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

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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

On 1 January 1915 six people died in the events popularly known as "The Battle of Broken Hill", but why did this happen? Who was Mullah Abdullah and why did he participate in the murder of four innocent people? This episode examines the fascinating history of 'Afghan' Cameleers and what little we can know about Abdullah, and some thoughts on the society that created him.