Into the Silentworld

Tis the Season

Kate and Renee pop back in for a Yuletime look at some charming history of the end of year festivities in Australia, through a maritime lens.

 

If you wish to find out more about these stories, head over to the show notes on our website. 

The theme music was performed and recorded by The Mutineers, Sydney’s leading pirate band. 

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Cats, women, tomahawks and whistling. Superstitions around the seas and waterways are in no short supply no matter whereupon the face of the Earth we find ourselves. In this episode we explore some of the more well-known superstitions held by sailors through the ages, explore some of the beliefs held amongst our near neighbours in Melanesia and recall/recount some hair-raising moments we have come across during our archival research and fieldwork.

The job of a lighthouse is to keep ships safe. But what are the dangers of working at the lighthouse itself? This episode takes a closer look at some of the ghostly stories around these mysterious and lonely structures.

Ghostly Ships

Apparitions of ships known to have been lost and real ships sailing without a visible crew. Join Kate and Renee on this chilling episode exploring some of the ghost ship legends of the southern hemisphere and having a look at some of the natural ocean processes at play that give rise to some of these stories.

Monsters of the 1800s and 1900s

A brief and bonus look at the persistence of sea monsters as reported in local Australian newspapers of the 1800s and 1900s. Six hand-picked articles from Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, ranging from the 1870s to the 1930s, demonstrate the depth of human imagination as it relates to the maritime realm.

A dive into the stories of some legendary aquatic monsters of the Aboriginal and Pacific mythologies. This episode touches on a small number of terrifying sea creatures - some from Aboriginal tales; some tied to the myths of our neighbours in New Zealand; and others from the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

Renee and Kate explore what Halloween and this time of year in the southern hemisphere are like, before plunging in, to begin our exploration of the surreal with painted monsters on maps in our own museum collection and their meaning through time.

Trailer - A warm welcome aboard. Hold tight as we plunge Into the Silentworld – a maritime-themed podcast centred on Australia and our neighbours in the Pacific, exploring our relationship with the sea through various topics.