The First Dismissal – Part One and a Half: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier
When – if – Robert Henry Beardsmore is mentioned in connection with the May 1932 dismissal of Jack Lang, he's depicted as merely an old public servant who reluctantly did his job. But in reality he wa...
20 Mai 20221h 20min
The First Dismissal – Part One: The Last Days of Jack Lang
On this day 90 years ago, firebrand NSW Premier Jack Lang was sacked by Governor Sir Phillip Game. In this first of two instalments, we look at Lang's early life and business career, the scandalous as...
12 Mai 202255min
'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part Two
With the newspapers depicting Henry Maple as determined to commit crimes as terrible as Ned Kelly's atrocities, and the police handing out high-powered military rifles to civilian vigilantes, the stag...
28 Mar 202235min
'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part One
100 years ago today a 15-year-old bushranger dubbed ‘Young Ned Kelly’ made his last stand against an army of heavily armed police and vigilantes. In this two-part episode, we delve into Henry Maple’s ...
27 Mar 202236min
Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part Two
Kathleen Butler's smarts and skills saw her play a huge if forgotten role in making the Sydney Harbour Bridge a reality. But this female pioneer in engineering lived in a time when women "couldn't hav...
18 Mar 202228min
Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part One
From humble beginnings in the Blue Mountains, Kathleen Butler's smarts and skills saw her play a huge but largely forgotten role in making the Sydney Harbour Bridge a reality.But this female pioneer i...
17 Mar 202238min
Shark Attack Of The Century — Part Two: The War On Sharks
Like the podcast? Take a sec to leave a rating and review — this helps it reach other people who might be interested. Cheers!Just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water, another young...
10 Feb 20221h 5min
Shark Attack Of The Century — Part One: Into The Jaws Of Death
100 years ago today — 4 February 1922 — Australia's attitude to sharks changed when the first known fatal shark attack on a Sydney ocean beach happened in front of thousands of people as a surf carniv...
4 Feb 20221h
