Screen Australia has announced over $3.2 million in funding to be invested in the production of ten documentaries on uniquely Australian topics.

Ten films will be made from the money for the National, International and General Documentary Programs (NDP, IDP and GDP) covering some highly intriguing local angles on human stories.

Among the newly-funded projects is a film in production called ‘88’, which tells of the historic march for civil rights by 30,000 indigenous Australians in 1988. ‘Life at 9’ will tell the stories of 10 Australian children against the backdrop of the largest-ever longitudinal scientific study on child development. Funding has also made the film ‘The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse’ a reality. ‘The Waler’ is the story of the 135,000 Australian horses that went to the First World War.

The funds for the General Documentary Program will be spent on a number of multi-episode series' including ‘Crash Test Mummies and Daddies’, ‘Family Confidential’ and ‘Outback Choir’.

From the International Documentary Program (IDP), 'The Flying Miners' is a three-part ABC series about everyday Australians who travel far and wide to make it in the mining industry.

A full list of the new documentaries which are currently either in production or about to start, thanks to the grants, is available from Screen Australia.