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...
Category: 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,...
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...
50 – WW2 Salvage Operation
Early in World War 2, German Raiders were laying sea mines around Australian & New Zealand coastal waters. Here we tell the story of one...
43 – Shipwreck & first contact
In 1796, the Calcutta merchants Campbell & Clark, sent a boat load of attractive goods, including much needed home and personal wares, and much desired...
42 – Snowy Hydro Scheme – Pt 5 – Completion
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...
41 – Snowy Hydro – Pt 4: Working environments & safety
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...
40 – Snowy Hydro – Pt 3: Contractors & townships
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...
39 – Snowy Hydro Scheme – Pt 2 – Getting Land & 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...
38 – Snowy Mountain Scheme Pt 1: Inception
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...