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Invasion 1975 - the untold story of the Chinese-Timorese
Millie Skoko had never really thought much about her Mum’s side of the family, who are Chinese Timorese, and who came to live in Australia in the ear…
3 years ago
Visions of the Filipina bride
Growing up in the 1990s, Alan Weedon always wondered why he was one of many kids born to an Australian father and Filipina mother. It was a pattern r…
3 years ago
Fanny Smith: Icon
In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world tha…
3 years ago
Laya's Way Home Part 2
In 1945, Adolf Semler, a German World War One hero, was sent to a slave labour camp for refusing to denounce his Jewish wife Laya. In 2022, their gre…
3 years, 1 month ago
Laya's Way Home Part 2
In 1945, Adolf Semler, a German World War One hero, was sent to a slave labour camp for refusing to denounce his Jewish wife Laya. In 2022, their gre…
3 years, 1 month ago
Laya's Way Home Part 1
In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany. Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rathe…
3 years, 1 month ago
Laya's Way Home Part 1
In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany. Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rathe…
3 years, 1 month ago
Spies, lies and hairdryers
In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double…
3 years, 1 month ago
Through Samurai Eyes, ep 2
When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale of convict mutineers, samura…
3 years, 1 month ago
Through Samurai eyes: one of Australia's greatest convict escape stories
A dramatic tale featuring pirates, Samurai warriors, a historical detective and a ship of escaped convicts from Australia who washed up in Japan in 1…
3 years, 1 month ago