A lifetime spent in journalism has seen Ray Martin witness some of the defining moments of his time. Looking into his own history he finds his forbears too were on the frontline of nation shaping events - discovering an ancestor at the scene of Australia's greatest armed rebellion. On his maternal side he walks in the footprints of his Indigenous ancestors to solve a long-standing family mystery. And he follows his convict trail back to Ireland to find a notorious bandit with a rebel heart.
Information on the Myall Creek massacre can be found at Inside History.
Interview with Ray Martin
Ray Martin speaks about his experience on Who Do You Think You Are.
Interview with the director
Episode director Steve Peddie discusses the making of Who Do You Think You Are with Ray Martin.
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Join stars Julia Morris, Peter Garrett, Delta Goodrem, Rachel Griffiths, Mal Meninga, Jane Turner, Shane Jacobson and John Newcombe in Season Eight of Who Do You Think You Are. Starts Tuesday 13th September at 7.30pm (AEST) on SBS.
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See also: Genealogy Resources