
Ep 52 Bligh & the Rum Rebellion - Part 1: Australian History
William Bligh, the very same Captain probably best known for the mutiny on the Bounty, was to be recruited in his later life, as the Governor of the Colony of New South Wales. But it seems his days of...
2 Aug 202154min

Ep 51 Australian Rules Football: Australian History
Australian Rules Football and the earliest clubs formed to compete, are said to be the oldest established football clubs in the world. Started in the late 1850s, initially based loosely on the Rugby ...
20 Jun 20211h 2min

Ep 50 WW2 Salvage Operation: Australian History
Early in World War 2, German Raiders were laying sea mines around Australian & New Zealand coastal waters. Here we tell the story of one ship that was sunk by those mines, and the exceptional salvage...
30 Apr 20211h 5min

Ep 49 Convict Mutineers - Part 2: Australian History
In Part 2 we will follow William Swallow and his fellow mutineer convicts on the commandeered ship, the Cyprus. Swallow and his men were delighted to be heading into the Pacific, away from the dreade...
31 Mar 20211h 8min

Ep 48 Convict Mutineers - Part 1: Australian History
In part one of Convict Mutineers, we learn about a felon who just could not bear the idea of a life in exile, willing to take all necessary risks to try to return to England. And his efforts were ext...
26 Feb 20211h 2min

Ep 47 Final Readings - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
As an appendix to Episode 44, Henry Lawson, today's episode presents two final readings, two more humorous offerings. We read a Banjo Paterson poem, called 'The Man from Ironbark' which I mentioned i...
11 Feb 202123min

Ep 46 Debate Poems - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
This episode is an appendix to Episode 44- Henry Lawson. We read poems that contributed to the 'Bulletin Debate', discussed in the earlier episode. We include Banjo Paterson's 'Clancy of the Overflo...
29 Jan 202126min

Ep 45 Drovers Wife - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
Following Ep 44 on Henry Lawson, this episode will be a reading of Henry Lawson's short story (or sketch), The Drover's Wife, published in the Bulletin, July 1892. Please listen to Ep 44 first, for t...
21 Jan 202120min



















