About National Geographic Australia
The National Geographic is an Australian television channel that features documentaries, many produced by the National Geographic Society. It features programming around subjects such as nature, science, culture, and history documentaries plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming. It is the Oceanic version of the American National Geographic channel and is owned by The Walt Disney Company in Australia.
It features some programming similar to that on the Discovery Channel and Histories such as nature and science documentaries. The channel is available through Foxtel, Optus, TransTV, and Select TV (Now defunct) in Australia.
In New Zealand, National Geographic Channel is broadcast on SKY Network Television and TelstraClear InHomeTV. The National Geographic Channel in Australia has other sister channels, including Nat Geo Wild and Nat Geo People.