The First Inventors
2023•47m•6.0/10
Documentary
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Rob Collins and a team of First Nations investigators delve into 65,000 years of Aboriginal Australian invention, looking at how landscapes were transformed, how events were recorded, the use of navigation tools, and how societies were organized.
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
June 15, 2023
Last Aired
July 6, 2023
Networks
National Indigenous Television, 10 (Online)
Trailers & Videos
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Design To Survive
Air date: 2023-06-15
Rob Collins and his team explore the innovative creations that enabled First Nations people to thrive, ranging from transforming volcanic terrains into fish farms to mastering the art of harnessing dangerous fire for survival.
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 2023-06-22
Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 2023-06-29
Vast communication networks, trade superhighways and sophisticated kinship systems. First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 2023-07-06
Cast
Rob Collins
Self - Narrator
