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Australian Encounters
Season 1 · Episode 3
Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
0.03mAugust 13, 2013
In December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and Curl Curl. He was about to perform a feat never before seen in Australia: surfing!
Episodes
- Episode 1Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974
- Episode 2Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919
- Episode 3Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
- Episode 4Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902
- Episode 5Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
- Episode 6Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958
- Episode 7George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960
- Episode 8Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987
- Episode 9Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968
- Episode 10Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880