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Wild: Stories from Western Australia's past

Wild: Stories from Western Australia's past

By: Karli Florisson
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 True stories from Western Australia's history with host Karli Florisson.© 2025 Wild: Stories from Western Australia's past World
Episodes
  • The Wreck of the Rodondo

    The Wreck of the Rodondo
    Sep 18 2025

    The Rodondo was a steamship that hit a reef travelling through the Recherche Archipelago in 1894. She was wrecked, and sank somewhere near Salisbury Island. The exact location of the sunken ship is unknown - at least until recently! There's some breaking news on this one. Listen to the whole story of the Rodondo here.

    For sources and more information, visit:

    www.wildwapodcast.com

    www.karliflorisson.com

    To support the show, you can buy me a coffee here.

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    To get in touch, make a suggestion, ask a question, or anything else, find my contact details at the websites above.

    Here are a couple of the sources I used to put together this podcast:

    Rodondo - Museum of WA Maritime database

    Finding the Rodondo

    News article - Shipwreck Hunters
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    25 mins
  • William Dampier

    William Dampier
    Sep 1 2025

    William Dampier might be a familiar name to many Western Australians - the port town of Dampier is named after him, as is the Dampier Archipelago, and several other landmarks. Who was William Dampier, and what significance did he have for Western Australia? Was he a pirate, an explorer, a naturalist, or a writer? Or all of the above?

    For more information about the sources I have used in this episode, visit www.wildwapodcast.com. For more information about Karli, or to subscribe to my newsletter, visit www.karliflorisson.com.

    To support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee at this link.

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    43 mins
  • The Sugarbird Lady

    The Sugarbird Lady
    Aug 14 2025

    This is the story of Western Australia's amazing Robin Miller, also known as the Sugarbird Lady.

    If you want to get straight to the story, you can skip ahead to 6:00.

    To support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee at this link.

    For more information about my book, or to get in touch, you can visit my website, www.karliflorisson.com.

    To watch the Esperance Historic Homesteads Documentary Series, click this link, or visit the Riggs Australia channel on YouTube.

    For more information about the podcast, or to contact me, you can visit www.wildwastories.com. There are some photos of Robin Miller on this website too, as well as on Instagram at www.instagram.com/wildwastoriespodcast/.

    There are some wonderful old articles about Robin Miller that I used as source material for this podcast. You can view them on Trove, here and here. I'll include links to some sources I've used for this podcast on my website as well.

    Thanks for listening! I hope you've enjoyed this wild story from Western Australia's past.

    © Karli Florisson, 2025
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    29 mins
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This was such a wonderful listen. The history of Western Australia is so interesting as a Perth resident I found this so interesting to listen to! The research done was spot on I am hooked and I would recommend this podcast! Short exciting stories I love it!

Such wonderful stories, enjoyed every one!

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