The Australian Biography project includes a long-running set of TV programs broadcast on SBS-TV. The first series was broadcast in 1992, and consisted of seven programs profiling some of the most extraordinary Australians of our time. Subsequent series have followed a similar format, and production continues. There is a complete list of episodes in each series further down this page.
Festivals and Awards
| 6/12/1996 | Centre for Australian Cultural Studies
Honourable Mention - Group Category |
| 4/12/1998 | Centre for Australian Cultural Studies |
| 26/11/1999 | Centre for Australian Cultural Studies Awards
Honorable Mention: Group/Collective |
| 4/10/2002 | NSW Premier's History Awards Finalist - Audio/Visual History Prize |
Series One - 1992
| Nancy Bird-Walton | Pioneer Aviator |
| Neville Bonner | Former Senator |
| H C “Nugget” Coombs | Economist |
| Dame Joan Hammond | Opera Singer |
| Jack Hazlitt | World War I veteran |
| Donald Horne | Writer and academic |
| Sir Marcus Oliphant | Scientist |
Series Two - 1992
| Faith Bandler | Civil rights activist |
| Franco Belgiorno-Nettis | Industrialist |
| Nancy Cato | Author |
| Frank Hardy | Author |
| Phillip Law | Scientist and Antarctic Explorer |
| Dame Roma Mitchell | Lawyer and Governor |
| Elizabeth Riddell | Journalist and poet |
Series Three - 1993
| Flo Bjelke-Petersen | Former Senator |
| Veronica Brady | Nun and academic |
| Smoky Dawson | Entertainer |
| Malcolm Fraser | Former Prime Minister |
| Hayes Gordon | Actor and director |
| Lois O’Donoghue | Senior Public Servant |
| Albert Tucker | Artist |
Series Four - 1995
| Lily Ah Toy | Northern Territory Pioneer |
| Graeme Bell | Musician |
| Freda Brown | Political Activist and Women's Leader |
| Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Athlete and Conservationist |
| Helen Hughes | Economist |
| Rosalie Kunoth-Monks | Actor and Aboriginal Activist |
| Jim McClelland | Lawyer and Politician |
Series Five - 1997
| Charles Birch | Scientist and Scholar |
| Zelda D'Aprano | Women's Rights Activist |
| Miriam Hyde | Composer and Pianist |
| Ruby Langford Ginibi | Writer |
| Mungo MacCallum | Writer and Broadcaster |
| Dame Margaret Scott | Dancer |
| Tom Uren | Ex-POW and Labor figure |
Series Six - 1998
| Eva Burrows | World Leader, Salvation Army |
| Bruce Dawe | Poet |
| Elizabeth Durack | Artist |
| Margaret Fulton | Cookery Writer |
| Jimmy Little | Performing Artist |
| Bob Santamaria | Political Activist |
Series Seven - 1999
| Jim Cairns | Politician |
| Rosalie Gascoigne | Artist |
| Priscilla Kincaid-Smith | Medical Specialist |
| Charles Perkins | Aboriginal Activist |
| Bill Roycroft | Olympic Equestrian |
| Peter Sculthorpe | Composer |
| Victor Smorgon | Industrialist |
Series Eight - 2002
| Diane Cilento | Actor |
| Dame Rachel Cleland | Liberal Party Matriarch |
| Inga Clendinnen | Academic and Writer |
| Bill Harney | Aboriginal Elder |
| Barbara Holborow | Children's Court Magistrate |
| Jack Mundey | Activist |
| Ray Whitrod | Policeman |
Series Nine - 2003
| Betty Churcher | Arts Educator and Gallery Director |
| Thomas Keneally | Writer |
| Marjorie Jackson-Nelson | Olympian, Fundraiser and Governor |
| Charles "Bud" Tingwell | Actor |
| Bernard Smith | Art Historian |
| Joan Winch | Nurse, Midwife, Academic, Educator |
| Bill Mollison | Founder of Permaculture |
Series Ten - 2006
| Tom Bass | Sculptor |
| Anne Deveson | Writer, Broadcaster and Filmmaker |
| Noel Tovey | Actor, Choreographer and Director |
| Sir Zelman Cowen | Former Governor-General and Academic |
| Max Lake | Surgeon, Author and Winegrower |
| Noeline Brown | Actor |
| Joan Kirner | Community Activist and Former Premier of Victoria |
Series Eleven - 2007
| David Williamson | Playwright |
| Don Burrows | Jazz Musician |
| Dame Beryl Beaurepaire | Women's Rights Activist |
| June Dally-Watkins | Model and Business Woman |
| Donald Metcalf | Medical Researcher |
| May O'Brien | Educator and Writer |
| Ted Egan | Singer and Songwriter |
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