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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 202440min
Episode 43 - The Derwent Nugget
I came across an article on a shearer who had killed a workmate on a property near Deniliquin. He was named ‘The Derwent Nugget’. This got me intrigued and I delved into finding out more about this ma...
3 Juli 202442min
Episode 42 - Rose Lodge
Rose Lodge is an historic home in Deniliquin that was built by John Broughton in 1865. This episode tells the story of John Broughton and his family. *Warning: there is some graphic information in th...
26 Juni 202446min
