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E24: John Macarthur's Back Baby - Bigger and Bolder than Ever!
Season 1 Episode 24
Governor Philip Gidley King had had two big wins – he had secured Bass Strait and Van Diemen’s Land for Britain and he had ruthlessly and quickly cru…
6 hours ago
E23: The Castle Hill Rebellion
Season 1 Episode 23
The 1804 Castle Hill Rebellion was the most dramatic convict uprising in Australian history. The rebels were Irish political prisoners who had arrive…
1 week ago
E22: Manifest Destiny - Down Under
Season 1 Episode 22
In 1788 Governor Arthur Phillip had proclaimed that the British Empire was now in charge of two-thirds of a continent. It was an audacious claim for …
1 week, 6 days ago
E21: Napoleon's Spies in Sydney
Season 1 Episode 21
In 1802 the political focus of New South Wales was not domestic but geopolitical. The British and the French had been at war for nine years already a…
3 weeks ago
E20: The Court Martial of John Macarthur
Season 1 Episode 20
In September 1801, Captain John Macarthur of the NSW Corps was challenged to a duel by his commanding officer. Macarthur declined the challenge but h…
1 month ago
E19: John Macarthur in Sydney's First Duel
Season 1 Episode 19
In the late 1790s, John Macarthur took a step back from politics as he was pre-occupied with establishing the Australian wool industry. In mid-1800, …
1 month, 1 week ago
E18: The Tyranny of Governor Philip Gidley King
Season 1 Episode 18
In the first year of the 19th century Captain Philip Gidley King was sworn in as the third Governor of New South Wales. The second governor (John Hun…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
E17: The Decline, Fall and Recall of Governor Hunter
Season 1 Episode 17
Governor John Hunter served as the second governor of New South Wales during the second half of the 1790s. As Hunter’s governorship progressed, his m…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
E16: The Political Brilliance of John Macarthur
Season 1 Episode 16
After the John Baughan Affair political tension returned to the small but now flourishing colony of New South Wales. It was 1796. In this increasingl…
2 months, 1 week ago
E15: Australia's First Political Scandal - The Baughan Affair
Season 1 Episode 15
Governor John Hunter arrived in Sydney in 1795 with instructions directly from King George III to clean up the perceived mess in New South Wales. Hun…
2 months, 2 weeks ago