Season 11
2006
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Episodes
Nov 12, 2006
Season 11
Episode 43
Let There Be Light
Nov 5, 2006
Season 11
Episode 42
George's Best
Oct 29, 2006
Season 11
Episode 41
This is the Moment
Nov 13, 2006
Season 11
Episode 40
Let There Be Light
Three years after moving to Gympie, Toni Powell galvanised the community to host the Heart of Gold International Film Festival.
Nov 6, 2006
Season 11
Episode 39
George's Best
Coach George Halkias leads the Australian Street Socceroos to the Homeless World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa.
Oct 30, 2006
Season 11
Episode 38
This Is the Moment
After becoming paralysed from the chest down from an accident in the surf, Tim McCallum overcomes the odds and fulfills his dream of performing on stage.
Oct 23, 2006
Season 11
Episode 37
Twin Peaks
A climb up Mt Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the cancer charity CanTeen.
Oct 16, 2006
Season 11
Episode 36
What Lies Beyond
Australian Story explores the Steve Irwin legacy - and the moves that are already being made to ensure his work is continued.
Oct 9, 2006
Season 11
Episode 35
His Hour Upon the Stage
A continuation of the story of courageous young pianist Aaron McMillan and his fight to live.
Oct 2, 2006
Season 11
Episode 34
Playing for Time
Gifted classical concert pianist Aaron McMillan faces a potentially fatal brain operation.
Sep 25, 2006
Season 11
Episode 33
The Wild Thing
When WBC featherweight champion Sharon Anyos stepped into the ring recently, she was fighting for much more than a win against her Dutch opponent.
Sep 18, 2006
Season 11
Episode 32
The Ride of His Life
In the 1980s and 90s jockey Shane Dye and his then wife Karla were the 'golden couple' of racing, always in the limelight.
Sep 11, 2006
Season 11
Episode 31
All in the Family
The Latto family has had to dig deep for the courage to withstand the challenges a shared defective gene has brought them in the past year.
Sep 4, 2006
Season 11
Episode 30
Truth Be Told
Sixteen years after the death of three children a small New South Wales community continues to search for justice.
Aug 28, 2006
Season 11
Episode 29
Man of Steel
Greg Combet has come from a long line of champagne makers to a working life on the picket line.
Aug 21, 2006
Season 11
Episode 28
Lovers Leap
Dr Glenn Singleman and his wife set a new world BASE jumping record when they jumped off a 6600 metre cliff on Mount Meru in India.
Aug 14, 2006
Season 11
Episode 27
Making a Mark
Mark Bouris is widely recognised as the public face of Wizard Home Loans, but behind that image has always been a very private man.
Aug 7, 2006
Season 11
Episode 26
A Glorious Girl
Amy Banson witnessed Clea Rose being hit by a car and comforted her until an ambulance arrived. Three weeks later Clea Rose died from a brain injury and Amy approached the family with the idea of a charity walk in their daughter's name.
Jul 31, 2006
Season 11
Episode 25
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Part 3
As the story concludes, three young men are convicted of the murder of Phillip Walsham.
Jul 24, 2006
Season 11
Episode 24
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Part 2
The continuing saga of a group of young Perth men facing the full force of the law after a big night out ended in tragedy back in February 1998.
Jul 17, 2006
Season 11
Episode 23
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Part 1
The investigation begins with Mirella Scaramella, the girlfriend of one of those teenagers caught up in the events of that night in 1998 in which a young man died.
Jul 10, 2006
Season 11
Episode 22
Takes Your Breath Away
Mary Rezo and Shani Eldridge, battle to come to terms with a rare and debilitating lung disease that strikes down women of child-bearing age.
Jul 3, 2006
Season 11
Episode 21
A Wealth of Friends
The friendship between Australian tennis great Ken Fletcher and multi-billionaire Irish-American philanthropist Chuck Feeney.
Jun 26, 2006
Season 11
Episode 20
Rock and a Hard Place
With triumphs, tragedies and a family saga stretching over decades and across the continent, Shane Howard's life sounds like something from a Tim Winton novel.
Jun 19, 2006
Season 11
Episode 19
10th Anniversary Special
Celebrating 10 years on air, ABC's award-winning Australian Story pays tribute to the hundreds of remarkable people who have told their poignant, funny and inspiring stories on the program over that time.
Jun 12, 2006
Season 11
Episode 18
Dzung's Anatomy
Dr Dzung Vu's epic journey began in the jungles of Vietnam and he's now become a legend in the medical community.
Jun 5, 2006
Season 11
Episode 17
A Man Called Boy
Andrew 'Boy' Charlton was only 16 when he sliced two minutes off the world record for the 1500m freestyle, and won Australia's first gold medal in that event at the Paris Olympics in 1924.
May 29, 2006
Season 11
Episode 16
Father's Day
Paul Van Reyk has six children with five different mothers - all part of one big extended family with Van Reyk at the centre.
May 22, 2006
Season 11
Episode 15
See How She Runs
When severe mental illness cut short Anne Garton's police career she set herself the challenge of competing in a triathlon, with surprising results.
May 15, 2006
Season 11
Episode 14
Room at the Top
Heath Ducker is a remarkable young man who threw off the shackles of an almost Dickensian childhood and is now on his way to professional and personal success.
May 8, 2006
Season 11
Episode 13
The Mourning After
When Brisbane mother Dianne Brimble died on board the P and O cruise liner 'Pacific Sky' in September 2002, tragic loss of life was accompanied by devastating loss of reputation.
May 1, 2006
Season 11
Episode 12
The Polariser
Maverick National Party Senator Barnaby Joyce sailed to Antarctica and kept a video diary for Australian Story, filming himself and his impressions of life on Casey Station and Macquarie Island.
Apr 24, 2006
Season 11
Episode 11
Since Adam Was a Boy
Adam Sutton built a reputation as a skilled and respected rodeo rider, horse breaker, riding instructor and trick rider - which culminated with a stint as a wrangler for the movie 'Ned Kelly'.
Apr 17, 2006
Season 11
Episode 10
It Was at Gallipoli
Six years on, Australian Story catches up with the students and their teacher who embarked on an epic mission to the battlefields of Gallipoli and northern Europe.
Apr 10, 2006
Season 11
Episode 9
Collision Court
An exploration of the two sides of a fatal drunk driver accident.
Apr 3, 2006
Season 11
Episode 8
When a Stranger Calls: Part 2
The conclusion to the story of music student Phil Evans who lost his fingers in a savage attack during a home invasion.
Mar 27, 2006
Season 11
Episode 7
When a Stranger Calls: Part 1
Phil Evans was the victim of an unusually cruel and seemingly senseless crime.
Mar 20, 2006
Season 11
Episode 6
The Absolute Beginner
How one of life's endings turned into a remarkable beginning for widowed nurse Marg Ward.
Mar 13, 2006
Season 11
Episode 5
The Gift Horse
Lizzie Spender was 'given' a horse - a wild brumby running free in an area of the Kimberley the size of Tasmania - and resolved to capture and bring it back to Sydney.
Mar 6, 2006
Season 11
Episode 4
The Gillard Diaries
A candid and revealing look at the public and private sides of Julia Gillard.
Feb 27, 2006
Season 11
Episode 3
A Little Help from My Friends
For three decades Peter Dawkins was the man Australian singers relied on to turn their music into chart-topping, record-breaking hits.
Feb 20, 2006
Season 11
Episode 2
One Perfect Day
Australian Institute of Sport women's cycling coach Warren McDonald talks for the first time about the crash which killed one of his team members and injured five others.
Feb 13, 2006
Season 11
Episode 1
Road to Kerobokan
Australian Story reveals the ordeal that has tested an ordinary Australian family beyond their worst imaginings.
Cast & Crew
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Original Title
Australian Story
Rating
7.6
Genre
Country
Australia
Production
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Sound mix
Stereo, Dolby Digital
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Camera
Multi camera, Multi-camera setup
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