A History of Australia

In this episode, we discuss the last document frontier massacres, the Coniston massacres. We also discuss Charles Kingsford Smith's and Charles Ulm's flight across the Pacific, the 1928 Waterside Workers Federation Strike, and the Bundaberg Tragedy.

This episode, we discuss the first rise and fall of NSW Premier Jack Lang. We also talk about the Berkley Street gangster shootout, the launching of the 2nd HMAS Australia, the formation of the ACTU (Australasian Council of Trade Unions), and a couple state elections.

This episode, we examine the 1925 Federated Seaman's Union Strike. We also discuss some key state elections, such as the 1925 NSW election which saw Jack Lang become Premier for the first time and the Communist Party of Australia contest its first election. Finally, we talk about the 1925 Federal election, the splitting of the Northern Territory, and more across 1925 and 1926.

This episode, we discuss significant milestones in the evolution of technology in Australia, from the arrival of Holden onto the car manufacturing scene to the establishment of radio stations across Australia. We also talk about the establishment of compulsory voting at a federal level, political chaos in Victoria, and the Big Brother Movement.

This episode we examine the Victorian Police Strike of 1923, alongside Tasmania's financial crisis, the beginning of construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Marble Bar Heatwave, and (potentially) the first ANZAC Day dawn service.