Australianarama

By Jessica Adie & Maddie Nixon

An Australian history and pop culture podcast hosted by Jessica Adie and Maddie Nixon. Two best mates take turns each week to research a topic that ~shaped the nation~. The Harold Holt memorial swim... more

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

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August 01, 2021 26. The Sydney 2000 Olympics - Part 1
The games of the new millennium! Thropedo, Fatso the Wombat, Cathy Freeman and plenty of drama. What a time to be alive!
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SOURCES: Sydney 2000 Rewind Channel 7, Los Angeles Times, Olympics.Com, Encyclopedia Britannica, The Conversation, The independent UK, Benchmark Games, NFSA, Australia Geographic, ABC, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and The Associated Press.

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1h 7min
July 25, 2021 25. Slip, Slop, Slap!
A cartoon seagull and a catchy tune that changed a generation. Slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen and slap on a hat as Jess looks into the Cancer Council’s classic advertising campaign.
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SOURCES: SunSmart, Cancer Council Victoria, Cancer Council Australia, Cancer Council ACT, The Australian Media Hall of Fame, the ABC, alexanderstitt.com, IMDB, Wikipedia.

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37min
July 18, 2021 24. Australia Post
Aus Post is the longest running and one of the only remaining publicly owned national institutions in Australia. With that comes plenty of drama, watches and politics. Maddie explains all - no postage necessary.
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SOURCES: Australia Post Heritage Strategy, Aus post website, National Museum of Australia, Four Corners, Wikipedia, Parliamentary Education Office

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57min
July 11, 2021 23. Patyegarang
The remarkable story of Patyegarang, a young Cammeraygal woman, around 15 years old when the British invaded in the 1780s. She met William Dawes, a British colonist and astronomer, and taught him her language, in one of the earliest documented cultural exchanges between Aboriginal people and European colonisers. His notebooks contain one of the only known first hand accounts of the Dharug/Eora language, and were lost for many years.
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SOURCES: The Notebooks of William Dawes, The ABC, The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Powerhouse museum of applied arts and science, Australian dictionary of biography, Wikipedia.

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28min
July 04, 2021 22. The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Barnaby Joyce
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is know for his ‘unique’ style of leadership. Maddie unpacks the rise, fall, and rise again, of the pollie from Tamworth.
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SOURCES: ABC 7:30, Kitchen Cabinet, Buzzfeed News, Bendigo Advertiser, The Guardian, ABC News, BarnabyJoyce.com, news.com

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50min
June 27, 2021 21. Fantasy Glades
Once upon a time in Port Macquarie there was a little theme park, part Brothers Grimm storybook and part borderline Disney copyright infringement, all delightful. Closed since 2002 and now overtaken by koalas, the low budget animatronics are long gone, but Fantasy Glades still lives happily ever after in Jess’s memories
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SOURCES: The Guardian, The ABC, The Macleay Argus, Port Macquarie News, and Wikipedia.

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36min
June 20, 2021 20. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
A ‘review’ of the classic hit ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’. 3 drag queens, 1 bus, many queer times.
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1h 2min
June 06, 2021 19. Bullen’s African Safari Parks
The Tiger King of Australia (sort of). The Bullens were once the owners of Australia’s biggest animal tourism empire. This is a tale of travelling circuses, big cats and theme parks gone wrong.
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SOURCES: Triple M, Animals All Around, Real Estate.com, Gold Coast Bulletin, Lost Logan Facebook, Courier Mail, QLD Places.com, Jimboomba Times, Visit Sydney Australia.com, ABC Archives - Dynasties, Sydney Morning Herald, Zoochat.com Forum.

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38min
May 30, 2021 18. Physie
Combining elements of dance, gymnastics, and marching in a perfect square, Physie is a uniquely Australian sport you’ve likely never heard of. Jess investigates a world of leotards, fake tan and fierce competition.
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SOURCES: The BJP website, The APDA website, The EP Physie website, the ABC, Australian Photography, and Wikipedia

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34min
May 23, 2021 17. Iconic Children’s TV Puppets
Australian Children’s television has a lot to answer for. Maddie tracks the history of some of the most iconic, innovative (and sometimes terrifying) puppets that have graced our screens over the last 40+ years.
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SOURCES: Screen Australia, The World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry Arts, Larrikin Puppets, ABC and Pedestrian.

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1h 4min

FAQs about Australianarama:

How many episodes does Australianarama have?

The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.