The Secret discovery of Australia

This film reveals evidence which clearly shows that the Portuguese were on Australian soil long before either the Dutch or the English - in fact 250 years before Captain Cook. It is a story of spies and political espionage, resulting from the mantle of secrecy the Portuguese threw around their explorations and discoveries, and the efforts of their European counterparts to steal their maps.

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Credits

production company

Docudrama Productions

Suatu Film Management

co-producer

Michael Caulfield

Geoff Burton

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300796

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Discovery and exploration

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Portugal

History → Australia - Discovery and exploration

Places → Portugal

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1983

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