Popular history author Adam Courtenay shares the story of the sailing ship the Sydney Cove which crashed in Bass Strait, on the remnants of the land bridge, in 1797. Seventeen of the stranded crew were compelled to cross Bass Strait and walked 600 miles to Sydney and, in the process, walked their way into Australian history.

Adam Courtenay’s book on the Sydney Cove ‘Three Sheets to the Wind’ is published by ABC books and is available at all good bookstores and online: https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780733341861/three-sheets-to-the-wind/

Adam wrote a companion story about the Sydney Cove for The Land Bridge website which you can read here: https://thelandbridge.au/shipwreck-over-the-land-bridge/

Episode Credits
Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Adam Courtenay. Audio recorded by Lucinda Horrocks with technical support by Jary Nemo. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. Music: ‘Look to the Sky’ By Piotr Pacyna.

This program is part of the Land Bridge digital story project of film and multimedia stories. A range of companion media and other stories are freely available to read, listen to, watch and share on the website https://thelandbridge.au/ .

The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Marine ecologist Associate Professor Neville Barrett has mapped the seabed and surveyed the marine life of the shallow waters of the Beagle Marine Park in Bass Strait. His research helps us understand both the drowned landscape of the Bassian Plain and the unique, biodiverse environment of Bass Strait today.

To watch parts of Neville’s interview in the Land Bridge documentary film, visit https://thelandbridge.au/the-documentary/

To read more about Neville’s seabed mapping research you can read the article ‘Mapping the seabed’ https://thelandbridge.au/mapping-the-seabed/

To read more about marine biodiversity and the underwater worlds of Bass Strait, take a browse through the Land Bridge category page ‘Underwater Worlds’ https://thelandbridge.au/category/underwater-worlds/

Episode Credits
Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Neville Barrett. Audio recorded by Jary Nemo. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. With thanks to the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, and the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub. Music: ‘Look to the Sky’ By Piotr Pacyna.

This program is part of the Land Bridge digital story project of film and multimedia stories. A range of companion media and other stories are freely available to read, listen to, watch and share on the website https://thelandbridge.au/ .

The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Bunurong Women Aunty Gail Dawson and Tasma Walton talk about women’s spiritual connections to sea and coastal places, the significance of the dreaming, and Bunurong links to the ancient landscape of the land bridge.

Episode Credits

Host: Lucinda Horrocks. Featuring Aunty Gail Dawson and Tasma Walton. Audio recorded by Lucinda Horrocks. Project production and studio production by Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo, Wind & Sky Productions. With thanks to the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation. Music: ‘Look to the Sky’ By Piotr Pacyna.

This program is part of the Land Bridge digital story project of film and multimedia stories. A range of companion media and other stories are freely available to read, listen to, watch and share on the website https://thelandbridge.au/ .

The project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.