High Adventure with Lowell Thomas is 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.
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.
Footage from this episode was later used in the 1979 documentary The Legend of Lasseter.
Episodes
New Guinea (12 Nov 1957) Top of the World (23 Dec. 1957) Africa (22 Jan. 1958) Tibet (25 Feb. 1958) Australian Outback (24 Mar. 1958) Tiger Hunt: India Assam (19 Apr. 1958) Morocco (28 May 1958) The Last Frontier (8 Oct. 1958) Mountains of the Moon (6 Dec. 1958) Danger Island (22 Jan. 1959) The Sinbad Story (27 Mar. 1959)