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Forgotten Australia

Forgotten Australia

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Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and bizarre happenings that are almost always stranger than fiction. Each episode brings to life people and events that were once known to everyone but are now barely remembered by anyone. Based on intensive original research, Forgotten Australia is crafted with a novelist’s eye for character and detail to create gripping narratives that sound so fresh it's like they're ripped from today's headlines. This is the history you wish you’d been taught in school.


You can get early ad-free access and bonus Forgotten Australia episodes by subscribing at Apple or supporting at Patreon.

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  • This Week in 1905: Aussie Feminist Highs & Lows, the First Empire Day, an American President Ends a Russian War, and a Ratcatcher Echoes in Eternity

    This Week in 1905: Aussie Feminist Highs & Lows, the First Empire Day, an American President Ends a Russian War, and a Ratcatcher Echoes in Eternity
    May 23 2025

    In London this week, the Aussie suffragist Nellie Martel explains to English women how they can win the vote, while back at home pioneering feminist Louisa Lawson’s publication The Dawn teeters on the brink of closure. Plus: the first Empire Day; the final battles of the Russo-Japanese War mean a Nobel Peace Prize for Teddy Roosevelt; and in Sydney a ratcatching hero survives Bubonic Plague – again.


    Kathy Bowrey: "The threat posed by a woman inventor: law, labour and the subjugation of Louisa Lawson"

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2024.2331591


    For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    Check out my books:


    They’ll Never Hold Me:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html


    The Murder Squad:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html


    Hanging Ned Kelly:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html


    Australia’s Sweetheart:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html



    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com


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    40 mins
  • This Week in 1979: Aussie Movies Go Global, Ye Olde TV Listings & Our Forgotten Comedy Genius

    This Week in 1979: Aussie Movies Go Global, Ye Olde TV Listings & Our Forgotten Comedy Genius
    May 16 2025

    This week at the Cannes Film Festival, My Brilliant Career made Australian film history, while back home Rupert Murdoch became a Sydney TV mogul, setting the stage for his world-changing Fox News empire. Meanwhile, Aussies lived with limited television choices even as they remained unaware that one of their own was reshaping American screen entertainment with his cutting edge comedies and pioneering reality formats.



    For free trial access to early ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus episodes:

    Apple.co/ForgottenAustralia or https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/forgotten-australia/id1442763878

    Patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia


    Check out my books:

    They’ll Never Hold Me:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html

    The Murder Squad:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html

    Hanging Ned Kelly:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html

    Australia’s Sweetheart:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html

    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com


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    43 mins
  • This Week in 1954 - Sydney Anarchy, Killer Trains, a Climate Warming Warning, Record Setters & the Roo Roo Hop

    This Week in 1954 - Sydney Anarchy, Killer Trains, a Climate Warming Warning, Record Setters & the Roo Roo Hop
    May 8 2025

    Pirates, sailors, mountaineers and the Abominable Snowman run riot through Sydney – a Sydney were you risk life and limb every time you catch a train. Also this week: scientists prove that the world is warming – and cite civilisation as the cause. Elsewhere, a young bloke tries to set a piano playing record, a Pommy athlete breaks through an ‘impossible’ barrier, Australian television is finally given a green light and American youngsters bounce around like kangaroos.


    Roo Roo Kangaroo:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq8lImdakvA


    For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    Check out my books:


    They’ll Never Hold Me:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html


    The Murder Squad:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html


    Hanging Ned Kelly:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html


    Australia’s Sweetheart:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html



    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    29 mins

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History for real.

Best Australian history podcast I have found. So well done it's like time travel for the listener. Absolute top class production and narration.

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Brilliant podcast, love hearing about history and people that would be forgotten without this series

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