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Outback Opal Hunters

Outback Opal Hunters is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Outback Opal Hunters rather than just read about it. In short: Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. It is produced by Prospero Productions and began on the Discovery Channel on 8 February 2018.

Key takeaways

Outback Opal Hunters belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Outback Opal Hunters to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Outback Opal Hunters from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Outback Opal Hunters is an Australian factual television show which follows opal miners across various sites in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. It is produced by Prospero Productions and began on the Discovery Channel on 8 February 2018. The series has been a ratings success, and has been broadcast in over 100 countries, including the United Kingdom and United States.

Premise The series follows opal miners in various locations of Australia as they strive to reach their individually set season target (measured in Australian dollars).

Production In August 2017 it was announced Discovery had commissioned Outback Opal Hunters, a factual series from Prospero Productions which follows opal miners across New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD) and Coober Pedy, South Australia (SA). The eight episode first season premiered on 8 February 2018. In September 2018 it was announced the series had been renewed for a 13 episode second season which would expand into Western Australia (WA). The second season which was filmed in Lightning Ridge (NSW), Opalton (QLD), Coober Pedy (SA) and Laverton (WA) premiered on 31 January 2019. The third season consisting of eight episodes was filmed across Lightning Ridge (NSW), Opalton (QLD), Laverton (WA), White Cliffs (NSW), Sheepyard (NSW) and Mintabie (SA). The season premiered on 17 October 2019. Season four which consisted of 12 episodes premiered on 6 February 2020. The fifth season premiered on 8 October 2020. In December 2020 it was initially reported as part of Foxtel's 2021 Upfronts the series would return for its sixth season on 11 February 2021. However, the season in fact premiered a week earlier on 4 February 2021. The seventh season premiered on 7 October 2021. The 12 episode eighth season premiered on 24 February 2022.

Cast

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2019)

Season 4 (2020)

Season 5 (2020)

Season 6 (2021)

Season 7 (2021)

Season 8 (2022)

Broadcast As of May 2020 the series has been broadcast in over 100 countries, including in the United Kingdom on Quest, and in the United States on Discovery Channel.

Reception

Ratings The series has been a domestic and international ratings success. Executive producer Darren Chau, speaking with Mediaweek in May 2020 said, "Aussie Gold Hunters has been the #1 factual series on Foxtel for the last three successive years. Outback Opal Hunters is right behind it." He said that in the United Kingdom, "Outback Opal Hunters is top five on Quest", and in the United States it airs on the Discovery Channel where it premiered in November 2019 "so successful they immediately rolled into season two" and it airs "on the channel's biggest night of the week".

Accolades The series was nominated for Best Documentary Series at the Screen Producers Australia Awards in 2018.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Outback Opal Hunters

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Outback Opal Hunters claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Outback Opal Hunters before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Outback Opal Hunters ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Outback Opal Hunters

In research: Outback Opal Hunters appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Outback Opal Hunters in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Outback Opal Hunters is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2018 Australian television series debuts, 2018 English-language television series debuts, Australian factual television series, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Outback Opal Hunters outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Outback Opal Hunters in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Outback Opal Hunters means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Outback Opal Hunters out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Outback Opal Hunters in simple terms?

Why does Outback Opal Hunters matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Outback Opal Hunters?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Outback Opal Hunters.