NaN/100 votes#1 - Operation Wendy
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2005
Despite being born with a hare lip and double cleft palate, Wendy Harmer has become one of Australia's best known performers. Last year she was invited by the Interplast organisation to share her knowledge about overcoming a facial deformity by visiting children in Fiji born with the same condition.
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#2 - Meeting Miss Menzies
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2005
When Ian Thorpe won his two gold medals at the Athens Olympics, it was a personal triumph for him - and a vindication for a former art teacher called Tracey Menzies. Two years earlier, Menzies was at the centre of controversy when Thorpe appointed her to replace his long time coach and mentor, Doug Frost.
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#3 - My Brother John
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2005
Debbie Singh was running a Perth boutique and juggling marriage and three children, when out of the blue in 1998, she discovered that her brother had been locked up in Thailand's notorious hell hole, the Klong Prem prison, or the "Bangkok Hilton".
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#4 - The Gathering Storm - Part 1
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2005
Beth Heinrich, the woman whose case was central to the controversy that led to the resignation of Governor-General Peter Hollingworth, speaks out publicly for the first time about her 40-year relationship with clergyman Donald Shearman.
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#5 - The Gathering Storm - Part 2
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2005
Australian Story continues the saga of Beth Heinrich and her involvement from her school days, with a married priest. In this program she tells of the promises that led her to believe she had a future with him and the shock and betrayal she felt when the Anglican Church hierarchy failed to give her a proper hearing.
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#6 - The Born Identity
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2005
Millions of fans around the world know him affectionately as Harold Bishop, the slightly daggy star of the television soapie Neighbours. But until now, none knew Ian Smith's real life story encompasses a drama more remarkable than any script he has ever performed.
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#7 - A Beautiful Mind
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2005
Melissa Holland thought she was "lucky" when a last-minute seat became available for a getaway break on King Island with five nursing colleagues. It turned out to be the start of a tragic turn of events that changed her life forever.
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#8 - The Flying Doctor
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2005
Dr Glenn Singleman is the world record holder for high altitude BASE jumping, but he is unable to practise his sport in his own country.
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#9 - Romancing the Stone
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2005
It's a long way from the paddocks of western Queensland to the palazzos of Florence. Fourth-generation grazier Bruce Tully bridged the gap when he stepped away from his heritage and sold his family farm to follow his seemingly impossible dream of designing and selling Australian opal jewellery to the world.
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#10 - Rock of Ages
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2005
Dick Smith and his friends regroup and visit Ball's Pyramid, the formidable dagger-like rock that spears straight up from the Pacific Ocean, south of Lord Howe Island which they climbed forty years ago.
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#11 - Thirteen
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 4/18/2005
The dramatic story of a Sydney family forced to flee the city because of fears for the safety of their youngest daughter.
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#12 - From My Father's Fridge
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 4/25/2005
In the 1980s as an unemployed medical scientist, Professor Robert Tindle made a discovery that led to the breakthrough use of stem cells for saving thousands of lives around the world. His discovery was crucial 20 years later in saving the life of his own critically ill daughter.
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#13 - Colours of Caroline
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 5/2/2005
Every year, on 5th May the family of Caroline Anderson gather to remember her sudden, unnecessary death.
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#14 - In the Midnight Hour
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 5/9/2005
After the sudden death of cricket legend David Hookes in January last year, some of those closest to David Hookes felt shut out.
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#15 - To Boldly Go
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 5/16/2005
Earlier this year Australian diver Dave Shaw made headlines around the world when he lost his life in a remote cave in South Africa.
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#16 - The Comeback Kid
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 5/23/2005
Scott Draper has achieved the near impossible in the competitive world of modern sport.
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#17 - Back Into the Forest
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 5/30/2005
Australian Story revisits the program about serial killer Ivan Milat, who was jailed for life eight years ago for the murder of seven young backpackers.
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#18 - Of Droughts and Flooding Rains - Part 1
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 6/6/2005
Peter Andrews is a racehorse breeder and farmer credited with remarkable success in converting degraded, salt-ravaged properties into fertile, drought-resistant pastures.
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#19 - Of Droughts and Flooding Rains - Part 2
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 6/13/2005
In this concluding episode, eminent national and international scientists agree that Peter Andrews potentially has the solution to alleviating the affects of drought on many parts of the Australian landscape.
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#20 - The Real McInnes
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 6/20/2005
William McInnes is an actor best known for his high profile TV roles in 'Blue Heelers' and 'SeaChange'.
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#21 - At Death's Door
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 6/27/2005
Toni Hoffman is the nurse who lifted the lid on a medical scandal making front page news, not just in Australia, but around the world.
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#22 - In Harm's Way
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 7/4/2005
Donna Mulhearn, a 30-something successful journalist and state government public relations officer dropped everything to risk her life as a 'human shield' against the American bombs dropping on Baghdad.
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#23 - Saving Trooper Gebhardt
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 7/11/2005
Australian Story follows the extraordinary lives of a Centurion tank crew who last saw each other on a battlefield in Vietnam.
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#24 - The Sherman Fortune
Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 7/18/2005
Brian Sherman, co-founder of Equitilink, has founded a new organisation with his daughter called 'Voiceless' which advocates for animal rights.
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#25 - Burnt by the Sun
Season 10 Episode 25 - Aired 7/25/2005
Last year Lt Col. Lance Collins emerged as the central figure in a major unfolding controversy about the quality of Australia's overseas intelligence.
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The Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 10
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Season 10 Ratings Summary
"Operation Wendy" is the best rated episode of "Australian Story" season 10. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/2005. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Meeting Miss Menzies".