Blue Water Empire: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Blue Water Empire is a dramatised documentary series giving new insight into the history and culture of the Torres Strait Islands. The series starts pre-colonisation and charts the impact of European arrival from the missionaries to the influx of people from all around the world during the pearling boom. A thrilling and vital, yet largely unknown, part of our Australian history. The great cast includes Jack Thompson, Ryan Corr, Damian Walshe- Howling and Aaron Fa'aoso.

Series details

• Title: Blue Water Empire
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2019-06-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-07-09
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22699
• IMDb ID: tt10622944
• TVDB ID: 366425

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-06-25; final listed air date 2019-07-09; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Blue Water Empire on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.