Episode 267 - The Showman - Part 2
This episode continues the story of Patrick John Daly, a showman, who was born at Barnawartha Victoria, had a string of horse stealing charges in the early 1900s in several states of Australia. He wen...
19 Apr 30min
Episode 267 - The Showman - Part 1
Patrick John Daly, a showman, who was born at Barnawartha Victoria, had a string of horse stealing charges in the early 1900s in several states of Australia. He went by the professional names of P.H M...
14 Apr 40min
Episode 266 - Furness V Furness
Mrs Thompson, a mother of five daughters and a son, accusedher newly acquired son-in-law of having married her 15 year old daughter without her consent. The Melbourne Herald reported on the same day t...
12 Apr 40min
Episode 265 - George Coppin - Part 2
George Selth Coppin was a comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, and was a driving force in early Australian theatre.
7 Apr 22min
Episode 265 - George Coppin - Part 1
George Selth Coppin was a comedian, impresario andentrepreneur, and was a driving force in early Australian theatre.
4 Apr 42min
Episode 264 - William Woodfall
In Jan 1901 at Grenfell NSW, William Woodfall, the accountant at the Union Bank, disappeared. The bank found a discrepency of 4100 pounds.
1 Apr 26min
Episode 263 - Burton's Circus
I was chatting to a member of my local historical societyand he mentioned how in the research of his books in local pubs in our area (Deniliquin NSW),that one publican was a circus owner! It immediate...
28 Mar 49min
Episode 262 - Amy Stone
Amy Stone was born Amanda Porter in 1840 in Massachusetts, USA. She married, Henry F. Stone, known as Harry, on the 16 Sept 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harry was her personal manager and she u...
25 Mar 32min
