Australia On This Day

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  • What happened on this day back in the day? From the creator of Forgotten Australia, this is your daily dose of the stories that made headlines and sometimes made history.

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    Michael Adams
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Episodes
  • Season 1 Finale - 6 August - 1930 - Mr Eternity Finds God

    Season 1 Finale - 6 August - 1930 - Mr Eternity Finds God
    Aug 5 2021
    REPEAT: On this day in 1930, Arthur Stace — hopeless Sydney alcoholic — converted to Christianity and set himself on the path to becoming Mr Eternity, whose one-word message would eventually reach billions worldwide. Australia On This Day will be on a short break until next week. Thanks for listening.

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    24 mins
  • 5 August - 1944 - The Cowra Breakout

    5 August - 1944 - The Cowra Breakout
    Aug 4 2021
    REPEAT: At 2am on this day in 1944, the Cowra Breakout began. This episode looks at the man who blew the bugle that gave the signal for the mass escape – and how he wound up behind barbed wire as the first Japanese POW in the first place, courtesy of a Darwin Digger's odd angry shot and the bravery of an Aboriginal man from the Tiwi Islands.

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    18 mins
  • 4 August - 1845 - Australia's Titanic

    4 August - 1845 - Australia's Titanic
    Aug 3 2021
    REPEAT: 176 years ago today, Australia suffered what is still our worst civil maritime disaster when the emigrant ship Cataraqui struck a reef off King Island and sank in Bass Strait. Of the 409 aboard, just nine were to survive - but fate held a cruel trick in store for two of these men.

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    14 mins

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