Australian Histories Podcast
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Australian Histories Podcast
Australian History: Brilliant stories from Australia’s past.
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77 EpisodenEp 76 Japanese subs in Sydney Harbour: Australian History
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 Aust...
Ep 75 Bass & Flinders Pt6: Australian History
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...
Ep 74 Bass & Flinders Pt5: Australian History
After a quick resupply in Port Jackson Flinders again heads out to undertake the second leg of his circumnavigation. This time they began by travelin...
Ep 73 Bass & Flinders Pt4: Australian History
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...
Ep 72 Bass & Flinders Pt3: Australian History
George Bass and Matthew Flinders undertake an important mapping journey to confirm the existence of what will soon afterwards become known as Bass Str...
Ep 71 Bass & Flinders Pt2: Australian History
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] p...
Ep 70 Bass & Flinders Pt1: Australian History
Naval men who arrived in NSW in September 1795, Bass & Flinders were both intent on undertaking exploration and charting sections of New Holland, stil...
Ep 69 Waltzing Matilda: Australian History
Waltzing Matilda is described as 'the people's song'. More well known than the real Australian National Anthem around the world, Banjo Paterson's jau...
Ep 68 Atomic Australia: Australian History
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 nor...
Ep 67 Maria Island: Australian History (remixed)
Maria Island is a UNESCO World Heritage listed Tasmanian convict site, with a long and varied history, and a number of spectacular natural and geologi...
Ep 66 Australian Dogs: Australian History
From a land with no native domesticated dogs, nearly 230 years after colonists’ brought their first pets & hunting dogs on the first fleet, Australia...
Ep 65 Royal Flying Doctor Service: Australian History
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...
Ep 64 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 3: Australian History
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...
Ep 63 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 2: Australian History
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. ...
Ep 62 Buckley & Wathawurrung Pt 1: Australian History
William Buckley was an escaped convict who lived amongst the Wathawurrung people for more than 30 years. Adopted as Murrangurk, he had the opportunit...
Ep 61 The Overland Telegraph Line: Australian History
We talk about 'Telegraph Todd' and the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line, built through the largely unsurveyed and vast centre of Australia....
Ep 60 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt 3: Australian History
In this final episode on Alexander Pearce we hear about his second escape attempt from Macquarie Harbour, with fellow convict Thomas Cox. They planne...
Ep 59 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt 2: Australian History
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...
Ep 58 Alexander Pearce - Cannibal Pt1: Australian History
Alexander Pearce was one of our more notorious convicts, and one of very few convict escapees from Macquarie Harbour, who survived attempting to reach...
Ep 57 Macarthur & Wool: Australian History
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...
Ep 56 Great Ocean Road Memorial: Australian History
The 'Great Ocean Road' is it one of Victoria’s, indeed Australia’s, most well known international tourist attractions, and a favoured coastal town dri...
Ep 55 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 4 - Final: Australian History
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 G...
Ep 54 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 3: Australian History
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 p...
Ep 53 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 2: Australian History
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...
Ep 52 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 1: Australian History
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 C...
Ep 51 Australian Rules Football: Australian 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...
Ep 50 WW2 Salvage Operation: Australian History
Early in World War 2, German Raiders were laying sea mines around Australian & New Zealand coastal waters.
Here we tell the story of one ship t...
Ep 49 Convict Mutineers - Part 2: Australian History
In Part 2 we will follow William Swallow and his fellow mutineer convicts on the commandeered ship, the Cyprus.
Swallow and his men were deligh...
Ep 48 Convict Mutineers - Part 1: Australian History
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 take all necessary risks to t...
Ep 47 Final Readings - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
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,...
Ep 46 Debate Poems - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
This episode is an appendix to Episode 44- Henry Lawson. We read poems that contributed to the 'Bulletin Debate', discussed in the earlier episode. ...
Ep 45 Drovers Wife - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
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 Bulleti...
Ep 44 Henry Lawson: Australian History
Henry Lawson was a 'bush poet' and writer from the 1880s-1890s. One of a number of writers that were focusing on the Australian experience and foster...
Ep 43 Shipwreck & first contact: Australian History
In 1796, the Calcutta merchants Campbell & Clark, sent a boat load of attractive goods, including much needed home and personal wares, and much desire...
Ep 42 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 5 - Completion: Australian History
This episode concludes the series exploring the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme; the vast hydro electric, and irrigation project, that began in...
Ep 41 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 4 - Working environments & safety: Australian History
Today we turn our attention the workers' arrangements. At the peak of construction, over 1959/60, there were 7300 people employed on the project. So...
Ep 40 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 3 - Contractors & townships: Australian History
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began construction at Guthega, with a Norwegian contractor, and before too long, power was being delivered t...
Ep 39 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 2 - Getting Land & Workers: Australian History
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme was underway. Now they Authority had to acquire the land across the Alps, and recruit a workforce, to surv...
Ep 38 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 1 - Inception: Australian History
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, took nearly 30 years to complete in the post war period, and was an astounding engineering feat. It remain...
Ep 37 Lady Jane Franklin - Explorer: Australian History
Lady Jane Franklin was an unusual woman. In the late 1830s, as the wife of Van Diemen's Land Governor Sir John Franklin, she took the opportunity to...