Australia On This Day

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  • What happened on this day back in the day? From the creator of Forgotten Australia, this is your daily dose of the stories that made headlines and sometimes made history.

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    Michael Adams
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  • 5 August - 1944 - The Cowra Breakout

    5 August - 1944 - The Cowra Breakout
    Aug 4 2021
    REPEAT: At 2am on this day in 1944, the Cowra Breakout began. This episode looks at the man who blew the bugle that gave the signal for the mass escape – and how he wound up behind barbed wire as the first Japanese POW in the first place, courtesy of a Darwin Digger's odd angry shot and the bravery of an Aboriginal man from the Tiwi Islands.

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    18 mins
  • 4 August - 1845 - Australia's Titanic

    4 August - 1845 - Australia's Titanic
    Aug 3 2021
    REPEAT: 176 years ago today, Australia suffered what is still our worst civil maritime disaster when the emigrant ship Cataraqui struck a reef off King Island and sank in Bass Strait. Of the 409 aboard, just nine were to survive - but fate held a cruel trick in store for two of these men.

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    14 mins
  • 3 August - 1912 - The Persecution Of The Eccentric Sexologist

    3 August - 1912 - The Persecution Of The Eccentric Sexologist
    Aug 2 2021
    REPEAT: On this day in 1912, William Chidley, radical sexologist and one of Australia’s most eccentric characters, was arrested for being a lunatic – the first use of this power against him in a vendetta that’d eventually make him a martyr to free speech.

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    19 mins

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Fun Informative and not overly long episodes

I love this podcast. Interesting facts about moments in our history. Especially love it when I remember the event. Amazing research.

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fantastic

interesting and esoteric stories of our past . I really enjoyed hearing the appropriate antipodean accent . the research into each small story must have a huge task . entertaining sobering informative with a refreshing lack of hyperbole.

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