First Footprints The Great Drought: 30,000 to 15,000 years ago
For thousands of years, people live with Australia's strange and ferocious megafauna like the 6-meter giant lizard Megalania and the marsupial lion. These beasts all become extinct as massive climate change hits Australia brought on by the Last Ice Age.
First Footprints is the untold story of how Aboriginal people came to Australia over 50,000 years ago and adapted and thrived in this harsh continent.
Primary Title
- First Footprints
Episode Title
- The Great Drought: 30,000 to 15,000 years ago
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 13 June 2021
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 55
Duration
- 85:00
Episode
- 2
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- First Footprints is the untold story of how Aboriginal people came to Australia over 50,000 years ago and adapted and thrived in this harsh continent.
Episode Description
- For thousands of years, people live with Australia's strange and ferocious megafauna like the 6-meter giant lizard Megalania and the marsupial lion. These beasts all become extinct as massive climate change hits Australia brought on by the Last Ice Age.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Aboriginal Australians--History
- Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities
- Prehistoric peoples--Australia
- Culture conflict--Australia
- Australia--Antiquities
- Australia--History--To 1788
- Documentary television programs--Australia
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Ernie Dingo (Narrator)
- Bentley Dean (Director)
- Bentley Dean (Producer)
- Bentley Dean (Writer)
- Martin Butler (Director)
- Martin Butler (Producer)
- Martin Butler (Writer)
- Tania Nehme (Editor)
- Contact Films (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Arte France (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Aboriginal Australians--History
- Aboriginal Australians--Antiquities
- Prehistoric peoples--Australia
- Culture conflict--Australia
- Australia--Antiquities
- Australia--History--To 1788
- Documentary television programs--Australia