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Category: Rogues & Notable Australians

Australian histories related to notable or notorious Australians

Posted on July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Rogues & Notable Australians Transportation & Convicts

60 – Alexander Pearce – Cannibal: Part 3

In this final episode on Alexander Pearce we hear about his second escape attempt from Macquarie Harbour, with fellow convict Thomas Cox.  They planned a...

Posted on June 8, 2022June 26, 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 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 February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Rogues & Notable Australians

47 – Final Readings: Henry Lawson EXTRA

As an appendix to Episode 44, Henry Lawson, today’s episode presents two final readings, two more humorous offerings.  We read a Banjo Paterson poem, called...

Posted on January 29, 2021February 2, 2021 Rogues & Notable Australians

46 – Debate Poems: Henry Lawson EXTRA

This episode is an appendix to Episode 44 – Henry Lawson. We read poems that contributed to the ‘Bulletin Debate’, discussed in the earlier episode. ...

Posted on January 21, 2021January 31, 2021 Rogues & Notable Australians

45 – Drovers Wife: Henry Lawson EXTRA

Following Ep 44 on Henry Lawson, this episode will be a reading of Henry Lawson’s short story (or sketch), The Drover’s Wife, published in the...

Posted on December 30, 2020June 20, 2021 Rogues & Notable Australians

44 – Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson was a ‘bush poet’ and writer from the 1880s.  One of a number of writers that were focusing on the Australian experience and...

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