The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Eight: Finale

The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Eight: Finale

George O'Brien's life hangs in the balance as his DIY yacht is smashed by a gale and heavy seas. Gower Wilson's son Roy grows up to become the hero of a Lord Howe Island aviation disaster. Plus: the legacy of George Rikard-Bell — aka movie star Brian Abbot — and how I found my birth family and discovered I hail from Lord Howe. To support Forgotten Australia from as little as $A2.75 per month, go to: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

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Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Three

Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Three

After police swoop on their suspects, Evan 'Teddy' Clarke, Phil Treffene and William Coulter are charged with the murder. But one of these men will turn against the others, with brilliant barrister Ar...

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Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Two

Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Two

On 12 May 1926, south of Kalgoorlie, at an abandoned mine known as Miller's Find, Detective-Sergeant Grenville Purdue makes a horrifying discovery. The biggest manhunt in Western Australia is now on f...

24 Nov 202136min

Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part One

Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part One

In April 1926 Detective-Inspector John Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Alexander Pitman disappeared while investigating gold thefts around Kalgoorlie. It was nearly two weeks before they were missed. Whe...

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Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part Two

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Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One

Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One

Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive m...

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Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)

In the wake of the massacre, Dr James Patrick Murray makes a series of surprising moves that further his infamy in Australia and across the British Empire.Listener Desiree Pettit-Keating, of Bendigo R...

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Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Two

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Two

Dr James Patrick Murray takes the brig Carl to the sunny South Seas and into a heart of darkness beyond the imagination of even Joseph Conrad. In this nightmare of his creation shooting dozens of defe...

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Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part One

Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part One

150 years ago today — 13 September 1871 — Australian slavers — aka 'blackbirders' — fired their guns into the hold of the brig Carl, where they had imprisoned 160 South Pacific Islanders they had rece...

13 Sep 20211h 1min

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