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True tales of convict capers, bushranger blunders and political pickles come alive. Unearth the dusty bits of our past you didn’t know you existed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. The Beaconsfield Mine Collapse

    FEB 12

    The Beaconsfield Mine Collapse

    During Australia’s gold-rush era, miners were drawn not just to rivers and fields, but to deep quartz reefs locked inside hard rock. At Beaconsfield in northern Tasmania, that discovery led to a mine that would operate, in different forms, for more than a century. In April 2006, a seismic event underground interrupted that long history, turning routine work into an uncertain crisis beneath the surface. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min
  2. Bushranger Book One: Black Caesar

    JAN 29

    Bushranger Book One: Black Caesar

    Before Australia had roads, towns, or a stable food supply, the colony was already producing its first outcasts. In a settlement governed by hunger and discipline, one transported convict—known to history as Black Caesar—crossed the line between containment and survival. Unknowingly, he set in motion the earliest form of bushranging, before it had a name and before the colony knew how to respond to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    31 min
  3. The Thalidomide Scandal

    08/06/2025

    The Thalidomide Scandal

    In the early 1960s, a new "wonder drug" swept through Australian pharmacies—promising relief from morning sickness and sleepless nights. It was hailed as safe, gentle, and modern. But behind its glossy packaging, something sinister was unfolding. The truth about the drug would take years to surface—and when it did, it would reveal one of the darkest and most avoidable medical disasters in Australian history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  4. The Batavia Shipwreck

    07/24/2025

    The Batavia Shipwreck

    In 1629, the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia wrecked on the treacherous reefs of the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia. What followed was one of history’s most horrifying tales of survival, mutiny, and mass murder. Stranded on the lawless barren islands with no immediate rescue, a power-hungry merchant named Jeronymus Cornelisz seized control, unleashing a brutal reign of terror that saw over 100 men, women, and children slaughtered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min
  5. The Emu War

    07/17/2025

    The Emu War

    In the sun-scorched expanse of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, late 1932 brought more than just drought and economic hardship—it brought an invader unlike any other. Not soldiers, not bandits, but a battalion of emus: towering, flightless birds with long legs that could outrun a man and a stubbornness that made them the unlikeliest adversaries in the annals of warfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
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True tales of convict capers, bushranger blunders and political pickles come alive. Unearth the dusty bits of our past you didn’t know you existed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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