Sister Annie, Sydney and The Spanish Flu

Sister Annie, Sydney and The Spanish Flu

A century ago, a world already at war faced its worst-ever natural disaster: Spanish Flu. But in late 1918, this plague, which would claim as many as 100 million lives, was yet to infect Australia, with Sydney’s North Head Quarantine Station becoming the frontline in the battle against the deadly invader. Young nurse Annie Egan was among those brave souls who risked their lives to help the infected. Her fate sparked a furore — and foreshadowed what awaited many Australians in 1919. Be sure to subscribe to get every episode. For more information and photos: www.forgottenaustralia.com Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/forgottenoz

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Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part One

Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part One

In April 1926 Detective-Inspector John Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Alexander Pitman disappeared while investigating gold thefts around Kalgoorlie. It was nearly two weeks before they were missed. Whe...

22 Nov 202137min

Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part Two

Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part Two

Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive m...

19 Nov 20211h 2min

Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One

Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One

Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive m...

19 Nov 202147min

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)

In the wake of the massacre, Dr James Patrick Murray makes a series of surprising moves that further his infamy in Australia and across the British Empire.Listener Desiree Pettit-Keating, of Bendigo R...

8 Okt 20211h 6min

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Two

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Two

Dr James Patrick Murray takes the brig Carl to the sunny South Seas and into a heart of darkness beyond the imagination of even Joseph Conrad. In this nightmare of his creation shooting dozens of defe...

27 Sep 202153min

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part One

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part One

150 years ago today — 13 September 1871 — Australian slavers — aka 'blackbirders' — fired their guns into the hold of the brig Carl, where they had imprisoned 160 South Pacific Islanders they had rece...

13 Sep 20211h 1min

Australia's First UFO Wave — In 1909

Australia's First UFO Wave — In 1909

Months before Australia's first heavier-than-air flights, people from Sydney to Hobart, Goulburn to Kalgoorlie, Melbourne to Perth reported seeing strange lights in the night skies. These mystery airs...

6 Sep 202147min

The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Eight: Finale

The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Eight: Finale

George O'Brien's life hangs in the balance as his DIY yacht is smashed by a gale and heavy seas. Gower Wilson's son Roy grows up to become the hero of a Lord Howe Island aviation disaster. Plus: the l...

29 Aug 202148min

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