Anzac Story — Killer Kinsela

Anzac Story — Killer Kinsela

John Kinsela is an Aboriginal man, a Vietnam veteran, a two-time Olympic wrestler and a survivor of PTSD and cancer who was awarded the OAM in 2017 for his work with Circle Sentencing, a western Sydney initiative to keep Indigenous offenders out of the prison system where possible. I spoke with him about growing up in poverty in the 1950s, the road to the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, seeing combat in Vietnam two years later, being at the Munich Games in 1972 when Israeli athletes were massacred and how he dealt with PTSD and his recent and very grim cancer diagnosis. For more information: www.forgottenaustralia.com

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Miniseries – Blue Murder on the Golden Mile – Part One

Miniseries – Blue Murder on the Golden Mile – Part One

A special re-release to commemorate the 100th anniversary.On 28 April 1926, Detective-Inspector John Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Alexander Pitman disappeared while investigating gold thefts around Ka...

26 Apr 37min

The First Anzac Day – 13 October 1915

The First Anzac Day – 13 October 1915

While history tells us Anzac Day started on 25 April 1916, the first such event took place six months earlier in South Australia. The name 'Anzac Day' was coined for this colourful military parade and...

23 Apr 1h 5min

Talking History – ‘Fighting Mac’: The Man Behind the Anzac Legend

Talking History – ‘Fighting Mac’: The Man Behind the Anzac Legend

In this interview episode, Dr Daniel Reynaud, author of The Man The Anzacs Revered, tells us about the colourful and incredibly brave AIF chaplain William McKenzie, who was a Salvation Army officer on...

20 Apr 34min

Our First Olympic Hero – Part Two: The Lion of Athens

Our First Olympic Hero – Part Two: The Lion of Athens

Having already won two events at Athens in 1896, young Aussie athlete Teddy Flack throws himself at a third victory by entering the Marathon – and he’ll reckon the result ensures the success of the fi...

16 Apr 31min

Our First Olympic Hero – Part One: An Aussie’s Greek Odyssey

Our First Olympic Hero – Part One: An Aussie’s Greek Odyssey

Teddy Flack becoming our first Olympic champion is the prototypical tale of the Aussie have-a-go sporting hero. But in 1896, when Teddy was undertaking his Greek odyssey, and making history against th...

13 Apr 40min

Miniseries Finale – Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Ten: Nature & Nurture

Miniseries Finale – Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Ten: Nature & Nurture

I'm adopted and – while I come from colourful characters who roamed from Ireland and England to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island and Sydney, via South Africa and the Western Front – I didn't know *...

8 Apr 49min

Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Nine: Rumtough to the Rescue!

Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Nine: Rumtough to the Rescue!

After tragedy strikes, Emma Murtough begins the colourful third act of her life – as "Mrs Rumtough", fearless travelling housekeeper of the Western Australian wheatbelt and goldfields! Meanwhile, on t...

6 Apr 1h 12min

Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Eight: The Land of Better Chance

Death-Defying Destiny Deciders – Part Eight: The Land of Better Chance

Having made her unthinkable decision, my great-grandmother Emma Murtough takes her children for a new life in Australia. But getting to the Land of Better Chance is to require a scandalous sea voyage,...

2 Apr 58min

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