A History of Australia

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.

This episode, we discuss Queensland becoming the first and only state in Australia's history to abolish its upper house. We also talk about the New States Movements for the first time, the Empire Settlement Scheme, 2 State Elections, and the 1922 Federal Election which sees the arrival of the Bruce-Page government.

This episode we discuss the Group Settlement Schemes, the Barnardo's Boys, the Gun Alley Murder, the Murder of MP Percy Brookfield, and plenty of state politics in an episode packed with many events.

This episode, we discuss the formation of the Communist Party of Australia. In addition, we talk about two key legal cases which significantly changed Australian federalism, R v Licensing Court of Brisbane and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamships Co Ltd, as well as 3 major state elections (one has minor parties galore in it!)

This week, we discuss the many instances of post-war unrest throughout Australia in 1919. These include the Red Flag Riots, the Battle of the Barricades/Fremantle Wharf Strike, the Townsville Meatworkers Strike, the HMAS Australia Mutiny, and the 1919 Peace Day Riots. We also discuss the 1919 federal election and the arrival of the Country Party in Australian politics.