A cultural history of the Australian landscape: white bone country 2

In the final program of the series, we use the infamous Australian heat as a shimmering prism through which to view our culture. From the fire songs of the western desert Arrernte people to the forest fires that cleared the coastal landscape; from first settlement fears of emasculating heat to a celebration of the invigorating and virile warmth appropriate to the incubation of a new nation; heat has played a vital role in the creation of the Australian psyche.