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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
Short – The Mystery of Mr Eternity
Arthur Stace is an Australian legend. But for decades the identity of ‘Mr Eternity’ was a Sydney mystery. Who was this man? Why was he writing this message over and over? How did one word chalked by a...
30 Mar 26min
