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Australian Story: Season 10

40 episodes Premiered Feb 7, 2005 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Australian Story

Season 10 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Australian Story Season 9.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 10 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 10: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (9): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (31): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S10·E1 Mytharc

Operation Wendy

Feb 7, 2005 · 30 min

Despite being born with a hare lip and double cleft palate, Wendy Harmer has become one of Australia's best known performers. Last year she was invited by the Interplast organisati

S10·E2 Core

Meeting Miss Menzies

Feb 14, 2005 · 30 min

When Ian Thorpe won his two gold medals at the Athens Olympics, it was a personal triumph for him - and a vindication for a former art teacher called Tracey Menzies. Two years earl

S10·E3 Core

My Brother John

Feb 21, 2005 · 30 min

Debbie Singh was running a Perth boutique and juggling marriage and three children, when out of the blue in 1998, she discovered that her brother had been locked up in Thailand's n

S10·E4 Mytharc

The Gathering Storm - Part 1

Feb 28, 2005 · 30 min

Beth Heinrich, the woman whose case was central to the controversy that led to the resignation of Governor-General Peter Hollingworth, speaks out publicly for the first time about

S10·E5 Mytharc

The Gathering Storm - Part 2

Mar 7, 2005 · 30 min

Australian Story continues the saga of Beth Heinrich and her involvement from her school days, with a married priest. In this program she tells of the promises that led her to beli

S10·E6 Core

The Born Identity

Mar 14, 2005 · 30 min

Millions of fans around the world know him affectionately as Harold Bishop, the slightly daggy star of the television soapie Neighbours. But until now, none knew Ian Smith's real l

S10·E7 Core

A Beautiful Mind

Mar 21, 2005 · 30 min

Melissa Holland thought she was "lucky" when a last-minute seat became available for a getaway break on King Island with five nursing colleagues. It turned out to be the start of a

S10·E8 Core

The Flying Doctor

Mar 28, 2005 · 30 min

Dr Glenn Singleman is the world record holder for high altitude BASE jumping, but he is unable to practise his sport in his own country.

S10·E9 Core

Romancing the Stone

Apr 4, 2005 · 30 min

It's a long way from the paddocks of western Queensland to the palazzos of Florence. Fourth-generation grazier Bruce Tully bridged the gap when he stepped away from his heritage an

S10·E10 Core

Rock of Ages

Apr 11, 2005 · 30 min

Dick Smith and his friends regroup and visit Ball's Pyramid, the formidable dagger-like rock that spears straight up from the Pacific Ocean, south of Lord Howe Island which they cl

S10·E11 Core

Thirteen

Apr 18, 2005 · 30 min

The dramatic story of a Sydney family forced to flee the city because of fears for the safety of their youngest daughter.

S10·E12 Core

From My Father's Fridge

Apr 25, 2005 · 30 min

In the 1980s as an unemployed medical scientist, Professor Robert Tindle made a discovery that led to the breakthrough use of stem cells for saving thousands of lives around the wo

S10·E13 Core

Colours of Caroline

May 2, 2005 · 30 min

Every year, on 5th May the family of Caroline Anderson gather to remember her sudden, unnecessary death.

S10·E14 Core

In the Midnight Hour

May 9, 2005 · 30 min

After the sudden death of cricket legend David Hookes in January last year, some of those closest to David Hookes felt shut out.

S10·E15 Core

To Boldly Go

May 16, 2005 · 30 min

Earlier this year Australian diver Dave Shaw made headlines around the world when he lost his life in a remote cave in South Africa.

S10·E16 Core

The Comeback Kid

May 23, 2005 · 30 min

Scott Draper has achieved the near impossible in the competitive world of modern sport.

S10·E17 Core

Back Into the Forest

May 30, 2005 · 30 min

Australian Story revisits the program about serial killer Ivan Milat, who was jailed for life eight years ago for the murder of seven young backpackers.

S10·E18 Mytharc

Of Droughts and Flooding Rains - Part 1

Jun 6, 2005 · 30 min

Peter Andrews is a racehorse breeder and farmer credited with remarkable success in converting degraded, salt-ravaged properties into fertile, drought-resistant pastures.

S10·E19 Mytharc

Of Droughts and Flooding Rains - Part 2

Jun 13, 2005 · 30 min

In this concluding episode, eminent national and international scientists agree that Peter Andrews potentially has the solution to alleviating the affects of drought on many parts

S10·E20 Core

The Real McInnes

Jun 20, 2005 · 30 min

William McInnes is an actor best known for his high profile TV roles in 'Blue Heelers' and 'SeaChange'.

S10·E21 Core

At Death's Door

Jun 27, 2005 · 30 min

Toni Hoffman is the nurse who lifted the lid on a medical scandal making front page news, not just in Australia, but around the world.

S10·E22 Core

In Harm's Way

Jul 4, 2005 · 30 min

Donna Mulhearn, a 30-something successful journalist and state government public relations officer dropped everything to risk her life as a 'human shield' against the American bomb

S10·E23 Core

Saving Trooper Gebhardt

Jul 11, 2005 · 30 min

Australian Story follows the extraordinary lives of a Centurion tank crew who last saw each other on a battlefield in Vietnam.

S10·E24 Core

The Sherman Fortune

Jul 18, 2005 · 30 min

Brian Sherman, co-founder of Equitilink, has founded a new organisation with his daughter called 'Voiceless' which advocates for animal rights.

S10·E25 Core

Burnt by the Sun

Jul 25, 2005 · 30 min

Last year Lt Col. Lance Collins emerged as the central figure in a major unfolding controversy about the quality of Australia's overseas intelligence.

S10·E26 Core

The Life of Brian

Aug 1, 2005 · 30 min

When Brian and Bobbie Houston established their own tiny house of worship 20 years ago, they didn't dream they would end up at the helm of the biggest independent church in Austral

S10·E27 Core

Girl in the Mirror

Aug 8, 2005 · 30 min

Emmah Money is a beautiful and vital young woman with the world at her feet, on a mission to shape her future despite suffering from the life threatening disease cystic fibrosis.

S10·E28 Core

The School of St Jude

Aug 15, 2005 · 30 min

Gemma Sisia established The School of St Jude for poor African children in Tanzania, East Africa which was built by Australian volunteers and sponsors and now boasts more than 500

S10·E29 Core

The Garden of Good and Evil

Aug 22, 2005 · 30 min

Dr Lynne Milne has brought forensic palynology to the forefront of Australian crime fighting after helping to solve the murder of Samantha Bodsworth.

S10·E30 Core

Ten Thousand Acres

Aug 29, 2005 · 30 min

When a light plane crash in 1987 took away Maree Stockman's husband, her son and her father-in-law, she was left with a choice: to take her three young daughters and leave the fami

S10·E31 Core

Out of the Dust

Sep 5, 2005 · 30 min

Twenty-five years after a road accident took the life of her younger brother Ben along with seven other young people, Dani Haski reunited the families of those affected and made th

S10·E32 Mytharc

The Guns of Adjungbilly - Part 1

Sep 12, 2005 · 30 min

NSW Police involved in the siege at Jim Hallinan's property near Tumut four and a half years ago speak out for the first time.

S10·E33 Mytharc

The Guns of Adjungbilly - Part 2

Sep 19, 2005 · 30 min

The conclusion to the story of the siege at Jim Hallinan's property at Adjungbilly near Tumut in NSW.

S10·E34 Core

The Lost Boy

Sep 26, 2005 · 30 min

Ian Roberts is best known for being the first footballer in Australia to 'come out' as a gay man.

S10·E35 Core

A Night Like This

Oct 3, 2005 · 30 min

Four popular and talented veterans of Australian Story get together to stage a once in a lifetime concert.

S10·E36 Core

Dead Man Talking

Oct 10, 2005 · 30 min

When a crooked detective rolled over at a major royal commission into police corruption a decade ago, it sent shockwaves through every police force in the country.

S10·E37 Core

Leaving Lucy

Oct 17, 2005 · 30 min

Much to the horror of her close-knit family, Kate Holden went from a comfortable middle-class home in Melbourne to the netherworld of drugs and commercial sex.

S10·E38 Core

Wolf at the Door

Oct 24, 2005 · 30 min

John Jarratt, veteran of nearly 40 films and TV programs in Australia, is finally hitting the big time with his performance in a small budget horror movie wowing audiences around t

S10·E39 Mytharc

Terms of Imprisonment

Oct 31, 2005 · 30 min

In July Heather Osland was released from Victoria's Tarrengower Prison and for the first time tells of the violence and fear that she and her children suffered before her husband d

S10·E40 Mytharc

Sons of Beaches

Nov 7, 2005 · 30 min

Koby Abberton escapes a troubled childhood to become one of the world's most successful big wave surfers.

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