High Adventure (TV series)

High Adventure with Lowell Thomas was an American TV series presented by Lowell Thomas. It ran on CBS from 1957 to 1959. Some episodes were made by the Australian producer Lee Robinson.^[1]

One of these was called "Australian Outback". It involved the search for the explorer Lasseter. Robinson claimed he found Lasseter's bones. He was charged with an offence by the government but charges were dropped.^[2]^[3]

Footage from this episode was later used in the 1979 documentary The Legend of Lasseter.^[4]

References[]

^ "Continuum". wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.
^ "Lsseter's Bones Charge Dropped". The Canberra Times. 21 February 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.
^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.

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Photographs of stills from the show

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[1] "Continuum". wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.

[2] "Lsseter's Bones Charge Dropped". The Canberra Times. 21 February 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.

[4] "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved Sep 23, 2019.

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Feature films	The Phantom Stockman (1953) King of the Coral Sea (1954) Walk Into Paradise (1956) Dust in the Sun (1958) The Stowaway (1958) The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) (story only) The Restless and the Damned (1959) (producer only) The Intruders (1969) Nickel Queen (1971) (producer only) Attack Force Z (1981) (producer only) The Highest Honor (1983) (producer only)
Documentaries	Darwin Gateway to Australia (1946) Namatjira the Painter (1947) The Pearlers (1949) Crocodile Hunters (1949) Flight Plan (1950) Double Trouble (1951) Outback Patrol (1952) Bush Policeman (1953) Switch On Bigga (1954) The Power Makers (1957) Bring Out a Briton (1958) Rock'n'Roll (1959) Water: Our Problem (1962) Kondom Agaundo, M.L.C. (1962) Antarctic Pioneers (1962) District Commissioner (1963) The Unknown Ocean (1964) The Dawn Fraser Story (1964) In Song and Dance' (1964) The Legend of Lasseter (1979)
TV	High Adventure (1950s) Adventure Unlimited (1965) Skippy the Bush Kangaroo (1968–71) Barrier Reef (1971–72) Boney (1972–73) This is Your Life (1975-76) Shannon's Mob (1975–76) Bailey's Bird (1979)