The Aussie Who Saved John F. Kennedy – Part One
Recently I was very pleased to be able to help the United States embassy with information, contacts and material relating to the activities of our coastwatchers, who played such a vital role in the So...
22 Jul 202244min
More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part Two
In this concluding instalment, Eve Gray tries to come to grips with being mostly for her beauty before making the move to London that will change her life.Like the podcast? I'd love it if you'd leave ...
23 Jun 202250min
More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part One
A century ago, Sydney chorus girl Eve Gray won a beauty competition and shot to national fame. 'Australia's Most Beautiful Girl' was soon a theatrical leading lady. But Eve discovered that being a cel...
19 Jun 202243min
The First Dismissal – Part Two: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier
In this final instalment of The First Dismissal, we look at Robert Beardsmore's horrific experiences at Fromelles in 1916, his role in a 1922 soldier-settler controversy and at the 1929 Battle For Rot...
25 Mai 20221h 9min
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
