Dead Bunyip Society

Episode 22 - Graham Richardson Part 2 - Minister for Mates

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

Episode 21 - Graham Richardson Part 1 - Senator for Kneecaps

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

Episode 20 - Stafford Bullen and his 360 lions

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

Episode 19 - Eric Campbell a Half Arsed Fascist

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

Episode 18 - Terror in Tasmania - The Australian Genocide - Part 2

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

Episode 17 - Horror on the Hawkesbury - The Australian Genocide - Part 1

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

Episode 16 - How seven million dead seals built Aussie capitalism

Today we're talking about how a group of plucky eighteenth century colonists including emancipist trader Simeon Lord built Australian capitalism…but clubbing seven million seals to death. 
 
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
 
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

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.
 
Buy Pissants by Brandon Jack here: https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Pissants/Brandon-Jack/9781761633072. Buy Nock Loose by Patrick Marlborough here: https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/nock-loose/
 
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
 
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. 
 
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
 
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).
 
Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety
 
Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006