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Tagged: Australian history
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Take a road trip of discovery with Warren Brown as he reveals a fascinating mix of national treasures drawn from collections across Australia.
The political cartoonist, columnist and history 'tragic...
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Warren Brown reveals the emotional lives of Australian prime ministers through 12 objects they used every day or otherwise adored.
Items include Robert Menzies' home movie camera, Joseph Lyons' love...
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This is a story of personal tragedy, political rivalries, corruption and trial by media that nearly tore apart Australia at the moment of its birth.
In the late 1800s, two men shared a vision for...
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The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.
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The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.
This is an excerpt from Constructing Australia: A...
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The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.
This is an excerpt from Constructing Australia: A...
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The story of the struggle to cross a vast continent and build the telegraph line that would bring Australia to the world and the world to Australia.
This is an excerpt from Constructing Australia: A...
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How did a New Zealand-born horse become one of Australia’s most loved and enduring icons? Political cartoonist and columnist Warren Brown visits Melbourne Museum where the legendary Phar Lap – or at...
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TV presenter Peter Luck describes the tragic details of the 1960 kidnapping, ransom demand and murder of 8-year-old Bondi boy, Graeme Thorne, whose parents had just won the lottery, in This Fabulous...
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The Great Strike is a rare censored film documenting one of Australia’s largest industrial conflicts. This footage, last seen in 1917, is a unique insight into a crucial moment in the history of the...