Jun 15, 2023 · 47m
Rob Collins and his team explore the innovative creations that enabled First Nations people to thrive, ranging from transforming volcanic terrains into fish farms to mastering the art of harnessing dangerous fire for survival.


Rob Collins and a team of First Nations investigators delve into 65,000 years of Aboriginal Australian invention, looking at how landscapes were transformed, how events were recorded, the use of navigation tools, and how societies were organized.
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Jun 15, 2023 · 47m
Rob Collins and his team explore the innovative creations that enabled First Nations people to thrive, ranging from transforming volcanic terrains into fish farms to mastering the art of harnessing dangerous fire for survival.
Jun 22, 2023 · 48m
Can oral stories accurately store vital knowledge? A bold expedition sets out to prove that the First Nations science of storytelling recorded ice age events ten thousand years ago.
Jun 29, 2023 · 42m
Vast communication networks, trade superhighways and sophisticated kinship systems. First Nations people built an extraordinarily connected society on this enormous and often inhospitable continent.
Jul 6, 2023
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
The First Inventors Season 1 premiered on June 15, 2023.
The First Inventors Season 1 has 4 episodes.
The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Design To Survive". It aired on June 15, 2023.
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