The Years That Made Us

It's 1919 and Australia is reeling. Sixty thousand dead left in European soil and a nation tearing itself apart. Industrial violence, political extremism, 12% unemployment and a struggling rural economy are the backdrop for a new Federation fighting to survive. Into this maelstrom come three war heroes desperate for the peace they deserve.

Episode two begins in 1929. The Australian Labor Party is back in power after over a decade in the wilderness. One week after new Prime Minister James Scullin is sworn into power, the world is rocked by the Wall St crash and the start of the Great Depression.

In a nation only just recovered from WWI and the Great Depression, the thought of another war was unthinkable. Yet as the 1930s unfold it becomes clear that the fragile Federation is under threat once more.