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The Aussie Who Saved John F. Kennedy – Part Two
Season 5 Episode 10
Here is the conclusion to Reg Evans's astounding story – including his belated rediscovery.
I'll be making another episode about another incredible co…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Aussie Who Saved John F. Kennedy – Part One
Season 5 Episode 10
Recently I was very pleased to be able to help the United States embassy with information, contacts and material relating to the activities of our co…
3 years, 8 months ago
More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part Two
Season 5 Episode 9
In this concluding instalment, Eve Gray tries to come to grips with being mostly for her beauty before making the move to London that will change her…
3 years, 9 months ago
More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part One
Season 5 Episode 9
A century ago, Sydney chorus girl Eve Gray won a beauty competition and shot to national fame. 'Australia's Most Beautiful Girl' was soon a theatrica…
3 years, 9 months ago
The First Dismissal – Part Two: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier
Season 5 Episode 8
In this final instalment of The First Dismissal, we look at Robert Beardsmore's horrific experiences at Fromelles in 1916, his role in a 1922 soldier…
3 years, 10 months ago
The First Dismissal – Part One and a Half: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier
Season 5 Episode 8
When – if – Robert Henry Beardsmore is mentioned in connection with the May 1932 dismissal of Jack Lang, he's depicted as merely an old public servan…
3 years, 10 months ago
The First Dismissal – Part One: The Last Days of Jack Lang
Season 5 Episode 8
On this day 90 years ago, firebrand NSW Premier Jack Lang was sacked by Governor Sir Phillip Game.
In this first of two instalments, we look at Lang'…
3 years, 10 months ago
'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part Two
Season 5 Episode 6
With the newspapers depicting Henry Maple as determined to commit crimes as terrible as Ned Kelly's atrocities, and the police handing out high-power…
4 years ago
'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part One
Season 5 Episode 6
100 years ago today a 15-year-old bushranger dubbed ‘Young Ned Kelly’ made his last stand against an army of heavily armed police and vigilantes. In …
4 years ago
Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part Two
Season 5 Episode 5
Kathleen Butler's smarts and skills saw her play a huge if forgotten role in making the Sydney Harbour Bridge a reality. But this female pioneer in e…
4 years ago