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October 15, 2019The Tasmanian devil was named by early European settlers who heard the creature’s unearthly screams, coughs and growls, and went to investigate They found a small […]
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October 15, 2019Australia in the 1960s was a safe, wholesome place to grow up. Ask any Boomer or Gen Xer what their childhood was like, they’ll be happy […]
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October 15, 2019Australia in the 1960s was a safe, wholesome place to grow up. Ask any Boomer or Gen Xer what their childhood was like, they’ll be happy […]
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October 15, 2019On a quiet Sunday night in August, 1987, a man sat in a pub, trying desperately to get the bartender to talk to him. Rejected by […]
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October 15, 2019In 1941, Australia came as close to being invaded as we ever gave with a trio of mini-submarines entering Sydney Harbour and keeping the ships there […]
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September 16, 2019Escapology was a way of life for some convicts sent to Australia. For some, the thrill of the breakout was its own reward. For others, it […]
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September 6, 2019This episode contains a story that hinges on a simple twist of fate: one woman’s life ended because she lost a coin toss. There’s a lot […]
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September 2, 2019This episode contains a story that hinges on a simple twist of fate: one woman’s life ended because she lost a coin toss. There’s a lot […]
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August 26, 2019At the start of the Great War, Australia was a place of fevered patriotism. Young men signed up by the score to enlist in the Australian […]
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August 20, 2019The poster child for extinction in Australia, the thylacine was declared extinct in 1982, 50 years after the last known specimen died in a Hobart zoo. […]
