Australia: An Unofficial History
TX: 2025 on SBS and SBS On Demand
Number of Episodes: 3 x 60 mins
In this 3-part series, presented by screen icon Jacki Weaver, we crack open a forgotten vault of Australian government films - now stored in the National Film and Sound Archive - that unearth a kaleidoscopic vision of Australia in the 1970s. Featuring an all-star cast of commentators including Benjamin Law, Jan Fran and Zoe Coombs Marr, and behind-the- scenes insights from the people who made and featured in these revealing films like Phillip Noyce, Dr Gary Foley and Jacki herself, the series offers a fun, insightful, and nostalgic exploration of a decade of political and social change when the idea of Australia was completely reimagined and the modern nation we know today came kicking and screaming into existence.
Australia: An Unofficial History is a Stranger Than Fiction Films production. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with SBS. Financed with support from The Post Lounge and Screen NSW who also supported post, digital, and visual effects.