All Aussie Hour

This week is all about Mel and Josie's favourite Aussie group - the Country Women's Association. Not only do these ladies make a mean scone, they've also contributed heaps to the nation - and have some hectic rules for their fruit cake competition.

Credits:

The Week, 1922

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192982648

The Telegraph, 1922

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177884213

CWA website

https://www.cwaa.org.au/

CWA NSW

https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au

ABC, 2017, Jessica Hinchcliffe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/what-does-the-cwa-smell-like/8780430

The Silver Years

https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/visageimages/Silver_Years-web.pdf

The Golden Years

https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au/visageimages/The_Golden_Years-web.pdf

SMH, Melissa Singer, 2020

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/cake-without-the-calories-cwa-s-scone-sale-goes-virtual-20200402-p54ghp.html

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Tasmania tragic Josie takes Mel to her favourite state as she recounts the incredible story of the Beaconsfield mine collapse and rescue mission that gripped Australia for two weeks back in 2006.

To skip the zest, head straight to 26:50.

Credits:

Sydney Morning Herald, 2006

https://www.smh.com.au/national/timeline-of-beaconsfield-mine-disaster-20060501-gdnggy.html

Australian Geographic, 2013 by Karen Young

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2013/11/on-this-day-beaconsfield-miners-rescued/ 

Gympie Times, 2012 by Nev McArg

https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/beaconsfield-rescuer-relives-drama/1356501/ 

News Corp, 2016 by Megan Palin

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/beaconsfield-miners-struggling-10-years-after-disaster/news-story/600b2de0c182bfd72dfdf70d2d066643

The Australian, 2006 by Matthew Denholm

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18983465-2702,00.html

The Examiner, 2017 by Tarlia Jordan

https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4507588/rescuers-real-heroes/ 

News Corp 2016, AAP

https://www.news.com.au/national/beaconsfield-mine-survivors-brant-webb-and-todd-russell-no-longer-mates/news-story/01176c7b3bcc77c5119d9aef4aa95c51

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaconsfield_Mine_collapse

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This week, Mel takes Josie through the Wittenoom disaster, where asbestos mining turned deadly for generations and left a town at critical contamination levels - and completely abandoned.

Wanna skip the zest? Head to 18:00.

Credits:

ABC Pilbara, Gian De Poloni, 2018

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/australias-deadliest-ghost-town-wittenoom-a-tourist-hotspot/9987328

The West Australian, Tom Zaunmayr, 2018

https://thewest.com.au/news/pilbara-news/group-gives-rare-glimpse-into-wittenooms-heyday-ng-b88728531z

ABC Pilbara, Karen Michelmore, 2019

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-20/final-wittenoom-residents-to-be-forced-out/10917928

ABC Pilbara, Ben Collins, 2015

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/scientists-and-victims-unite-to-find-a-cure-for-asbestos-related/6963752

ABC Radio National, Kirsti Melville, 2019

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/the-ghosts-of-wittenoom-part-2/10747390

Department of Commerce WA

https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe/wittenoom-images

WA Today, AAP Reporters, 2012

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/deadly-asbestos-mine-takes-toll-for-wittenoom-kids-20120904-25bkg.html

The Doom Of Wittenoom, Andrew Fieldes, 2006

https://www.pbase.com/afildes/wittenoomdoom

The West Australian, Liam Croy, 2017

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/it-may-be-a-ghost-town-but-for-some-wittenoom-is-home-ng-b88341296z

9 Honey, Katherine Scott, 2019

https://travel.nine.com.au/latest/australias-most-contaminated-town-wittenoon-abandoned/b7752071-b209-452a-bdfb-442a73b66c25

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If you thought Waltzing Matilda was just an old timey bush ballad, think again! Josie tells Mel all about the spicy love triangle that inspired Banjo Paterson's iconic tune.

Wanna skip the zest? Head to 29:07.

Credits:

Slim Dusty - "Waltzing Matilda":

https://youtu.be/FqtttbbYfSM

ABC Conversations - "Waltzing Matilda - The Story Behind the Song":

https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/15/4046331.htm 

The Capricornian newspaper from 14 Dec 1901:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68258559

ABC Radio National 2014:

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/rarecollections/2014-01-26/5222120

ABC News 2010:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-02-12/waltzing-matilda-an-old-cold-case/329506 

The Daily Telegraph excerpt from the book "Mistress, The True Stories of Mistresses And Their Men" by Matthew Benns and Terry Smyth:

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/mistress-the-true-story-of-mistresses-and-their-men-chapter-8-the-love-triangle-behind-waltzing-matilda/news-story/a8804da5d3df91db3c2cde9f16b5eb13 

Australian Poetry Library:

https://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/paterson-a-b-banjo 

Trishan’s Oz:

https://trishansoz.com/trishansoz/waltzing-matilda/waltz.html

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This week, Mel tells Josie the story of Rodney Fox, a South Australian spear fisherman who, after being horrifically mauled by a great white shark wound up making a whole business out of diving with the creatures themselves.

Wanna skip the zest? Head to 17:35.

CREDITS:

Traveller.com.au, 2006

https://www.traveller.com.au/great-white-fever-5zfw

ABC interview, 2002 produced by Peter Lindon

https://web.archive.org/web/20131114194437/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s518746.htm

Rodney Fox.com.au

https://www.rodneyfox.com.au/about-us/rodney-fox/

The Advertiser, Nathan Davies, 2019

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/rodney-foxs-stolen-signed-jaws-book-returned-after-25-years/news-story/f01efcf744c24fd4411d14b8ce500abf

Kids News, Claire Peddie, 2018

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/environment/honour-for-shark-victim-rodney-fox-who-overcame-his-fear-to-become-a-shark-saviour/news-story/19f3c726a3feae9ddfb11367353fdd13

The Guardian, James Stewart, 2015

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/07/jaws-40-years-shark-diving-australia

Onya Magazine, Caitlin Jones, 2013

https://www.onyamagazine.com/australian-affairs/history/the-great-white-sharks-best-friend/

ABC Adelaide, Brett Williamson, 2012

https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/02/17/2493781.htm

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Josie loves a crime, and goes (not very far back) in time to 2011, telling Mel all the gritty details of the insane Mosman collar bomb attack on 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver.

Credits:

Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2011 with reporting from AAP, Glenda Kwek and Nick Ralston

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bomb-device-attached-to-mosman-schoolgirl-was-a-very-very-elaborate-hoax-20110804-1icbe.html

Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2011 with reporting from Saffron Howden, Nick Ralston, Rachel Olding, Kim Arlington and Gareth Hutchens

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/nsw/novel-signature-adds-to-bomb-hoax-mystery-20110804-1idms.html 

ABC 4 August 2011

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-04/police-free-girl-mosman-bomb-incident/2823730?nw=0 

Australian Financial Review, August 17 2011 compiled by Ben Woodhead

https://www.afr.com/world/us-bomb-hoax-suspect-to-fight-charges-20110817-i4bs0 

News Corp, October 2012 by Amy Dale

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/inside-the-confused-dark-world-of-collar-bomb-hoaxer-paul-douglas-peters-ng-0b9b9de379ae0bb37cc20ceef527f6ea 

Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 2012 by Paul Bibby

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fake-collar-bomber-jailed-for-minimum-10-years-20121120-29n9d.html 

Daily Telegraph, 13 September 2017 by Danielle Gusmaroli

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/maddie-pulver-shocked-to-win-courage-award-after-bomb-hoax-ordeal/news-story/cb33ef4cdf2cebbda9b81bb8ce3c048d 

Daily Mail, 30 Oct 2019 by Nic White and Brittany Chain

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7632951/Sydney-collar-bomb-victim-Maddie-Pulver-26-interior-designer.html 

Readers Digest by Simon Bouda

https://www.rd.com/true-stories/survival/bomb-collar/

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Mel tells Josie all about The Hydro Majestic Hotel, the fanciest place in the NSW Blue Mountains area with a quirky history of being a sanatorium, WWII soldier respite centre and... home of 25,000 crabs?

Credits:

The Hydro Majestic Hotel website

https://www.hydromajestic.com.au/

Dictionary Of Sydney

https://dictionaryofsydney.org/

In Daily, Caroline Berdon

https://indaily.com.au/eat-drink-explore/travel/2017/06/06/hydro-majestic-feels-creaks-time/

SMH, Tim Barlass

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/blue-mountains-hydro-majestic-makes-a-30m-return-to-former-glory-20141025-11bren.html

The Atlantic, Sarah Zhang

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/12/dark-history-of-showering/577636/

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Aquatic Tale Enthusiast/Whale Fearer Josie tells Mel about a pod of killer whales who worked for a company of human whalers in Eden, NSW back in the 1800s.

Credits:

2014 Scientific American blog by Bec Crew

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-legend-of-old-tom-and-the-gruesome-law-of-the-tongue/

2010 Sydney Morning Herald article the King of the Killers by Steve Meacham

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/the-king-of-the-killers-20100916-15er7.html

2017 History Cooperative article by Meghan No Surname

https://historycooperative.org/history-whaling-twofold-bay/ 

Geneaology website Monaro Pioneers, a 2016 post by Cheryl Moore

http://www.monaropioneers.com/davidsonaw.htm  

2010 ABC South East NSW article by Bill Brown http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/09/17/3014987.htm

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Mel and Josie are back, babey! In the first episode of their brand new podcast (you might remember them from their first podcast All Aussie Mystery Hour), Mel dives straight into one of the spiciest tales from Australian politics - that time our sexy Prime Minister Gough Whitlam got himself dismissed. Whoopsie!

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