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This Week in 1932: 32 Rabbit Holes – Part One
Season 9 Episode 65
From robots and rockets, to mad scientists, anti-democratic techbros and narcissistic fascist strongmen, a lot of what was making news this week in t…
10 months ago
This Week in 1907: All Quacked Up
Season 9 Episode 64
Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills, Freeman’s Chlorodyne, Hearn’s Bronchitis Cure, Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills – what was in these and other patent medici…
10 months, 1 week ago
Short – The Coastwatcher’s Lonely War
Season 9 Episode 63
In July 1942, as Australia’s armed forces were about to begin what would become the legendary battle for the Kokoda Track, in another occupied part o…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Short – The Ballad of Australia’s Forgotten Boxing Champion
Season 9 Episode 62
In July 1919, tiny-statured but huge-hearted youngster George Mendies won the Australian Flyweight Title. This was a crown he'd defend successfully a…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Short – One Man, Two Mining Disasters
Season 9 Episode 61
Australia suffered what is still our worst industrial disaster when an explosion ripped through the Mount Kembla mine on 31 July 1902. Strikingly, le…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Short: An Aussie Movie Star’s Acid Horror
Season 9 Episode 60
At the height of the silent movie era, young Australian star Lotus Thompson set her sights on Hollywood. But she soon faced a problem: her legs were …
11 months ago
Short: SS Waratah – Australia's Own 'Titanic' Mystery
Season 9 Episode 59
In July 1909, the world wondered what had become of the SS Waratah, last seen off coast of South Africa with more than 200 souls aboard. This grim my…
11 months, 1 week ago
Short: Australia's Free Speech Martyr
Season 9 Episode 58
William Chidley was an early 20th Century Australian eccentric with his own philosophies, which he preached and published - and for which he was rele…
11 months, 1 week ago
This Week in 1981: Don't Believe the Hype
Season 9 Episode 57
The death of stuntman Dale Buggins, the arrival of Adam Ant in Australia and new ‘evidence’ in the Azaria Chamberlain case – it was a big week for se…
11 months, 1 week ago
This Week in 1956: TV debuts, rock ’n’ roll riots and a dancing senior citizen takes on the world
Season 9 Episode 55
In the third week of September 1956, a small number of Australians finally saw what all the fuss was about when regular TV broadcasts began. It was a…
11 months, 2 weeks ago