Basic Info

First Air: September 04, 1980

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 1

Last Episode

Name: A Ship With White Wings

Season: 1, Episode: 1

Air Date: 1980-09-04

Runtime: 53 min

The tiny penal colony of New South Wales, desperately short of supplies, struggles for existence. Ellen Prentice, like most convict women, offers her favours in return for extra rations.

Videos

ABC - The Timeless Land (Opening Theme) (YouTube)

The Timeless Land

1980 1 seasons 1 episodes

Overview

This classic saga spans the early days of British settlement in Australia from 1788-1811, depicting the lives of a group of people, convicts and settlers, against the background of the events of the period - Governor Phillip's attempts to understand the Aborigines and his conflicts with the military, the tragic story of Bennelong, Governors King and Bligh, the Rum Rebellion, Macquarie and the crossing of the Blue Mountains.