00:24The Explorers
00:46The Explorers
01:08The Explorers
01:11The Explorers
01:26The Explorers
01:33What do you say to that, Captain Cook?
01:36Beautiful collection of botanical specimens.
01:38This cove will be called Botanie Bay.
01:40I take possession of this land in the name of England.
01:44Finally, they left.
01:46There were many of them.
01:47We don't have enough plants or animals to feed all these people.
01:51We'll be all right.
01:52They are likely to return in even greater numbers.
01:55To tell you the truth,
01:56Australia had been discovered long before Captain Cook
01:59and well before the Dutch and French navigators.
02:02Did you know that the first men came here on foot?
02:06On foot?
02:07That's not possible.
02:08Australia is surrounded by water, lots of water.
02:10It wasn't always an island.
02:12You see, 50,000 years ago,
02:14or thereabouts,
02:15There was a period of extreme cold.
02:17The water was then trapped in the glaciers.
02:18and the sea level had dropped.
02:19As a result, Tasmania was connected to Australia
02:22and there, to the north,
02:23Australia joined New Guinea and Indonesia.
02:27So, men, always curious.
02:37Where are we going, Dad?
02:38I don't know, son.
02:40We need to find a place where there is game.
02:43There are too many of us here.
02:47As was often the case in those times,
02:48driven by famine,
02:50Men began to migrate in search of food.
02:52But let's get back to our story.
02:55After Captain Cook's departure...
02:57I certainly hope they don't come back.
02:59Otherwise, there won't be anything left to eat.
03:01But in England,
03:02The authorities will decide otherwise.
03:06The New Earth, Lord Sidney,
03:09can replace our overcrowded prisons.
03:11You are absolutely right.
03:12Mr. Pitt.
03:13We're going to send our criminals there.
03:18Faster!
03:44Look, they're coming back.
03:48There are many of them.
03:50Far too many.
04:12Look, they're not coming back.
04:27Captain Arthur-Philippe, I appoint you governor of the colony
04:31In honor of the Home Secretary, Lord Sidney
04:33The priest we found nearby will now be called Sidney
04:37And knowing the benefits of our civilization, I am certain that it will one day become a city
04:51My dear children, let us pray for our salvation.
05:10Come in, who are you?
05:13My name is Matthew Flinders, I am a naval officer and cartographer.
05:16And who is the other one?
05:19But I am all alone
05:29We mark the foam, so what?
05:31What do you both want?
05:32Governor, I have toured New Holland
05:35It's a huge island, like a continent
05:38But what are you talking about?
05:41Look
05:42Yes, yes, yes
05:44Okay, maybe, so what?
05:47So, Governor, this isn't New Holland.
05:50This is the southern continent
05:51It should really be called Australia
05:53The continent of Australia
05:56Australia, how do you say Australia?
05:59You are here in New South Wales, sir.
06:01Which is part of New Holland
06:03You make me laugh
06:04Australia is really good
06:11I had heard that
06:12Australia
06:13At the beginning of the 19th century, only a few ports and small towns were established along the coasts of
06:25this Australia
06:26Barthorst
06:27Albany
06:28Perth
06:29Canberra
06:30Brisbane
06:31Adelaide
06:32Melbourne
06:32Darwin
06:33But what could the interior of this immense country have been like?
06:40Look at this map of Australia
06:41I was the first to discover rivers there.
06:44The Darling
06:45The Wall
06:45But the center of the country remained a large blank space, unknown
06:49I still want to be the first to explore it
06:51Count on me to help you organize this expedition, Mr. Stuart.
06:55A la carte
06:56Shell
06:56Ooh
06:58Ooh
06:58Ooh
06:59Ooh
06:59Ooh
07:00Ooh
07:01Ooh
07:02Ooh
07:02Ooh
07:02Ooh
07:03Ah
07:31We won't make it, we have to turn back.
07:35In 1848, the explorer Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt attempted to cross this continent
07:41It disappears, probably swept away by a swollen river.
07:45Another explorer, John Septimus Rowe, attempted the crossing
07:49He doesn't succeed, he gets married, has 13 children and lives happily ever after
07:54Yet another, Edmond Bessley Court Kennedy, would be killed by the natives.
07:59We don't know why
08:03Many others will embark on this adventure throughout the century.
08:06Who witnessed the arrival of Captain Cook?
08:08But no one will manage to cross this continent until the day when...
08:12But I'm telling you that's not true, Tom, you can believe me
08:15Gentlemen, Australia is English territory
08:17We know it's a continent, but no one has yet managed to cross it.
08:20Neither from south to north, nor even from west to east
08:22Gentlemen, this cannot continue like this, it's shocking.
08:25Yes, but what should be done?
08:27A bonus, that's it, you have to offer a bonus
08:30Excellent idea
08:32The South Australian government is therefore offering a reward of 2000 pounds to the first expedition that reaches
08:38the north
08:392000 pounds?
08:40A fortune!
08:42Yes, but no one has succeeded yet.
08:44It must be dangerous to cross Australia.
08:49From 2000 pounds of the trunk
08:51...
09:00...
09:21Oh, what news!
09:22What news!
09:27Oh, there it is!
09:29Oh, Marie-Rude!
09:31Give it to me!
09:33What ?
09:34Two thousand pounds?
09:41Gentlemen, we must act!
09:42We're not going to let Adelaide beat us in this race!
09:46No, Your Honor!
09:48Let's offer more!
09:49Two thousand and five!
09:50Okay, that's fine, Mr. Stuart!
09:52So you will lead this expedition!
09:54Hit the road as soon as possible!
09:55I am ready, Governor!
09:56William Cakewick will be my companion!
09:59Ready, Mr. Cakewick?
10:01Ready, Mr. Stuart!
10:17Mr. Berts, it's been six months since you were chosen to lead the expedition!
10:20What are you waiting for to leave?
10:22This is what I was waiting for to get going, Your Honor!
10:25Camels! Camels from Afghanistan!
10:27Desert ships, they can go without water for days and days!
10:31Now we can leave!
10:33The two camels from Afghanistan!
10:41The Jeanss!
10:44The two camels from Afghanistan!
10:50It's good !
10:52The healthcare workers!
10:54The healthcare workers!
10:56The other camels!
10:56The marines!
10:57The marines!
10:57The marines!
11:17The trolleys are running late again
11:19While we wait for them, we're going to build a barrier
11:21Come on, we must protect ourselves from the savages!
11:25Who is that?
11:26These are men who came by sea in large wooden houses
11:29Oh dear, we'll know soon enough.
11:31Okay, first of all, we're going to do a reconnaissance lap.
11:33Come on, come with me
11:36Let's be on our guard, we don't know what to expect.
11:39Hush, listen, can you hear?
11:41That's odd.
11:54Oh, above all, let's not be seen, no!
12:06It's savage, they wanted to attack us
12:09Their intentions may have been peaceful.
12:11It's wild, they didn't want to party with us.
12:15They may not have understood that we wanted to invite them.
12:19Oh my god, this heat is unbearable!
12:23Oh, I'm tired of waiting.
12:28Where is the rest of the expedition?
12:30A little patience, boss
12:32With the carts, the journey takes them twice as long.
12:35Well, I've had enough, enough
12:37We're going to head north all the way to the sea
12:39King, Grey, Wills, come on, let's go
12:41That's not reasonable, come on.
12:43You don't have enough supplies
12:45Please wait for the trolleys.
12:46Well, you can just stay if you want.
12:49We are leaving
12:58Have a good trip!
13:07Again, it's wild
13:08But who will clear my path?
13:15Look, they're offering us fish!
13:17These people did not have bad intentions
13:20They simply wanted to help us
13:21I'm wary of it, it's wild
13:24Oh look, a river!
13:29It flows north
13:31She must therefore go to the sea
13:37Hey, watch out!
13:46Oh no, no, I've had enough of this country
13:49I'm not going north
13:50Well, you just have to stay here with King
13:52You will be waiting for us
13:54Okay, Wills, let's continue to the sea
13:57That way
13:59Cross to the north
14:00Come on
14:02Good luck
14:07Where do they come from?
14:08I don't know
14:09They have plenty to eat
14:10Give them some cakes
14:18Oh
14:19It's not bad
14:24The natives left us seed cakes
14:26They could help and guide us, these savages.
14:28But they don't want to
14:30They don't even come near us anymore.
14:31Nothing surprising
14:32With all those gunshots, you're shooting
14:34They had never heard a gunshot, so
14:36Savages
14:37Ignorant people, yes
14:38Okay, let's go!
14:50Come on, come on, shoot again!
14:57The water is salty
14:58The sea is not far away
15:00We should leave the camel and continue on foot
15:02Okay, let's go
15:11Oh, they're taking me away then
15:13The sea is here
15:17There, right in front
15:19But we can't move forward anymore.
15:21It is salty
15:22This time, it's for sure
15:24We've reached the goal
15:25Okay, so
15:26All that's left to do is go home
15:27Bravo, bravo
15:29Finally, well done, brilliant!
15:31Well, that's it, then.
15:32They succeeded, that's it.
15:33We believe him, yes
15:35But we're not sure.
15:36Because afterwards, it was a real tragedy.
15:38See for yourself
15:39You see, chief
15:41We've been waiting for you
15:42Meat
15:44Yes, that's the other camel.
15:45He was exhausted.
15:56He's dead, chief
15:58Soon, we'll be at Camp Cooperstrick
16:00You were there so that we could stay here again and again.
16:04They left five months ago and we're still waiting for them
16:06That's enough, isn't it?
16:07No, as the expedition's doctor
16:09It is your role, your duty to wait for them
16:12They may have gotten lost.
16:15Five months
16:16No doubt about it, they're dead.
16:17You may be right
16:19Okay, let's go!
16:22But let's leave some supplies here anyway.
16:24You never know
16:27So
16:45They left
16:47Oh, look!
16:49That means three feet northeast of that tree
16:52Let's dig
16:59They left this morning
17:01We will never catch up with them
17:03We are too weak
17:05And this animal that is barely standing
17:06Like all of us
17:07But we have supplies
17:09Enough to last
17:10And leave again
17:35So what?
17:36What is it?
17:40Wow!
17:41Water
17:49We continue this way
17:53I have my compass.
17:54That way
17:55Yes, but he knows the desert.
17:57These are the advances of civilization
17:58Who should guide us?
18:06Here
18:09Here, some nardot seeds
18:11It's edible
18:25But what is it?
18:26But what is it?
18:26Look at them
18:28Look over there, guys
18:29But what is it?
18:35Well, what do you know?
18:36This is the young king
18:37From the Burke expedition
18:38And here I was thinking they were dead
18:40Ah
18:40You see, my children
18:41Neither Burke nor Wills returned
18:43Nor any of their companions
18:44But we think
18:45That they have succeeded
18:46All the way to the ocean
18:47Stuart
18:48You remember him well
18:49He didn't succeed
18:51Not yet
18:53Look at him
18:54Yeah, you see who's coming over here?
18:58Stuart
18:59So, did you succeed?
19:01No, I think we were close to the goal
19:03But
19:04With the hostile natives
19:06They set fire to the bush
19:07To prevent us from passing
19:09SO
19:12But
19:13Time for us to rest
19:14To eat a piece
19:16And we're off again.
19:17I'm very hungry
19:18I could really go for a kangaroo
19:23On the way
19:24Come on
19:27Two thousand, two thousand one hundred
19:28Two thousand three hundred
19:31And have a good trip!
19:33More white men
19:34Increasingly numerous
19:36And their sheep eat everything
19:38There's nothing left for us.
19:40There are enough
19:40They must be stopped
19:41They have powerful weapons
19:42We have our courage
19:43And we must defend our land
19:47Get ready
19:48They arrive
19:50Everything is fine
19:51This time, we will succeed.
19:55But what is this?
20:02Shoot over their heads
20:04Don't kill them
20:28We don't want to harm you.
20:30We are heading towards the sea
20:31Over there
20:34They make him say his last prayer
20:39No, absolutely not
20:40He defends his country
20:41We let him go
20:42What, this vermin?
20:43He waits until our backs are turned to see us.
20:48Look at
20:50It's a snake
20:51It's a Mourga snake
20:51He is mortal
20:52This man just saved your life
20:53Oh really, that's it
20:54No, it's
20:54Oh, well!
20:56Thank you, friend.
20:57You can leave, go
20:59Wait, wait
21:00Yes, you can leave.
21:02Personally, I think we shouldn't have let him go without any trouble.
21:06Here, take this
21:21I'm out of water too.
21:22I have a little water.
21:24Water
21:30We need water
21:31Otherwise, we'll die of thirst.
21:42Wow!
21:42Water
21:43How could they have known?
21:54Thank you, my friend.
22:00I don't understand how he found water in a place like that.
22:03In the middle of the desert
22:05That's magic!
22:06The desert is their domain
22:07They know all its secrets
22:13I don't understand how he found water in a place like that.
23:06Look, some crazy people.
23:07The dogs of the desert. Alas, the horse is lost.
23:21Hey William, what's this?
23:23Well, it's a fish.
23:25And that doesn't ring a bell?
23:27Oh yes, but I've already finished mine.
23:29And where does a fish come from?
23:31Well, it comes from the sea, a river or a stream, but then...
23:34So, that means we're getting closer to the coast.
23:36Let's go. Here, I'll give you my fish.
23:55It must be the Adelaide River that leads to Port Darwin, our destination.
24:02Stop!
24:10Quick! Fake gun!
24:12Shoot and aim true!
24:24Did you really need to risk your life for an old hat?
24:28Oh yes, I really needed it.
24:46Thus, on July 25, 1862, two explorers successfully crossed Australia from south to north.
24:53A journey of 3000 kilometers.
24:56Today, the path taken by John McDoil-Swart has become a highway.
25:01The Swart motorway.
25:08The explorers
25:12They discovered the world, they made the earth round,
25:14These synopticians
25:17They will still find ways to forge their own paths.
25:20And then offer them to the souls
25:22Like offering a beautiful woman
25:25To you, to us, to me, I believe!
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