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Episode 303 - Nellie Stewart - Part 2
10/10/2026 | 25 mins.Nellie Stewart was the most popular performer Australia hasever produced. Nellie was born Eleanor Stewart Towzey in November 1858 atWoolloomooloo NSW. She was coined "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell".Episode 303 - Nellie Stewart - Part 1
06/10/2026 | 33 mins.Nellie Stewart was the most popular performer Australia hasever produced.
Nellie was born Eleanor Stewart Towzey in November 1858 atWoolloomooloo NSW. She was coined "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell".Shorts Episode 37 - John Thomas Coates
04/10/2026 | 16 mins.A listener got in touch with me to present the story of JohnCoates, one of her ancestors.
John Thomas Coates came to Australia as a convict forstealing a handkerchief when pickpocketing.Episode 302 - The Tasmanian Nightingale
04/10/2026 | 31 mins.Amy Sherwin was known as the 'Tasmanian Nightingale’. Before Nellie Melba Amy captivated international audiences Amy was one of the greatest sopranos of her era. It isbelieved one reason Melba’s fame lasted and Sherwin’s, didn’t may be that Amy’s heyday came before the era of records and radio.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-07/amy-sherwin,-the-tasmania-nightingale/104697766
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa045aaEpisode 301 - The Trigamist
30/09/2026 | 35 mins.In 1911, George Michaelis was committed for trial for bigamy. It was uncovered that he had married two other women when his first wife was still alive!
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