A History of Australia

In this episode, we overview the substantial Battle of Parramatta, as well as the wreck of the ship, the Sydney Cove. We will also overview the start of an exploration boom led by George Bass and Mat…

In this week's episode, we overview how newly minted Governor John Hunter attempts to fix the issues of war, corruption, and rum. We also look at how John Macarthur sets a record by igniting three pu…

This week's episode will take a magnifying glass to the battle/massacre of Richmond Hill, and discuss how it relates to the greater concept of Frontier Wars across Australia's History. We'll also tak…

In this episode of the A History of Australia Podcast, we examine how Australia, and the colony of Sydney were affected by Francis Grose's rule. Will he continue Phillip's practices, or will he enabl…

In this episode of the A History of Australia Podcast, we overview how the 1790 Food Crisis ended. We also take a look at the historical events of 1791-1792, and end with a retrospective on the Gover…

This week, we continue to explore how the colony of Sydney and Governor Arthur dealt with and were affected by the food crisis. We also start to see the first instances of frontier warfare, as Pemulw…

In this episode, we'll be overviewing the first two years of the colony, picking up right where we left off last episode. We'll discuss the crime and famine which affected the colony, as well as how …

In this episode, we put a magnifying glass to the first weeks of the colonisation of Australia, and examine how Arthur Phillip and the convicts went about putting the process into motion.

This episode of the A History of Australia Podcast will look at who the convicts were and how they have been understood throughout the shifting phases of Australian history. We will also look at the …

In this episode of the A History of Australia podcast, we delve into the reasons as to why the British decided to colonise Australia, and whether it is just the same story you've known since you were…

This episode of the A History of Australia examines the British and French explorations of Australia. We look at the explorers who made their way to Australia's shores, and how they viewed both the c…

In this episode of the A History of Australia podcast, we will overview both the more fanciful and legendary explorations of Australia, as well the as the first European exploration of Australia by t…

This episode of the A History of Australia discusses the arrival of the Dingo to Australia, how the outside world first contacted the Indigenous Australians through the Makassar peoples, and the mann…

This episode of the A History of Australia podcast examines how Indigenous Australians spread around the continent once they arrived in Australia, the extinction of the Megafauna and whether humans w…

This episode of the A History of Australia podcast discusses Sahul as it was 60,000 years ago, the Megafauna that existed on it prior to human habitation, and how the first Indigenous Australians arr…

An Introduction to the A History of Australia podcast.