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

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

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

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

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

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

Today we're talking about the history of sex work in eighteenth and nineteenth Australia.

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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Today we're talking about the 1933 WA Referendum, AKA that time that WA tried to set up its own country

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Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Today we're talking about Robert Towns, the man who founded Townsville and also owned fellow human beings.

Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety

Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

CONTENT WARNING: This podcast discusses issues relating to child abuse. Listener discretion is encouraged. 

The Family is arguably Australia's most famous cult. This podcast examines the conflicted scholarship on cults and discusses the history of the family as well as how we should think about cults, their victims and what they can teach us about contemporary society. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliograhy @deadbunyipsociety

Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006