A History of Australia

This week, we end our three-parter on the Eureka stockade by looking at its immediate consequences and its long-term legacy throughout Australia's history. Is it the democratic, national revolution m…

This week, we discuss the Battle for the Stockade itself, and examine the final days leading up to it. 

This episode, we discuss the immediate causes in the months leading up to the Eureka Stockade. Join us for the first of three parts, discussing the Stockade and its legacy!

This week, we discuss everything that is happening throughout Australia in 1854 before the Eureka Stockade. We'll observe the first telegraphs and trains on the continent, alongside fears of Russian …

In this episode, we discuss the year 1853, with its sprees of bushranger crimes, new frontier conflicts, ongoing issues with the gold license system, the final end of convict transportation to Victor…

This week, we continue our dive into Australia's gold rushes. We also discuss the lingering death of convict transportation to the Eastern colonies, as well as the most deadly flood in Australia's hi…

This week, we examine the goldfields of mid and late 1851, as well as the reason the gold diggers first began protesting in Victoria. In addition, we also look at the first Black Thursday fires on th…

In this episode, we discuss the beginning of the gold rush in Australia. We also take some time to talk about the possible pre-gold rush gold finds that may or may not have happened through Australia…

This week, we discuss the disappearance of Ludwig Leichhardt in the Australia's great desert, while also talking about the issue of convict transportation throughout the colony, and the start of NSW …

This week, we take a break from our chronological retelling of Australia's history to discuss Australia's involvement in our neighbour's colonisation, as well as in their frontier wars. 

This week, we explore the failures and downfalls of both NSW Governor Gipps and Van Dieman's Land Governor Wilmot. We also discuss the risky exploration undertaken by Ludwig Leichhardt and Charles St…

This week, we look towards the lurching forward of democracy which occurred throughout New South Wales in the early 1840s. We also take the time to discuss Governor Gipps' legislative brawl with the …

In this minisode, we discuss Norfolk Island and the half a dozen convict mutinies, rebellions, and riots which occurred throughout its second period of colonisation. 

In this episode, we discuss the ongoings of colonial Australia during the period of 1840-1843, with a specific focus towards the colonies affected by the Depression of the 1840s. These include the do…

This week we examine Frontier warfare in the "free colony" of Australia, and see whether 50 years of experience and knowledge changes frontier warfare for the better or worse. 

In this minisode, we overview the life of Elizabeth Macarthur, wife of John Macarthur and perhaps the true pioneer of Australia's wool industry.

We've got a packed episode this week, as we overview Frontier War in Victoria and NSW, the end of two Governors, and the cessation of Convict Transportation to NSW. 

In this episode, we discuss the Colonisation of "the non-convict state", South Australia. We examine whether its pioneer Edward Wakefield deserved such a title, and how the colony actually got starte…

In this episode, we discuss frontier war on the main Australian continent throughout the 1830s, between the fort warfare in the North and the Battles in Western Australia.