Douglas Mawson has returned from the Shackleton Expedition in Antarctica, but he soon gets the urge to go back to the ice. He journeys to England to raise money for his own Antarctic mission - a scientific endeavour with the primary aim to discover new territory.

Guest: Dr David Day (Historian and Emeritus of La Trobe University).

Books:
Flaws in the Ice: In search of Douglas Mawson (Scribe, 2013)
Antarctica: A Biography (Oxford, 2012)

Douglas Mawson 2: The Home of the Blizzard

The podcasting of a life, by Matt Smith. “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” - Charles Dickens.

History

Society & Culture

With his last desperate stand at an end, Ned Kelly will be tried and executed for his crimes in 1880, at the age of 25. His name and notoriety would only grow, and a surprisingly mixed reputation as a larrikin bushranger would develop. Many Australians would come to admire the legend and the myth, without necessarily understanding the man.

Guest: Dr Doug Morrissey (Historian and author of Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life)

Ned Kelly 4: Such is Life

The Kelly gang they are broke and on the run, having ambushed and killed policeman and conducted bank heists. Their next plan is their most daring, or perhaps reckless, centring around the victorian town of Glenrowan.

Guest: Dr Doug Morrissey (Historian and author of Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life)

Ned Kelly 3: The Last Stand

Ned Kelly came through a troubled upbringing and started a career as a horse thief, but is now on the run after shooting a policeman. With the authorities after him, he would only become more desperate and ruthless. 

Guest: Dr Doug Morrissey (Historian and author of Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life)

Ned Kelly 2: A Short Life of Crime

Ned Kelly is a legendary figure in Australian history. A bushranger, an outlaw, a convicted police murderer, and controversial figure. Despite his rap sheet, to some he was a rascal and a hero.

Guest: Dr Doug Morrissey (Historian and author of Ned Kelly: A Lawless Life)

Ned Kelly 1: Australian Outlaw

When British India collapses, India embraces it’s state of free rule, but it isn’t the outcome Gandhi had campaigned for. Religious rivalries and disagreements lead to a split between Muslim and Hindi, dividing the territory in two. 

Guest: Dr Thomas Weber (Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University)

Douglas Mawson 2: The Home of the Blizzard

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