The Colony (2005 TV series)

The Colony is a reality television program in which two modern families from Britain and Ireland try to survive in the conditions of New South Wales, Australia, 200 years ago, when it was a penal colony (of the period 1795 to 1815). Together with an Australian family and Aboriginal Australians, they learn just how tough you needed to be to survive.[1]

The Colony
GenreReality show
Created byChris Hilton
Directed byMalcolm Mcdonald
Narrated byJack Thompson
ComposerJames K. Lee
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerChris Hilton
Production locationsNew South Wales, Australia
Original release
NetworkSBS TV, RTÉ Ireland, History Channel UK
Release26 January 2005 (2005-01-26)

The series was nominated for the "Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series" in the Logie Awards of 2006.[2]

Cast

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the English

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  • John Stephenson (41)
  • Liz Stephenson (37)
  • Carina Stephenson (16)
  • Tyler Stephenson (12)

the Irish

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  • Maurice Hurley (48)
  • Patricia Hurley (45)
  • Susan Hurley (18)
  • Declan Hurley (18)
  • Deirdre Hurley (14)
  • Kate Hurley (10)

the Australians

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  • Kerry Hohnke (42)
  • Tracy Hohnke (37)
  • Kashire Hohnke (15)
  • Eli Hohnkes (9)
  • Linkan Hohnke (5)
  • Jakob Hohnke (12)

Aboriginal families

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  • Anto Donovan
  • Lorna Donovan
  • Amber Donovan (9)
  • Sharon Costelloe
  • Clayton Costelloe (30)
  • Kim Costelloe (20)
  • Luana Walker (16)
  • Jahlow Walker (15)

References

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  1. ^ "The Colony". Australian television information archive. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Awards for The Colony". IMDB.
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