Episode 51 - Black Caesar
John Caesar, known as "Black Caesar", was the first Australian bushranger and one of the first people of African descent to arrive in Australia.
28 Jul 202424min
Episode 50 - The Surgeon
In Episode 42, Rose Lodge on the Broughton family, it was mentioned that William Broughton was assistant surgeon to John White on the First Fleet’s voyage and he was an acquaintance of the Broughton f...
23 Jul 202434min
Episode 49 - The Shears in the Tree
I have often heard about the shearer who placed his shears into the trunk of a great river gum at Morago near Deniliquin NSW before going off to war. The shears still exist in that same gum tree today...
23 Jul 202431min
Episode 48 - Mr and Mrs Bushranger
William and Sarah Webb were believed to be the first recorded married couple who were bushrangers in Australia. They were both convicts who were sent out in the early 1820s.
16 Jul 202421min
Episode 47 - The Captain
I came across an article on the probate of Captain Charles Smith which came to a total of nearly half a million pounds in 1897! I was intrigued to find out about this man, how he amassed this fortune ...
16 Jul 202448min
Episode 46 - The Haunted House
In Russell St Deniliquin, a town in the southern Riverina of NSW, there is a home that has long been named the Haunted House.This episode outlines the theories behind why the house was labelled as hau...
10 Jul 202429min
Episode 45 - Melville The Bushranger
Francis MacNeiss McNeil McCallum, better known as Captain Melville, is one of Australia’s most intriguing bushrangers. Melville was considerate to those whom he robbed, courteous and charming to women...
10 Jul 202427min
Episode 44 - The Lady on the $20 note
Mary Reibey, born Mary Haydock, disguised herself as a boy when she was on trial for horse stealing in 1790. She was sentenced to 14 years transportation. She married Thomas Reibey in 1794 in Sydney a...
3 Jul 202440min
