first saint. This is Mary's story. "A carefully crafted exploration of one of Australia's rare religious/spiritual heroines." - Anna-Maria Dell'oso, Sydney...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Singer Kate Ceberano is convinced she is descended from 'pirates and bums' but as she delves into her family tree she uncovers links to landed gentry, as well as an artistic past. Kate's expectations are inflated when she learns that one early ancestor, an entrepreneurial Swede, was an inventive pioneer and ultimately a pillar of the establishment of the Mallee region of Australia . On the trail of a mysterious Spanish sea captain, she heads to Tasmania...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Sports commentator Dennis Cometti finds mystery, murder and a gift for the gab as he follows his family tree back to Australia's settlement. From Meekatharra in Western Australian to northern Italy, Dennis discovers not only the hardship his grandfather faced in the mines, but a rich Italian heritage, as well as solving a mystery surrounding the absence of his grandmother from family photographs, and the bitterness his father felt towards her. But...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Media personality and publisher Ita Buttrose discovers determination and drive may be hereditary as she puts her journalistic skills to the test to trace her global family. She knows of a relation named William Butters who sailed from Scotland to Adelaide but not how the family name changed from Butters to Buttrose. Following her maternal side, Ita discovers she has a strong Jewish connection, including a chief rabbi, in her family. She traces her...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Australian acting icon Jack Thompson unearths more than a couple of surprises"”and significant Australian heritage"”but where does he come from and who does he think he is? Born John Hadley Pain in Sydney in 1940, Jack took on the name of the Thompson family, who adopted him as a child after the death of his mother. In Who Do You Think You Are? Jack will for the first time endeavour to discover the real family history of his biological relations....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Athlete Catherine Freeman goes in search of the source of her drive and determination, unearthing an unexpected family heritage. Gold medallist in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Catherine is an inspiration to many. She possesses an irrepressible pride in her country and her people. Her strong sense of identity is something she believes has been passed down from her ancestors. Her mother Cecelia was born on Palm Island, a penal settlement for Aborigines...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Barrister and human rights advocate Geoffrey Robertson QC believes that it is nurture not nature that shapes our moral integrity, but does his family history support his theory? Fifth generation Australian Geoffrey has lived in London for decades, but he remains proudly Australian. He traces his Scottish ancestors"”early mountain cattlemen who were the first of the self-made Robertsons in Australia"”as well as another part of his family, surrounded...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Australian celebrities play detective as they go in search of their family history, revealing secrets from the past. Taking us to all corners of Australia and the globe are six stories of individuals seeking to find the definitive answer to where they came from. Along the way secrets are uncovered and histories are revealed-from adultery and madness to children born out of wedlock and even the whiff of a right royal scandal-with each individual...