Series: Animal Stars

All of Australia's dingoes may be descended from one South-East Asian 'rubbish dog' who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. This is a story about the first dingo. It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves marries another. He takes only his spears and a 'rubbish dog',...

The story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition... as it has never been told before. The humans called him Bell Sing, but to the other camels, he is known as He Who Spits Further Than the Wind. Transported from the mountains and deserts of the Northwest Frontier (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan), Bell Sing accompanies explorers Burke and Wills as...

Most Australians know of Simpson and his donkey, who became heroes at Gallipoli, even among the Turkish forces. Few know where the donkey came from, or what happened to him after World War I. Or that another man carried on rescuing the wounded with the donkey after Simpson died. This is the story of a small unassuming donkey. It's also...

The Goat Who Sailed The World by Jackie French introduces Captain Cook's goat as the first of many historical animals to bring the past to life. The HM Bark Endeavour is setting sail for Tahiti to map the transit of Venus. However, there are rumours that once this task is completed, Lieutenant James Cook has a set of secret orders:...