On our "All things Aussie" segment with Jim Haynes, we talk about those games Aussie kids used to play like Vigoro, knuckles, jacks and marbles to name a few. We also discuss the schoolyard rhymes that went with the games. Listeners also call in to share their memories on "Remember When".

The worlds oldest operating picture garden celebrates 100 years. Sun Pictures in Broome was recognised by the Guiness World Records in 2004 and has survived tidal floods, WW2, cyclones and the surge of television and video entertainment.  

Tony McManus speaks with Sun Pictures Owner, Marisa Ferraz

Did you know the term bushrangers originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities? The term "bushranger" then evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base. Heritage Perth's Richard Offen and Harvey Deegan explore this infamous part of our history. 

On "Remember When" with Harvey Deegan, Bill Liddelow from Boffins Books discusses:

Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World – John Man  $34.99

Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century – Geoffrey Parker   $44.99

Jim talks about the history of snow sport in Australia and some rather cool or icy Aussie Heroes.

The movie Viceroy’s House is on at the moment, and Pamela Hicks, the daughter of the last Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, died last week. Bill Liddelow from Boffins Books discusses two books that inspired the movie:

Freedom at Midnight – Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten – Pamela Hicks

This year marks 100 Years of Women serving in the WA Police Force.  

Dr Leigh Straw from Notre Dame University talks to Harvey Deegan on "Remember When" about the Centenary.

Photo courtesy of WA Police. 

Bill Liddelow from Boffins Books chats to Harvey Deegan on "Remember When" about:

True Girt – the Unauthorised History of Australia Vol 2  David Hunt

As the blurb says, it’s the story of the Wild South (as the English perceived it), home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep.

Food historian Jacqui Newling from Sydney Living Museums discusses the history of soup in her monthly segment with Harvey Deegan on ''Remember When''.

In this segment with Keran we talk about the classics "Jaws", "Rocky" and "Annie Hall"