More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part One

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 celebrity came with a dark side. Nevertheless, she was to persist with her performance career, winning critical respect on stage and screen, working with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Errol Flynn. Part 2 and an extensive image gallery are available now for Patreon supporters. To support: www.patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

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The Model & The Murder Case — Part One

The Model & The Murder Case — Part One

In 1954 glamorous Sydney model Shirley Beiger shot her lover dead outside a Sydney nightclub. But why did she kill him — and what punishment would she face? For more information: www.forgottenaustrali...

6 Okt 201937min

Side Note: Where The Truth Lies

Side Note: Where The Truth Lies

Just days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Murray Chambers from Queensland survived when an enemy submarine sank the merchant ship Donerail a few hundred miles off Hawaii. Twenty four men mad...

29 Sep 201926min

Sole Survivor

Sole Survivor

In June 1946 a crew of four sailing the ketch Nova down the New South Wales coast vanished with their boat in bad weather. 132 days later a lone skeletal figure washed up just barely alive 1000 miles ...

29 Sep 201952min

Erbie: King of the Ring-Ins

Erbie: King of the Ring-Ins

Fifty years before Fine Cotton, Australia was electrified by a series of audacious racing ring-ins starring a champion horse named Erbie. The man who exposed the conspiracy? Bert “Cardigan” Wolfe, the...

22 Sep 201954min

The First To Fight — Part Two

The First To Fight — Part Two

As 1940 starts and the “Phoney War” ends, Australian RAF Bomber Command pilot Jim Brough flies ever-more dangerous missions against the Nazis and faces death again and again — wondering how long it’ll...

8 Sep 201949min

The First To Fight — Part One

The First To Fight — Part One

Eighty years ago this week, World War II began when England declared war on Germany in response to the Nazi invasion of Poland. Within 48 minutes of the war starting, RAF Bomber Command launched its f...

1 Sep 201949min

Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part Two

Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part Two

From making pioneering bushranger films and launching the careers of Australia’s most famous early stars to a bitter business betrayal and a bloody murder in the remote wilderness, the conclusion to m...

25 Aug 20191h 3min

Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part One

Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part One

In the early 20th century, Spencer Cosens was Australia’s greatest showman. With his wife, projectionist Senora Spencer, he pioneered motion picture exhibition, establishing the first permanent cinema...

18 Aug 201953min

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