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Posted on June 8, 2022 Rogues & Notable Australians Transportation & Convicts

59 – Alexander Pearce – Cannibal: Part 2

In Part 2 of the Alexander Pearce series we continue the story of Alexander Pearce as he and his fellow convicts continue on their escape...

Posted on June 2, 2022 AHP

Australian Histories Podcast 4th birthday

Thanks to everyone who listens, shares, supports and promotes AusHistPod.  Hope you’ll find plenty to interest you in this coming year.    Remember you can...

Posted on May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Rogues & Notable Australians Transportation & Convicts

58 – Alexander Pearce – Cannibal: Part 1

Alexander Pearce was one of our more notorious convicts, and one of very few convict escapees from Macquarie Harbour, who survived attempting to reach the...

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Development & Expansion Rogues & Notable Australians

57 – Macarthur & Wool

John Macarthur was a divisive character in the first decades of the New South Wales penal colony and he was instrumental in the overthrow of...

Posted on January 11, 2022 Development & Expansion

56 – Great Ocean Road Memorial

The ‘Great Ocean Road’ is it one of Victoria’s, indeed Australia’s, most well known international tourist attractions, and a favoured coastal town drive for locals,...

Posted on December 10, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

55 – Bligh & the Rum Rebellion: Part 4: Final

This episode is the final in the Bligh-Rum Rebellion series, and we take a closer look at how the day developed, how the arrest of...

Posted on October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

54 – Bligh & the Rum Rebellion: Part 3

We reflect on the reforms Bligh had introduced and note the rising aggravation amongst the ‘trading group’, who were beginning to lose some of their...

Posted on September 13, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

53 – Bligh & the Rum Rebellion: Part 2

This episode looks at William Bligh’s background and his reputation as a Naval Captain.  He had some very difficult tasks ahead of him as Governor...

Posted on August 2, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

52 – Bligh & the Rum Rebellion: Part 1

William Bligh, the very same Captain probably best known for the mutiny on the Bounty, was to be recruited in his later life, as the...

Posted on June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

51 – Australian Rules Football History

Australian Rules Football and the earliest clubs formed to compete, are said to be the oldest established football clubs in the world.  Started in the...

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