Name: The Great Australian Race Riot
Released: 2015-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Peter FitzSimons

TV Show · Documentary · History

The Australian Race Riot is a distinctive and enduring part of the way our country works. They are a mostly secret part of our history – until now.

2015 · 52m

EPISODE 1

Mob Makes the Nation

Peter FitzSimons sets off on a confronting journey into the 19th century to see how gold fever and the dreams of migrants make race riots critical in Australia's quest for nationhood.
EPISODE 2

Mob Rule

Peter FitzSimons explores the shocking truth that the most regular Australian rioters in the first half of the 20th century are the heroes of The Great War.
EPISODE 3

New Mob on the Block

Peter FitzSimons journeys from 1952 to the present-day as Australians riot their way to becoming one of the most successful multicultural nations. In the Lucky Country race riots help work out who gets a fair share of the luck.