Broadcaster — Clare Wright

Check out the News page to find Clare’s recent appearances on television & radio programs.

TELEVISION

THE WAR THAT CHANGED US (2014)

The story of Australia and the First World War is revealed through the lives of six Australians. Brought to life through personal testimony, dramatic reconstruction, expert analysis, location filming and colourised archive. Created and co-written by Clare Wright.

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UTOPIA GIRLS (2011)

Presented by award-winning historian Dr Clare Wright, Utopia Girls tells the fascinating story of how Australian women became the first in the world to gain full political rights. Written, researched, and co-written by Clare Wright.

THE FORGOTTEN REBELS OF EUREKA (COMING SOON)

Dr Clare Wright’s Stella Prize-winning book The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka will be adapted for the small screen in partnership with Ruby Entertainment and American writer/producer Anne Kenney (Outlander), after winning funding for the development of an eight-part television series.

DOCUMENTARY

one mind one heart

A documentary feature film written/directed by Larissa Behrendt, premiered at Adelaide Film Festival 2014 and first broadcast on NITV on 19 January (now available on SBS on Demand).

Clare Wright is Associate Producer of and Historical Consultant, which uses her research into the history of the Yirrkala Bark Petitions, and particularly the locating of the ‘missing’ fourth petition and facilitating its repatriation from Derby to Yirrkala in 2022/23, as the spine of the larger narrative about the land and civil rights movement in Australia.