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List of Australian television series

Wikimedia list article

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ4431762 ↗
Source-derived summary

Future shows

Hulu

Deano (animated, TBA)

In production

Arts and culture

Message Stick (ABC 1999–)

Children, teens and family

Comedy

Documentaries

Australian Story (ABC 1996–)

Compass (ABC 1998–)

Drama

Factual

Game shows

Lifestyle

Music

Rage (ABC 1987–)

News and current affairs

Reality

Special events

Soap operas

Home and Away (Seven Network 1988–)

Sport

Talk and variety

Production ended

Arts and culture

Children, teens and family

Comedy

Documentaries

Drama

Factual

Game shows

Lifestyle

Music

Countdown (ABC 1974–1987)

The Loop (10 Peach 2012–2020)

Music Express (SES-8 Mt.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “List of Australian television series” as wikimedia list article. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around List, Australian and television.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 1996, 1998, 1987—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with List, Australian and television providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4431762. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 1996, 1998 and 1987.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of Australian television series” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.