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Invisible History unearths the hidden, forgotten and uncelebrated stories in Melbourne's past, and explores how they have shaped people's lives in Melbourne today. Produced by Clare Rawlinson, with ad... more
FAQs about Invisible History:How many episodes does Invisible History have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
March 11, 2016Chapter 4: Skeletons in the closetA relative of the convicted killer Morris Ansell describes the man he knew as a gentle uncle, long after Ansell served his prison sentence and began his life again in New Zealand....more7minPlay
March 11, 2016Chapter 3: Someone to blameJoan stumbles on a description of the killer, Morris Ansell, which challenges her long-held suspicions about the murder. She also reveals how she eventually did track down her mother, and what happened when they met as adults....more6minPlay
March 11, 2016Chapter 2: Searching for answersAlfred Atherton's murder case has been kept closed for 75 years, but in January 2016, the Public Records Office of Victoria opened it to its public collection. Joan is able to read the file for the first time, finding it stirs memories of the legacy her mother left her as a child....more7minPlay
March 11, 2016Making Sense of a Murder, Chapter 1: What Joan knows so farIn the third season of Invisible History, we follow one woman's journey to make sense of her father's murder in 1939, with the central question being what role her mother may have played....more6minPlay
November 06, 2015Chapter 5: Keeping the Olympic spirit aliveDespite its challenges, Maxine says there is something keeping her living in the village, and she will never leave....more8minPlay
November 06, 2015Chapter 4: Hard times at homeMaxine's living situation became so traumatic at one point, she went into a deep depression....more7minPlay
November 06, 2015Chapter 3: Sticking togetherOnce a week, locals gather to share lunch in the backyard of a Marist Brother's house in the village. They say they may not have much money, but they have each other....more6minPlay
November 06, 2015Chapter 2: 'The Bronx' of MelbourneIn the 1970s, generational disadvantage amongst the community was compounded by the ageing housing stock....more9minPlay
November 06, 2015Our Olympic Village, Chapter 1: an unlikely pastNearly 60 years after Melbourne hosted the Olympic Games, those living in the old athletes' village still suffer the effects of a rushed development and public housing policies of the time....more7minPlay
July 02, 2015Chapter 1: The promise of a futureRobert Young begins to retrace the lives of two daring young Indigenous men. Starting at the corner of Franklin and Bowen Streets in Melbourne's CBD, then going back to the early 1800s in Tasmania, Robert discovers the men are closely connected to one of his own ancestors....more8minPlay
FAQs about Invisible History:How many episodes does Invisible History have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.