Forgotten Australia

By Forgotten Australia

Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccent

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November 19, 2021 Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One
Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive manhunt and homicide trial in Western Australian history. One of the main characters Blue Murder On The Golden Mile is a brilliant barrister named Arthur Haynes. I featured Haynes two years ago in the episode Murder On The Dance Floor, which was set in 1925 in Perth. So, ahead of Season Five, I've dusted off this two-parter in case you haven’t heard the story — and want a bit of an idea of just how formidable Arthur Haynes was a defence lawyer. Certainly, if you were charged with murder back in the day in WA, he was the man you wanted on your side.

Here's the gist of Part One:
In 1925 beautiful young Audrey Campbell Jacob shot a young man dead in front of hundreds of revellers during a charity dance in the ballroom of Government House in Perth — and the court case that followed the crime was every bit as shocking.
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October 08, 2021 Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)
In the wake of the massacre, Dr James Patrick Murray makes a series of surprising moves that further his infamy in Australia and across the British Empire.

Listener Desiree Pettit-Keating, of Bendigo Regional Archives Centre, was kind enough to send through an article they did about the Bendigo smallpox outbreak that features in this instalment — and in which Dr Murray played a central role. To read their piece — which has plenty of parallels with Covid-19 — go to:
https://www.brac.vic.gov.au/disease-deja-vu

Season 5 of Forgotten Australia will start in mid-November.

In the meantime, I'll be releasing a new bonus episode for supporters. Supporters also have access to half a dozen bonus episodes I've already produced.
For info: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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September 27, 2021 Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Two
Dr James Patrick Murray takes the brig Carl to the sunny South Seas and into a heart of darkness beyond the imagination of even Joseph Conrad. In this nightmare of his creation shooting dozens of defenceless men is only the start of the atrocities. To support the production of this podcast: www.patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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September 13, 2021 Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part One
150 years ago today — 13 September 1871 — Australian slavers — aka 'blackbirders' — fired their guns into the hold of the brig Carl, where they had imprisoned 160 South Pacific Islanders they had recently attacked and kidnapped. Thirty five men were killed in hours of fusillades — and that many again would soon suffer an unbelievably horrific fate. To understand this massacre, we need to understand the man who ordered it. In part one of "Australia's Slave Ship Massacre", we delve into the life of forgotten mass murderer Dr James Patrick Murray, who played a role in the Burke & Wills, Ludwig Leichhardt and Adam Lindsay Gordon stories — and who had been widely hated across Australia even before he told his men on the Carl to "Shoot them all". To see images of the people from this episode (free, no sign up), go to patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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September 06, 2021 Australia's First UFO Wave — In 1909
Months before Australia's first heavier-than-air flights, people from Sydney to Hobart, Goulburn to Kalgoorlie, Melbourne to Perth reported seeing strange lights in the night skies. These mystery airships — dubbed "Scareships" — were said to travel at astounding speeds and perform complex aerobatics that suggested they were under intelligent control. What were they? The truth is out there. To become a Forgotten Australia supporter and get exclusive full-length bonus episodes: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

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August 29, 2021 The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Eight: Finale
George O'Brien's life hangs in the balance as his DIY yacht is smashed by a gale and heavy seas. Gower Wilson's son Roy grows up to become the hero of a Lord Howe Island aviation disaster. Plus: the legacy of George Rikard-Bell — aka movie star Brian Abbot — and how I found my birth family and discovered I hail from Lord Howe. To support Forgotten Australia from as little as $A2.75 per month, go to: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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August 22, 2021 The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Seven
Despite the recent double tragedies of the Mystery Star and Viking, taxi driver and nautical newbie George O’Brien decides he’s going to build a yacht so he and wife and their two young sons can sail from Sydney to Lord Howe Island. Why does he do it? Perhaps it's to impress his father-in-law: legendary Sydney shark hunter and all-round maritime madman Charlie Messenger. To support Forgotten Australia and get bonus episodes — including those related to this series — go to: www. patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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August 15, 2021 The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Six
While Brian Abbott and Leslie Hay Simpson are feared lost with Mystery Star, a macabre discovery on the coastline raises new questions, new hopes and new fears. Meanwhile Gower Wilson sets sail for Lord Howe Island aboard Viking — with his crew an eerie echo of the characters from the film Mystery Island. To hear all eight parts of this series now — and access bonus content – become a supporter: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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August 08, 2021 The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Five
Fears mount for the Mystery Island movie stars aboard the little launch Mystery Star. Brian Abbot’s wife Grace and Leslie Hay Simpson’s brother-in-law Arthur Titterton do everything in their power to convince the Federal Government to launch an air-and-sea search of the Tasman Sea. But the weather is turning bad and time is running out. Meanwhile, Gower Wilson offers his theories about the missing men — and plans his own voyage to Lord Howe Island. To hear all eight instalments now — and for bonus episodes and the audiobook of Australia's Sweetheart — become a supporter: www.patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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August 01, 2021 The Mysteries of Mystery Island — Part Four
Despite warnings from Lord Howe Island’s unofficial chief Gower Wilson, Brian Abbot and his co-star Leslie Hay Simpson set sail for Sydney in the tiny motor launch Mystery Star. To hear all eight parts of this series now, become a supporter: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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