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Brave New World

Series 4: Australia

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

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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. Show less

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