Such Was Life
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Such Was Life (2022)
A series of short stories giving a snap shot of life in the early days of Australia's history.
Series, 2022, Documentary, History
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Such Was Life - TV Showtimes
Monday, December 22
2:55pm
Such Was Life ‘Laurel Cooper’
SBS
Such Was Life
'Laurel Cooper'
SBS, 2:55pm, Mon, 22 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Laurel Cooper was taken to the Mount Margaret Mission by her mother to keep her safe at a time when half-caste Aboriginal children were routinely taken away from their families. The Mission was administered by Rod and Isabelle Schenk and was, by the standards of the time, an enlightened and safe place to live and work.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 1
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Such Was Life ‘Laurel Cooper’
SBS HD
Such Was Life
'Laurel Cooper'
SBS HD, 2:55pm, Mon, 22 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Laurel Cooper was taken to the Mount Margaret Mission by her mother to keep her safe at a time when half-caste Aboriginal children were routinely taken away from their families. The Mission was administered by Rod and Isabelle Schenk and was, by the standards of the time, an enlightened and safe place to live and work.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 1
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Tuesday, December 23
2:55pm
Such Was Life ‘Charlie and the Beer Factories’
SBS
Such Was Life
'Charlie and the Beer Factories'
SBS, 2:55pm, Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Charlie Webb ran a tiny pub in a small mining town and is immortalised in the Henry Lawson's poem, The Bulletin Hotel. Pubs, breweries and publicans flourished in the arid Goldfields at a time when beer was cheaper to drink than water. They became the centre of social life in their communities.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 2
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Such Was Life ‘Charlie and the Beer Factories’
SBS HD
Such Was Life
'Charlie and the Beer Factories'
SBS HD, 2:55pm, Tue, 23 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Charlie Webb ran a tiny pub in a small mining town and is immortalised in the Henry Lawson's poem, The Bulletin Hotel. Pubs, breweries and publicans flourished in the arid Goldfields at a time when beer was cheaper to drink than water. They became the centre of social life in their communities.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 2
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Wednesday, December 24
2:55pm
Such Was Life ‘Wedding Belles’
SBS
Such Was Life
'Wedding Belles'
SBS, 2:55pm, Wed, 24 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Teenage, Clara Saunders was the First woman to be married in Coolgardie. The event was so unique that hundreds of miners came to witness the occasion and the party lasted for two days. Her story, and a remarkable collection of brides and bridal parties from the 1890s through to WW2 held by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society, provided the starting point for this look at the fashions and customs of the times.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 4
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Such Was Life ‘Wedding Belles’
SBS HD
Such Was Life
'Wedding Belles'
SBS HD, 2:55pm, Wed, 24 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Teenage, Clara Saunders was the First woman to be married in Coolgardie. The event was so unique that hundreds of miners came to witness the occasion and the party lasted for two days. Her story, and a remarkable collection of brides and bridal parties from the 1890s through to WW2 held by the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society, provided the starting point for this look at the fashions and customs of the times.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 4
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Thursday, December 25
2:55pm
Such Was Life ‘Starring Water’
SBS
Such Was Life
'Starring Water'
SBS, 2:55pm, Thu, 25 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
In the decade before CY O'Connor's famous pipeline brought fresh water from far away Perth to the arid towns of the Western Australian Goldfields there was something more precious than gold.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 5
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Such Was Life ‘Starring Water’
SBS HD
Such Was Life
'Starring Water'
SBS HD, 2:55pm, Thu, 25 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
In the decade before CY O'Connor's famous pipeline brought fresh water from far away Perth to the arid towns of the Western Australian Goldfields there was something more precious than gold.
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 5
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Friday, December 26
2:55pm
Such Was Life ‘The Whale, The Cockatoo And The Lunar Landing’
SBS
Such Was Life
'The Whale, The Cockatoo And The Lunar Landing'
SBS, 2:55pm, Fri, 26 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Whaling has been associated with Albany, Western Australia, from the early days of European settlement. But did you know that, at the same time as the Frontier Wars were raging across Australia, Aboriginal men from the Albany area were employed at full wages on whaling ships working the waters of the Southern Ocean?
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 8
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Such Was Life ‘The Whale, The Cockatoo And The Lunar Landing’
SBS HD
Such Was Life
'The Whale, The Cockatoo And The Lunar Landing'
SBS HD, 2:55pm, Fri, 26 Dec 2025, 10 minutes
REPEAT
Whaling has been associated with Albany, Western Australia, from the early days of European settlement. But did you know that, at the same time as the Frontier Wars were raging across Australia, Aboriginal men from the Albany area were employed at full wages on whaling ships working the waters of the Southern Ocean?
Series, Australia, English, Documentary, History, Season 2 Episode 8
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