Dead Bunyip Society
Dead Bunyip Society is a popular history podcast about the people who made Australia.
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Today we are discussing the First Mardi Gras, the persecution of LGBT people in Australia and how we should think about protests more generally.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Today we are discussing the history of swimming in the buff in Australia, both because I needed a lighter topic after the last episode and also because I am shamelessly copying The Dollop.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Today we are covering Brenton Tarrant, the Australian perpetrator of the worst act of terrorism in New Zealand and Australian history. Content warning: this episode covers some fairly difficult material, listener discretion is advised.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Today is the third and final part in our series on Graham Richardson titled Kingmaker.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Today is the second part in our series on Graham Richardson titled Minister for Mates. There will be a third part coming soon.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Today we’re talking about Graham Richardson. This is the first part in a two part series on a unique figure who shaped Australia’s political landscape, for better or worse (mainly worse).
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Content Warning: Suicide and a *lot* of lion maulings.
Today we’re talking about Stafford Bullen, a man who owned 360 lions and whose Safari Parks were associated with at least three deaths.
To hear Love Machine’s Version of the Lion Sleeps Tonights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5J9coUCjVY&t=657s. To see the ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU-1bWhVo-g
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Friday Oct 17, 2025
Today’s episode is about Eric Campbell arguably Australia’s most successful fascist and what we can learn about the recent wave of far-right activism in Australia.
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
Today is the second part of our series on the genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Today we are talking about Tasmania, starting from settlement and the bloody nineteenth century.
To learn more about the Aboriginal Massacres Project see here:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
Today we're talking about the genocide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is intended as the first in a multi-part series.
To learn more about the Aboriginal Massacres Project see here:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/mar/04/massacre-map-australia-the-killing-times-frontier-wars
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006