Wait... They Did What!?

We all think bunnies are cute, but most Australians also used to think they were super tasty... until they became infected with a deadly disease. EWW! 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• What is myxomatosis?
• Are rabbits a pest?
• Why did Australians eat so much rabbit?
• Why don’t we eat rabbits anymore?
• Can you eat rabbit? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen. 

Indigenous workers were often paid less than white people... if they were paid at all.  

Hundreds of Indigenous workers went on strike in the 1960s because they weren’t being paid fairly... and it led to the government returning some of their stolen land. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• Who is Vincent Lingiari?
• What was the Wave Hill Walk-Off?
• What was the Gurindji strike?
• Why did Gough Whitlam pour sand into Vincent Lingiari’s hand?
• Did they used to pay Indigenous workers? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.

Before the internet, many Australian families owned a set of encyclopaedias... and they bought them from door-to-door salesmen. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• What is an encyclopaedia?
• Do encyclopaedias still exist?
• What is better: the internet or encyclopaedias?
• What is an encyclopaedia salesman? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.  

Milk used to be delivered to homes in glass bottles... and it was often raw. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• What is raw milk?
• Is raw milk legal in Australia?
• What is a milko?
• What happened to milkmen? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.

Old-fashioned wedding vows made brides promise to obey their husbands... and change their names. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• What are traditional wedding vows?
• Does it say ‘obey’ in wedding vows?
• Why do women change their names after marriage?
• Should women change their names? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.   

Up until the 1980s kids didn’t have to wear seatbelts in cars... there were no rules about baby and toddler seats either. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• When were seatbelt laws introduced in Australia?
• When did baby seats become mandatory in Australia?
• Why is it compulsory to wear a seatbelt?
• When were seatbelts invented? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.   

Some people think under 18s should be able to vote... but the legal voting age in Australia used to be 21. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• Who can vote in Australia? 
• What age is an adult? 
• Why did the voting age in Australia change? 
• Why can’t people vote under the age of 18? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.   

Whales were hunted in Australian waters up until the late 1970s... and they were used in everything from detergent to lipstick. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• Why did Australia stop whaling? 
• What is whale oil? 
• What was whale oil used for? 
• When did they stop killing whales in Australia? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.   

Doctors once used blood-sucking leeches as medicine... and they were as popular as Panadol. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• What is a leech? 
• How were leeches used in old medicine? 
• Are leeches still used in medicine? 
• What is blood-letting? 

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We all know that smoking is stupid, but do you know what’s even stupider? Smoking indoors... and people used to smoke inside anywhere they wanted. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

• Is smoking indoors illegal? 
• What is passive smoking? 
• How bad is second hand smoking? 
• Why was smoking indoors banned? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.