Thirty years ago, one of Western Australia's worst ecological disasters occurred when the bulk carrier the Sanko Harvest hit a reef off the coast of Esperance. 
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The Catalpa Rescue was a daring attempt to rescue Irish political prisoners from the notorious Fremantle Prison. 
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The Hutt River Province is a little micronation, 500 kilometres north of Perth. How did we end up with a tiny independent province in the middle of the WA outback? And what happened to the province in the end? 
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According to legend, Black Jack Anderson was a pirate who lived off the coast of Western Australia on Middle Island. While there aren't any peg legs, treasure maps, or parrots in this episode, there is plenty of violence, thievery, and scandal. 
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Wild: Stories from Western Australia's past is a new podcast launching on the 15th of January, 2021.