In Black and White

By Herald Sun

From alleyway gangsters to cold war spies to eccentric entrepreneurs, Australian history is full of colourful but forgotten characters. Host Jen Kelly talks with experts, historians and yarn spinne

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The podcast currently has 308 episodes available.

In Black and White episodes:

December 15, 2021 Chatting with the dead
Spiritualism - a belief system centred on seances - took the world by storm in the mid 1800s, thanks in part to Abraham Lincoln’s wife, Mary.
But in Melbourne, a spiritualist leader named William Terry was captivating the crowds and influencing his own political protege.

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33min
December 08, 2021 How police beat the bathe ban
In Victorian era Sydney, it wouldn't do to be seen to be bathing on the beaches. Until one cop swept away the wowsers' worries. Historian and author Jim Haynes joins the show with more.

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18min
December 01, 2021 The great goldfields swindle
He's often lauded as the man who first found gold in Australia, but according to historian Jim Haynes, pioneer Edward Hargraves was instead a villain who conned the colony.

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25min
November 24, 2021 From dirty joke to national ditty
Waltzing Matilda is one of Australia's most beloved songs. But the origin of the term can be traced back to the battlefields of Germany. Author Jim Haynes joins the show to tell the story.

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32min
November 17, 2021 The last lick of the cat o'nine tails
Author Barry McArthur joins the show to recount the time he met prisoner William O'Meally, a police killer, repeat escapee, and the last man flogged in Victoria.

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35min
November 10, 2021 Our first female motor ace
When a young jockey named Joan Richmond was banned from racing horses in Melbourne, she swapped out her silks for a steering wheel. Writer John Smailes tells her story.

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42min
November 03, 2021 The could've been champion
Laurie Nash just might have been up among the Bradmans and Borders in the pantheon of Australian cricket. But a baffling selection call kept him out of the infamous bodyline series - and a chance at sporting immortality.
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46min
October 31, 2021 BONUS EPISODE: The 11-year-old Melbourne Cup king
In honor of the race that stops the nation, we went into the vault and picked the tale of the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup - a “little freckled lad” from a township near Geelong who was only 11 years old. Like the show? Go to http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more
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47min
October 27, 2021 The cup winning kid who 'lost' to a typo
Of all of the losers in the race that stops the nation, young John Kavanagh could have been the hardest done by. Because it wasn't another jockey who likely robbed him of a Melbourne cup - it was bad spelling. Get more great tales at heraldsun.com.au/ibaw
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48min
October 20, 2021 The real life raiders of the lost ark - Part 2
Author Graham Addison returns to the show to continue the history of the Aussie rich kids who went on a quest to find one of the world's most famous treasures. More at: https://grahamaddison.com/ Like the show? Get backgrounders and more at http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw
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31min

FAQs about In Black and White:

How many episodes does In Black and White have?

The podcast currently has 308 episodes available.