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Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part One
Season 5 Episode 5
From humble beginnings in the Blue Mountains, Kathleen Butler's smarts and skills saw her play a huge but largely forgotten role in making the Sydney…
4 years ago
Shark Attack Of The Century — Part Two: The War On Sharks
Season 5 Episode 4
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4 years, 1 month ago
Shark Attack Of The Century — Part One: Into The Jaws Of Death
Season 5 Episode 4
100 years ago today — 4 February 1922 — Australia's attitude to sharks changed when the first known fatal shark attack on a Sydney ocean beach happen…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Plague Returns — Part Three: The Great Fire
Season 5 Episode 3
In March 1902 — as the Bubonic Plague tightens its grip — Sydney awakes to a disastrous fire at Her Majesty's Theatre. Next the city's Zoo falls vict…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Plague Returns — Part Two: Bigger Than Ben Hur
Season 5 Episode 3
With Bubonic Plague spreading in Sydney, the highest-profile "victim" is Ben Hur at Her Majesty's Theatre, despite producers putting pressure on the …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Plague Returns — Part One: The Bays Of Blood
Season 5 Episode 3
120 years ago today, Sydney faced an epidemic. And it also had a rat problem — but in this case it was there was too many of them.
January 1902 saw th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Five
Season 5 Episode 1
In this last instalment, the jury delivers its verdict in the marathon trial of Phillip Treffene and William Coulter for the murders of Detective-Ins…
4 years, 3 months ago
Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Four
Season 5 Episode 1
On Monday 16 August 1926, a large crowd gathered outside Perth's Supreme Court, hoping to get access to what promised to be the most sensational crim…
4 years, 4 months ago
Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Three
Season 5 Episode 1
After police swoop on their suspects, Evan 'Teddy' Clarke, Phil Treffene and William Coulter are charged with the murder. But one of these men will t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Two
Season 5 Episode 1
On 12 May 1926, south of Kalgoorlie, at an abandoned mine known as Miller's Find, Detective-Sergeant Grenville Purdue makes a horrifying discovery. T…
4 years, 4 months ago