Australia on Trial (Documentary, English)
Genres: Adventure, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2012-04-05
Ended: 2012-04-19
Network: ABC
Country: AU
Airs on: Thursday
Air time: 20:30
Runtime: 60 minutes
Presented by historian Michael Cathcart, Australia on Trial is a thought‐provoking three‐part series recreating the historic trials that throw light on the Australia of colonial times. These high‐profile and controversial court cases raised major issues of national identity at a time when Australia was evolving from the dominion of the British Empire into a more autonomous federated nation in the late 19th century. But they also raised universal themes and concerns that still resonate in modern‐day Australia.