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The First Inventors - S1 Ep. 3
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Air Date: Thu 29 Jun 2023

Vast communication networks, trade superhighways and sophisticated kinship systems. First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.

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S1 Ep. 4

Indigenous knowledge teams up with cutting-edge science to develop lifesaving medicines and combat climate change. But to tackle humanity's future challenges, first we need to heal the past.

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S1 Ep. 3

Vast communication networks, trade superhighways and sophisticated kinship systems. First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.

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S1 Ep. 2

Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.

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S1 Ep. 1

Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago" From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms, to mastering deadly fire: the unique survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.

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First Nations Astronomy: What The Sky Says About The Earth

Astrophysicist and Gamilaraay woman Karlie Noon talks First Nations astronomy and how information is stored in the sky

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About The First Inventors

Rob Collins and co-investigators from The First Inventors deliver a stirring insight into the show

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