Dead Bunyip Society

Episode 15 - Wittenoom: Australia's Chernobyl

Today we're talking about Wittenoom in Western Australia, the largest exclusion zone in Australia and the site of Australia’s largest industrial disaster.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 14 - The Japanese Invasion Myth

Today we're doing some Australian History Mythbusting. The first myth we’re tackling is the idea that the Japanese ever planned to invade Australia in 1942. 
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 13 - The second time Australia went to war in Iraq

Today we're talking about the Iraq War, Iraqi history and Australian foreign policy. I also go down a bit of a rabbit hole talking about the fascinating history of pre-Modern and modern Iraq (sorry).
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 12 - Bill Leak - Twilight of the Boomers

 
Today we're talking about Bill Leak, a controversial artist and political cartoonist who died in 2017 and generated a national controversy with his reactionary cartoons. Today’s episode is also about the Baby Boomers as a generation and why they are the worst.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
 

Episode 11 - The Children of God & the History of Child Protection in Australia

Today we're talking about the Children of God, an evangelical Christian group from which 140 children were removed in 1992 in the largest ever single children removal activity in Australian history.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
 

Episode 10 - The Rum Rebellion & The Landlord Ascendancy

Today we're talking about the “Rum Rebellion” of 1808, also talking about Australia’s drinking culture and the ascendency of the landlord.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 9 - Magdalene Homes in Australia

Today we're talking about Magdelene Homes in Australia, the historical mistreatment of children in out of home care, popular history and how the ABC sucks.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 8 - Dr Harry Bailey - Australia's Worst Psychiatrist

Today we're talking about Dr Harry Bailey a man who loved cutting up gay and lesbian brains and trapping people in nightmare comas for weeks at a time.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 7 - Edward De Lacy Evans - Australia's First (Documented) Trans Man

Today we're talking about Edward De Lacy Evans, a perfectly ordinary nineteenth century working class fella, who had a pretty big secret.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 6 - John Mackay - Explorer and Blackbirder

Today we're talking about John Mackay, the man who "discovered" Mackay in Queensland and also trafficked in human beings.
 
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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006