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The Best Episodes of Women of the Sun Season 1

Every episode of Women of the Sun Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Women of the Sun Season 1!

Follows the lives and struggles of four generations Australian Aboriginal women from the 1820s to the 1980s.
Genre:Drama
Network:SBS

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Alinta the Flame - the 1820s" is the best rated episode of "Women of the Sun" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by James Ricketson and written by N/A, it aired on 7/5/1982. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Maydina the Shadow - the 1890s".

  • Alinta the Flame - the 1820s
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    #1 - Alinta the Flame - the 1820s

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/1982

    The lives of the Nyari people are completely disrupted when two convicts are washed up on the beach of their tribal lands.

    Director: James Ricketson

    Writer: N/A

  • Maydina the Shadow - the 1890s
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    #2 - Maydina the Shadow - the 1890s

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/1982

    Maydina and Biri escape from the seal hunters who enslaved them. Their intent is to escape back to their traditional lands, but they quickly learn that these lands have been settled and their people have now scattered.

    Director: David Stevens

    Writer: N/A

  • Nerida Anderson, 1939
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    #3 - Nerida Anderson, 1939

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/1982

    Nerida is a young, educated indigenous woman who returns to the government mission where her family lives, after spending several years in the city. She is shocked by the conditions and attempts to motivate her people to improve them.

    Director: Stephen Wallace

    Writer: N/A

  • Lo-Arna, 1981
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    #4 - Lo-Arna, 1981

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/1982

    Ann Cutler is the 18-year-old adopted daughter of middle-class parents in an Australian country town. She has been told that she is French-Polynesian and that there is no record of her birth parents beyond knowledge of their nationality. The truth is that she is born of her adoptive father, Doug Cutler, and an Aboriginal woman called Alice Wilson, who lives locally.

    Director: Geoffrey Nottage

    Writer: N/A