Episodes
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Ep 49 Convict Mutineers - Part 2: Australian History
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
In Part 2 we will follow William Swallow and his fellow mutineer convicts on the commandeered ship, the Cyprus.
Swallow and his men were delighted to be heading into the Pacific, away from the dreaded Macquarie Harbour, and his sailing skills were put to the test as they made their way across the ocean. But they ran in to unexpected trouble around the Japanese coast.
(60 mins)
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Friday Feb 26, 2021
Ep 48 Convict Mutineers - Part 1: Australian History
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
In part one of Convict Mutineers, we learn about a felon who just could not bear the idea of a life in exile, willing to take all necessary risks to try to return to England. And his efforts were extraordinary.
I think you will enjoy hearing about this Houdini like convict, a man the authorities had trouble keeping hold of. Today we look at what brought him to Van Diemen's Land, and how he created opportunities to try and escape the penal servitude there.
(60 mins)
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Friday Feb 12, 2021
Ep 47 Final Readings - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
As an appendix to Episode 44, Henry Lawson, today's episode presents two final readings, two more humorous offerings. We read a Banjo Paterson poem, called 'The Man from Ironbark' which I mentioned in Ep 44, and then a short story by Henry Lawson, titled 'The Loaded Dog'.
(23 mins)
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Ep 46 Debate Poems - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
This episode is an appendix to Episode 44- Henry Lawson. We read poems that contributed to the 'Bulletin Debate', discussed in the earlier episode. We include Banjo Paterson's 'Clancy of the Overflow', 'In Defense of the Bush' & 'An answer to various Bards', as well as Henry Lawson's 'Up the Country' & 'The City Bushman'.
(26 mins)
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Ep 45 Drovers Wife - Henry Lawson EXTRA: Australian History
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Following Ep 44 on Henry Lawson, this episode will be a reading of Henry Lawson's short story (or sketch), The Drover's Wife, published in the Bulletin, July 1892. Please listen to Ep 44 first, for the life & times of Henry Lawson.
(20 mins)
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Ep 44 Henry Lawson: Australian History
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Henry Lawson was a 'bush poet' and writer from the 1880s-1890s. One of a number of writers that were focusing on the Australian experience and fostering a pride and understanding of the emerging Australian identity. Today's episode looks at Henry's complicated life, and the times in which he was writing.
(62 mins)
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Monday Nov 30, 2020
Ep 43 Shipwreck & first contact: Australian History
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
In 1796, the Calcutta merchants Campbell & Clark, sent a boat load of attractive goods, including much needed home and personal wares, and much desired rum, to sell to the isolated people in the new penal colony at Port Jackson (now current day Sydney).
The Sydney Cove foundered and the men were obliged to take refuge on Preservation Island. Some of the crew continued on, in a longboat & on foot, to raise the alarm & affect a rescue. This month we retell the story of their epic journey.
(70 mins)
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Ep 42 Snowy Hydro Scheme - Pt 5 - Completion: Australian History
Monday Oct 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
This episode concludes the series exploring the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme; the vast hydro electric, and irrigation project, that began in 1949 and was under construction for 25 years.
As well as providing much needed electricity and irrigation water to a soon to be booming Australia, the international workforce helped usher in the era of Multiculturalism, and the project developed engineering expertise and pride, at a time of great optimism in Australia.
(52 mins)
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Today we turn our attention the workers' arrangements. At the peak of construction, over 1959/60, there were 7300 people employed on the project. So that’s a lot of people to keep fed & watered, and entertained.
But it was hard and sometimes dangerous work, so we consider some of the human costs on the project too.
(56 mins)
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme began construction at Guthega, with a Norwegian contractor, and before too long, power was being delivered to the people.
Workers and families got used to the new environment and the working conditions as the construction projects multiplied across the project sites, while others had to get used to their relocated townships.
(60 mins)
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