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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
20 – Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge: After a surprisingly long gestation, it’s path to construction threads through the history, of growth & colonial settlement in Sydney,…