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Posted on November 29, 2019November 28, 2019 Goldrush

29 – Eureka Pt 1: Gold

Gold miners built the Eureka Stockade at the Ballarat goldfields in December 1854, but trouble between the miners and the authorities had started pretty much...

Posted on October 25, 2019August 30, 2020 Development & Expansion

28 – The Dingo Fence

Australia has a number of massive continuous barrier fences, built by farmers and pastorlists  from the late 1800’s, to try and control the movement of...

Posted on September 24, 2019August 30, 2020 Transportation & Convicts

27 – Convicts and Cascades Pt 2

We’re continuing our look at the convict era, in particular, the experiences of women convicts who passed through the Cascades Female Factory, in Hobart, Tasmania....

Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2020 Transportation & Convicts

26 – Convicts and Cascades Pt 1

We’re going to look at the female convicts who passed through the Cascades Female Factory, in Hobart, Tasmania, and reflect on the different experience the...

Posted on July 26, 2019August 30, 2020 Explorers

25 – Mawson: Antarctic Exploration Pt 5

Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition concluded, and the last of the expeditioners arrived back in Adelaide in February, 1914.  A lot had happened, both on...

Posted on June 28, 2019July 24, 2019 Explorers

24-Mawson: Antarctic Exploration Pt 4

Douglas Mawson’s expedition was well underway, and the teams from the Cape Denison base had returned after completing their various research programs. All except Mawson...

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 AHP

First Birthday fun for Kelly fans

Part 4 of Mawson’s story is due out on Friday, but for those who have already listened to the Kelly Gang series, here’s a fun...

Posted on May 31, 2019June 26, 2019 Explorers

23 – Mawson: Antarctic Exploration Pt 3

After returning from Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition and rejecting any idea of returning to Antarctica, the trauma of his polar trekking faded and Douglas Mawson began...

Posted on April 26, 2019April 25, 2019 Explorers

22 – Mawson: Antarctic Exploration Pt 2

Douglas Mawson, who would later become the leader of Australia’s first Antarctic expedition, undertook his first trip to Antarctica as part of Ernest Shackleton’s “Nimrod...

Posted on March 22, 2019March 21, 2019 Explorers

21 – Mawson: Antarctic Exploration Pt 1

Australia’s first formal expedition to Antarctica in 1911, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was led by Douglas Mawson, a geologist from Adelaide University.  This episode we’ll...

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