This Week in 1957: Part Two – Keep Watching the Skies
Space dog Laika and Sputnik II were the green light for the Cold War missile and space races to accelerate at warp speed. With the Russians out in front, the Americans were hellbent on catching up, us...
6 Marras 202540min
This Week in 1957: Part One – Dogs In Space
The world would never be the same after the Russians launched Sputnik II into space and its cosmonaut canine Laika became the first animal to orbit the Earth. Aussies would have to keep their eyes on ...
2 Marras 202540min
This Week in 1932: 32 Rabbit Holes – Part Three
In 1932, horror movies are on the rise, reflecting fears of an uncertain age – and fair enough, too, because, in addition to the woes of the Great Depression, the rise of fascism and Nazism, and the s...
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This Week in 1932: 32 Rabbit Holes – Part Two
While Hitler’s rise to power In Germany seems unstoppable and Mussolini celebrates ten years of fascism in Italy, Australia's homegrown New Guard numbskulls have already become irrelevant – and escape...
29 Loka 202538min
This Week in 1932: 32 Rabbit Holes – Part One
From robots and rockets, to mad scientists, anti-democratic techbros and narcissistic fascist strongmen, a lot of what was making news this week in the Great Depression sounds, well, familiar. But at ...
27 Loka 202546min
This Week in 1907: All Quacked Up
Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills, Freeman’s Chlorodyne, Hearn’s Bronchitis Cure, Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills – what was in these and other patent medicines and how much good and harm did they do? These q...
20 Loka 20251h 2min
Short – The Coastwatcher’s Lonely War
In July 1942, as Australia’s armed forces were about to begin what would become the legendary battle for the Kokoda Track, in another occupied part of New Guinea, the brave Aussie coastwatcher Con Pag...
14 Loka 202518min
Short – The Ballad of Australia’s Forgotten Boxing Champion
In July 1919, tiny-statured but huge-hearted youngster George Mendies won the Australian Flyweight Title. This was a crown he'd defend successfully again and again – until fate dealt him a cruel blow ...
8 Loka 202514min
