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Coast has arrived in Australia for its biggest expedition ever.

Historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver leads a local team of presenters to discover Australia's spectacular coastline.

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Coast Australia: Series 1

Neil Oliver

Xanthe Mallett

Tim Flannery

Miriam Corowa

Emma Johnston

Brendan Moar

Pria Viswalingam

Elissa McKeand

Philip Smith

Alex de Jong

Coast Australia: Series 1: Episode 8: Coral Coast

Coral Coast

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Episode 8: Coral Coast

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BBC Two - Coast Australia, Series 1, Coral Coast

Neil Oliver investigates why no-one survived the 1941 attack on HMAS Sydney.

Series exploring Australia's coastline. Neil Oliver investigates why no-one survived the 1941 attack on HMAS Sydney. Plus the Houtman Abrolhos islands and Shark Bay.

On Australia's windswept coast, Neil Oliver investigates why no-one survived the attack on HMAS Sydney in its dramatic battle with a German raider in 1941. Xanthe Mallett heads to the Houtman Abrolhos islands and unearths the gruesome tale of the Dutch Batavia murders of 1629. 

In Shark Bay, Tim Flannery finds three-billion-year-old life, while Neil Oliver finds out why Carnarvon's extraordinary jetty was once the lifeblood of the Gascoyne region. Emma Johnston witnesses why the world's largest fish keeps returning to the crystal waters of Ningaloo Reef, and Brendan Moar catches up with coastal nomads off the grid, on the edge of the continent.

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Historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver is leading a local team of presenters to discover Australia's spectacular coastline.

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