63 – Buckley & the Wathawurrung: Pt 2
In Part 2 of William Buckley’s story, living amongst the Wathawurrung people who adopted him, we hear how he adapted and learned a great many…
62 – Buckley & the Wathawurrung: Pt 1
William Buckley was an escaped convict who lived amongst the Wathawurrung people for more than 30 years. Adopted as Murrangurk, he had the opportunity to…
61 – The Overland Telegraph Line
We talk about ‘Telegraph Todd’ and the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line, built through the largely unsurveyed and vast centre of Australia. Only one…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…