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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...

Posted on April 30, 2021 Development & Expansion

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...

Posted on March 31, 2021April 7, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

49 – Convict Mutineers Part 2

In Part 2 we will follow William Swallow and his fellow mutineer convicts on the commandeered ship, the Cyprus. Swallow and his men were delighted...

Posted on February 26, 2021June 20, 2021 Transportation & Convicts

48 – Convict Mutineers Part 1

In part one of Convict Mutineers, we learn about a felon who just could not bear the idea of a life in exile, willing to...

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...

Posted on November 30, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion Transportation & Convicts

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...

Posted on October 26, 2020June 20, 2021 Development & Expansion

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...

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