History | Travel
Station:
BBC Two Northern Ireland (UK)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2014-10-19
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Series exploring the rich connections between Northern Ireland & the various countries in the world were Northern Irish people emigrated in large numbers to. Season 1 focused on New Zealand, Season 2 on Canada, Season 3 on the USA and Season 4 on Australia.
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S4E1 - Australia - Episode 1
William Crawley explores the legacy of Ulster-Scots men and women who emigrated 'down under.'
Beginning in Sydney, he discovers how one of the founding fathers of Australian democracy was the son of a suspected highwayman from Portadown, and meets the descendant of one of a thousand girls sent to Australia from Ulster workhouses during the Famine.
Air Date: 01 Oct 2017 16:00 (CDT)
S4E2 - Australia - Episode 2
In programme two William Crawley continues the story of Ulster's migrants 'down under'. Travelling from New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria, he discovers how a magistrate's son from Rathfriland became one of Australia's most notorious bushrangers and uncovers the story of the female mechanic with roots in Belfast who became a Melbourne celebrity in the Roaring Twenties.
Air Date: 08 Oct 2017 16:00 (CDT)
S4E3 - Australia - Episode 3
In the last in the series, William Crawley continues to explore the history of Ulster emigration to Australia. In Queensland, he hears the incredible survival story of a 19th-century explorer from the Moy in County Tyrone and explores the Scottish and Irish musical influences on Australia's King of Country, Slim Dusty.
Air Date: 15 Oct 2017 16:00 (CDT)