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Spotlight – History Daily – The Rum Rebellion – 26 January 1808
Season 10 Episode 5
Welcome to the first episode of Forgotten Australia Spotlight, which is to showcase the work of other history storytellers. First up, History Daily, …
2 months, 1 week ago
Death-Defying Death Divers – Part Four
Season 10 Episode 4
Having left his mark on Australia, Professor Charles Peart’s legend is to fade with the years, even as others step up to even greater heights for eve…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Death-Defying Death Divers – Part Three
Season 10 Episode 3
Arriving in Australia, Professor Charles Peart lives up the hype and wows crowds in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, before showing New Zeal…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Death-Defying Death Divers – Part Two
Season 10 Episode 2
After a diving tragedy shocks London, Professor Charles Peart rises to fame with his daring and dizzying head-first pool stunts.
When Australian circ…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
New Season Miniseries: Death-Defying Death Divers – Part One
Season 10 Episode 1
Welcome to Season 10! There are a lot of wild stranger-than-fiction episodes and miniseries coming your way in 2026. To start the New Year, let's spl…
3 months ago
The Marvellous Mary Stoddard
Season 9 Episode 82
In 1881, plucky Mary Stoddard won the Great Australian Christmas Card Competition and launched her long and brilliant career in the Sydney art scene.…
3 months ago
The Garden Palace Mystery Revisited
Season 9 Episode 81
Hope you all had a great Christmas. New episodes will be out next week. In the meantime...
Australia's first Christmas cards were displayed at The Gar…
3 months, 1 week ago
Australia’s Great Christmas Card Competition
Season 9 Episode 80
In 1881, after years of a Christmas card market dominated by wintry imports, the John Sands company launched a competition for Australian-themed desi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
When Santa Broke Into Pentridge
Season 9 Episode 79
A new Christmas episode is on the way. In the meantime, let’s revisit the cheekiest Santa Claus in Australian true crime history: Dusty Sheehan – the…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Shirley Butler: The Christmas Murder – Part Two
Season 9 Episode 78
In the weeks after Shirley Butler's murder, newspaper reports hinted that police weren't divulging everything they knew. Then, in June 1953, nearly s…
3 months, 4 weeks ago