Amelia Oberhardt flies to Cairns to meet the man in the photo, hoping to finally get the answer to a question that has haunted her for over a decade. Who is the baby in the photo?  

Knowing what happened to her mum, Amelia feels more resolve than ever to tell the stories of other women from her mother’s generation.  

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In the aftermath of seeing the photo at the wake, Amelia Oberhardt is on a search to find the man in the photo. Her pursuit leads her down a rabbit hole, into the world of 1960s and 1970s Australia, and the realities of how women were treated in this era.  

And then, a new avenue provides new clues in the search for Michael.

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Standing at her mother’s wake, journalist Amelia Oberhardt is confronted with a photo she’s never seen before - her mum Cecelia as a teenager wearing a wedding ring, accompanied by an unknown husband and cradling an unfamiliar baby.  

Immediately, Amelia begins to ask questions. Who is this man? Who is this baby? And does this photo explain Ceceila’s untimely death?  

Credits:

• Creator and Host - Amelia Oberhardt  
• Producer - Jake Morcom  
• Fact check - Bension Siebert 
• Sound design and mix - Nial Fernandes  
• Executive Producer - Ellen Leabeater  
• With assistance from Clair Weaver, Joey Watson, Jessica Lukjanow, Tara Cassidy and James Royce 
• Natasha Jobson is our Head of News Ops, and Melanie Withnall is Head of News and Information  

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Journalist Amelia Oberhardt thought she knew her mum, until she was confronted by a photo she’d never seen before at her mother’s wake. Seeing this photo sparks a journey into 1950s-1970s Australia, a time when women were forced to keep secrets. Shotgun marriages, hushed abortions and forced adoptions. It’s the story of a generation of women, who now with their children, are fighting for justice today. 

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