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The Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 17

Every episode of Australian Story Season 17 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Australian Story Season 17!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Australian Story Season 17 Episode 1 - Road to Nowhere (Part 1)
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    #1 - Road to Nowhere (Part 1)

    S17:E1

    Part 1 of our story on Di Gicrist, the woman taking on the big end of town and changing the face of justice in South Australia after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

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  2. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 2 - Road to Nowhere (Part 2)
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    #2 - Road to Nowhere (Part 2)

    S17:E2

    The conclusion to our story on Di Gilcrist and her fight for justice after her husband was killed in a hit-and-run cyclist incident.

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  3. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 3 - Mary and Me
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    #3 - Mary and Me

    S17:E3

    Kath Evans was diagnosed with lung cancer that had spread to her brain and given only weeks to live. She attributes her sudden, extraordinary recovery to the then Blessed Mary MacKillop and the event was accepted by the Vatican as a miracle.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 4 - By the Light of Stars
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    #4 - By the Light of Stars

    S17:E4

    Yaron Lifschitz took a small, troubled circus company and turned it into an artistic triumph that now has the world applauding its daring and glamour.

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  5. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 5 - Half a Million Acres
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    #5 - Half a Million Acres

    S17:E5

    David Pollock, a young man from remote Western Australia and Frances Jones, a young woman from the Melbourne suburbs, battle to save the historic grazing property Wooleen.

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  6. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 6 - The Book of Daniel
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    #6 - The Book of Daniel

    S17:E6

    Daniel Clarke at the age of ten, inspired by the late Steve Irwin, set out to raise funds to conserve habitat for orangutans in Indonesia.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 7 - Woman from Snowy River
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    #7 - Woman from Snowy River

    S17:E7

    Leigh Woodgate's journey from young mountain girl to shining racing star, through dark days of hospital and recovery to the triumphant joy of riding a horse for early morning track work.

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  8. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 8 - Going Troppo
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    #8 - Going Troppo

    S17:E8

    From teenage years marked by delinquency, expulsions from school and several brushes with the law, John Polson became a successful actor and went on to direct some of the world's best known TV dramas.

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  9. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 9 - House Of Hancock
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    #9 - House Of Hancock

    S17:E9

    Another look at the 1997 classic story on Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart.

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  10. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 10 - A Done Deal
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    #10 - A Done Deal

    S17:E10

    Ric Richardson is an inventor who took on the might of Microsoft and scored a remarkable victory.

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  11. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 11 - Streets with No Names
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    #11 - Streets with No Names

    S17:E11

    Scott Neeson built a career as a top Hollywood movie executive but after a holiday in Cambodia, gave it all up and now works to help some of the poorest children there.

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  12. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 12 - The Razor's Edge
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    #12 - The Razor's Edge

    S17:E12

    Risktaker, investigator and troublemaker: animal advocate Lyn White and the images that shocked a nation.

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  13. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 13 - Return to Wooleen
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    #13 - Return to Wooleen

    S17:E13

    Since Half a Million Acres aired, the Pollock's battle to save their property has attracted powerful supporters and a visit by natural landscape ecologist, Peter Andrews who has previously featured on Australian Story.

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  14. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 14 - Larger Than Life
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    #14 - Larger Than Life

    S17:E14

    Clive Palmer has been described as a generous giver, a national treasure and a major political force. He's also been labelled a billionaire mining magnate who has never mined, a human headline and a manipulator of the media.

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  15. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 15 - When We Were Racers
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    #15 - When We Were Racers

    S17:E15

    Triple world champion, Sir Jack Brabham became the first driver to be knighted for services to motorsport and the only Formula One driver to win a world title in a car of his own construction.

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  16. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 16 - According to Her Cloth
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    #16 - According to Her Cloth

    S17:E16

    From international model via prison to toast of Australian fashion week as a new generation designer: Tovah Cottle.

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  17. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 17 - Turning the Tables
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    #17 - Turning the Tables

    S17:E17

    Jack Manning Bancroft, was just 19 when he started a plan to help disadvantaged kids finish school. Now at 26 he's one of Australia's youngest CEO's.

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  18. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 18 - Walking with Kate Mulvany
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    #18 - Walking with Kate Mulvany

    S17:E18

    Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany has experienced more than most people do in a lifetime and speaks candidly about life's many challenges and explains how she found the energy and determination to return to the public spotlight.

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  19. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 19 - The Voice
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    #19 - The Voice

    S17:E19

    Gurrumul Yunupingu's haunting voice has captivated global audiences, most recently in London for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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  20. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 20 - To Set Before a Queen
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    #20 - To Set Before a Queen

    S17:E20

    In the early hours of Sunday June 24, the unbeaten Black Caviar will take on Europe's best at Royal Ascot, in front of the Queen. This is the fascinating inside story of the making of Black Caviar, stretching back across the generations.

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  21. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 21 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)
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    #21 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 1)

    S17:E21

    Part One of our two part special where friends and family of Diana Bliss tell her story and reveal the extent of the private torment behind the glittering existence.

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  22. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 22 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)
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    #22 - Her Hour Upon the Stage (Part 2)

    S17:E22

    This week, the conclusion to our story about Diana Bliss whose death earlier this year was reported around the world.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 23 - Letters to the Editor
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    #23 - Letters to the Editor

    S17:E23

    It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. But this week's Australian Story is about a former big city journalist who's bucking the trend. James Clark had been living the dream in Paris when he decided to put his future, his relationship and the family sheep station on the line to chase his dream of running a little local newspaper in outback Cunnamulla.

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  24. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 24 - Stranger on the Shore
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    #24 - Stranger on the Shore

    S17:E24

    Next week's program tells the story of a young woman unsettling her middle class Melbourne family by going out on a limb to 'adopt' a fourteen year old Afghan asylum seeker.

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  25. Australian Story Season 17 Episode 25 - Foolin' Around
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    #25 - Foolin' Around

    S17:E25

    Popular Country singer Beccy Cole has decided she is ready to tell audiences about a personal dilemma which has dogged her for more than ten years.

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Season 17 Ratings Summary

"Road to Nowhere (Part 1)" is the best rated episode of "Australian Story" season 17. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/6/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Road to Nowhere (Part 2)".