
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...
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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...
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,...
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...
Early in World War 2, German Raiders were laying sea mines around Australian & New Zealand coastal waters. Here we tell the story of one...
In 1796, the Calcutta merchants Campbell & Clark, sent a boat load of attractive goods, including much needed home and personal wares, and much desired...
This episode concludes the series exploring the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme; the vast hydro electric, and irrigation project, that began in 1949 and was under...
Today we turn our attention the workers’ arrangements. At the peak of construction, over 1959/60, there were 7300 people employed on the project. So that’s...
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began construction at Guthega, with a Norwegian contractor, and before too long, power was being delivered to the people. Workers...
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was underway. Now they Authority had to acquire the land across the Alps, and recruit a workforce, to survey, plan...
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, took nearly 30 years to complete in the post war period, and was an astounding engineering feat. It remains one...