Episode number 12 of Series “Bush tucker man series”.
Les Hiddins travels Australia-wide tracking down stories of survival in the wilderness. “Gold Fever” looks at the legend of Lasseter’s lost reef of gold in Central Australia. “The Passionate Prussian” retraces Leichardt’s exploration from Moreton Bay to Point Essington and the mystery which shrouds his disappearance. “The Great Misadventure” looks at the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition and how a knowledge of Bush Tucker may have changed the outcome. The final episode “Into the Vilest Country” features the Cape York Penninsula as Les travels to the area in a manner which contrasts that of the cumbersome Kennedy exploration.
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306596
Language
English
Audience classification
G
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Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Gold mines and mining
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Burke and Wills Expedition, (1860-1861)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Explorers - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Survival skills
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Wilderness survival
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Wilderness survival
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Survival skills
History → Burke and Wills Expedition, (1860-1861)
History → Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
History → Explorers - Australia
History → Wills, William John, 1834-1861
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Survival skills
People → Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
People → Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848
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Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)