Stories of survival with Les Hiddins. [Part 2]

Australia, 1996

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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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Credits

co-producers/directors

David Telfer

Jack King

Richard Walker

Tim Clark

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

02:00:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1996

Appears in

Bush tucker man series

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Bush tucker man series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306596

Language

English

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Subject categories

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 → 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

Places → Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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