Aussie History Podcast

In June 1826 local Campbelltown farmer Frederick Fisher disappeared. Four months later John Farley ran into the local pub claiming to have seen Frederick Fisher's ghost sitting on a bridge pointing to where his body lay.  

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Direct download: AHP_119_Fishers_Ghost_-_311020_12.45_pm.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 1:30pm AEST

On 15 October 1970, 50 years ago, workers were busy constructing a new bridge over the Yarra River in Melbourne. Suddenly the bridge started to groan, a pinging noise filled the air and the bridge just fell away. As a result of this tragedy 35 workers died.

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Direct download: AHP118_Westgate_Bridge_-_311020_12.08_pm.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 1:00pm AEST

On 1 January 1915 Badsha Mahommed Gool and Mullah Abdullah shot dead four people and wounded seven more just outside the western NSW mining town of Broken Hill. Was this incident an act of war during WWI, a terrorist attack, or simply a criminal act by the two men concerned?

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Direct download: AHP_117_Batle_fo_Broken_Hill_-_41020_7.54_pm.mp3
Category:History -- posted at: 7:00am AEST

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