New and compelling stories from Australia and around the world, told by some of our most popular and trusted historians. Step inside a time machine for an immersive journey through history, where stories of people, places and events bring the past vividly into our present world.
104 Available Episodes (104 Total)Average duration: 00:29:13
Dec 10, 2019
Who Killed the Kangaroo King?
00:28:35
Andy Komarnicki disappeared without a trace from the south west Queensland town of St George in January 1980. What happened to him?
Dec 03, 2019
Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe
00:30:20
American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as much as for her paintings of sensual flowers.
Nov 26, 2019
The brazen women of silent film
00:37:03
The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian stars of silent film defied most of them.
Nov 19, 2019
Port Essington, World's End
00:28:35
Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the British to settle northern Australia. The settlement lasted 11 years, from 1838 to 1849, and sparked an intriguing cultural exchange between the British settlers and the local Indigenous people.
Nov 12, 2019
The great air race
00:28:35
The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.
Nov 05, 2019
War recipes
00:28:35
During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people - but the hunger suffered by the prisoners of War was on a whole different level.
Nov 05, 2019
Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory
00:28:35
During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whole different level.
Oct 29, 2019
The Bomb Lobby
00:28:35
In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms race, by manufacturing a bomb
Oct 22, 2019
Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth
00:39:08
Every era, every city has a crime that defines it. For Perth it was the Claremont serial killings.
Oct 15, 2019
Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun
00:31:00
Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia. Was it really a victim of its' own success?
Dec 10 | 00:28:35
Who Killed the Kangaroo King?
Dec 03 | 00:30:20
Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe
Nov 26 | 00:37:03
The brazen women of silent film
Nov 19 | 00:28:35
Port Essington, World's End
Nov 12 | 00:28:35
The great air race
Nov 05 | 00:28:35
War recipes
Nov 05 | 00:28:35
Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory
Oct 29 | 00:28:35
The Bomb Lobby
Oct 22 | 00:39:08
Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth
Oct 15 | 00:31:00
Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun
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