Ep 76 Japanese subs in Sydney Harbour: Australian History (01:17:00)
When the Japanese entered the Second World War at the end of 1941, the impact on Australia was almost immediate. Singapore fell and a great many Australians were taken prisoner. Darwin & later other...
Ep 75 Bass & Flinders Pt6: Australian History (01:08:00)
In this final episode of the series we follow Flinders as he attempts his return to England in the hope of acquiring a better ship to more thoroughly complete his valuable explorations around the newl...
Ep 74 Bass & Flinders Pt5: Australian History (00:56:00)
After a quick resupply in Port Jackson Flinders again heads out to undertake the second leg of his circumnavigation. This time they began by traveling north, through the Great Barrier Reef and into t...
Ep 73 Bass & Flinders Pt4: Australian History (01:03:09)
This episode we see Bass undertake his speculative business ventures, no longer in the company of Flinders, but his timing meant his returns were not as lucrative as he'd hoped.
Flinders set off on th...
Ep 72 Bass & Flinders Pt3: Australian History (01:16:02)
George Bass and Matthew Flinders undertake an important mapping journey to confirm the existence of what will soon afterwards become known as Bass Strait, a body of water between the mainland of 'New ...
Ep 71 Bass & Flinders Pt2: Australian History (01:05:49)
George Bass and Matthew Flinders arrived in New South Wales in September of 1795, with grand plans to "explore more of the country than any of [our] predecessors in the colony". In part 2 we look at ...
Ep 70 Bass & Flinders Pt1: Australian History (00:45:00)
Naval men who arrived in NSW in September 1795, Bass & Flinders were both intent on undertaking exploration and charting sections of New Holland, still largely unknown to the British.
They became wel...
Ep 69 Waltzing Matilda: Australian History (00:40:21)
Waltzing Matilda is described as 'the people's song'. More well known than the real Australian National Anthem around the world, Banjo Paterson's jaunty little ditty actually contains clues to some t...
Ep 68 Atomic Australia: Australian History (01:14:57)
In the 1950s Australia hosted a number of British nuclear weapons tests. The very first one took place on the Montebello Islands, off Australia's north west coast. This episode we will explore 'Oper...
Ep 67 Maria Island: Australian History (remixed) (01:15:07)
Maria Island is a UNESCO World Heritage listed Tasmanian convict site, with a long and varied history, and a number of spectacular natural and geological places of interest.
From its original indigen...
Ep 66 Australian Dogs: Australian History (00:45:27)
From a land with no native domesticated dogs, nearly 230 years after colonists’ brought their first pets & hunting dogs on the first fleet, Australia now has one of the highest rates of dog ownership ...
Ep 65 Royal Flying Doctor Service: Australian History (00:57:31)
Presbyterian Minister John Flynn had a desire to bring "a mantle of safety" to those living in the remote areas of Australia. WWI Australian fighter pilot John Clifford Peel suggested a blueprint for...
Ep 64 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 3: Australian History (01:06:57)
In this final episode on Buckley & the Wathawurrung, we hear about what happened after Buckley made contact with Batman's party from the Port Phillip Association.
Moving back into his original society...
Ep 63 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 2: Australian History (01:02:13)
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 skills. He was able to record many of the practices that ...
Ep 62 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 1: Australian History (01:03:33)
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 participate in, witness and later record some...
Ep 61 The Overland Telegraph Line: Australian History (01:45:20)
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 group of British explorers had, to date...
Ep 60 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt 3: Australian History (00:39:28)
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 less difficult route for their escape but agai...
Ep 59 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt 2: Australian History (00:47:30)
We continue the story of Alexander Pearce as he and his fellow convicts continue their escape from Port Macquarie. They have found themselves in the wild west country, exhausted mentally & physically...
Ep 58 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt1: Australian History (00:51:08)
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 settled districts. As the last man standing...
Ep 57 Macarthur & Wool: Australian History (01:04:17)
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 Governor Bligh (see the Bligh series Eps 52-55), along with...
Ep 56 Great Ocean Road Memorial: Australian History (00:44:17)
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, dotted as it is with beautiful surf...
Ep 55 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 4 - Final: Australian History (01:15:37)
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 Bligh unfolded at Government House, and what followed on from the rev...
Ep 54 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 3: Australian History (01:01:38)
We reflect on the reforms Bligh had introduced and note the rising aggravation amongst the 'trading group', who were beginning to lose some of their previous dodgy income streams and privileged arrang...
Ep 53 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 2: Australian History (00:58:55)
This episode looks at William Bligh's background and his reputation as a Naval Captain. He had some very difficult tasks ahead of him as Governor of the troubled NSW colony, and we need to consider i...
Ep 52 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 1: Australian History (00:54:00)
William Bligh, the very same Captain probably best known for the mutiny on the Bounty, was to be recruited in his later life, as the Governor of the Colony of New South Wales. But it seems his days of...
