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Hosted by Jesse and Liam, Dead Bunyip Society is a popular history podcast about the people that made modern Australia.

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 3d ago

Episode 39 is now live! Thanks to @bosh.worstpossible.world for coming on to hear about Baryugil, James Hardie and the toxic legacy of asbestos in Australia. As always shout out to my partner in horror @jesseblack.bsky.social Bibliography below. See Instagram for images.

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Gregory, Xanthe and Kozaki, Danuta, “More than 10 tonnes of contaminated asbestos material thought to be in Rozelle Parklands, EPA says,” ABC News, 19 January 2024, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-19/nsw-transport-rozelle-parklands-asbestos-email/103365428.
“Hardie to compensate NSW town victims,” 16 April 2005, Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/business/hardie-to-compensate-nsw-town-victims-20050416-gdl4ya.html.
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Letts, Stephen, “James Hardie slashes asbestos compensation fund payments by 44 per cent,” 20 November 2015, ABC, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-20/james-hardie-slashes-asbestos-victim-compensation-funding/6956860.
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Peacock, Matt, “James Hardie accused of using 'same old tricks' to avoid asbestos compensation,” 5 February 2018, 7:30, ABC, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-05/james-hardie-up-to-same-old-tricks-on-asbestos-compensation/9391708.

Peacock, Matt, “James Hardie unlikely to pay compensation for Aboriginal kids exposed to asbestos in NSW town of Baryulgil,” 7:30, ABC, 9 September 2016, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-09/man-with-mesothelioma-from-asbestos-cant-sue-james-hardie/7823308.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · last wk.

Episode 38 is now live! The bibliography is the same as last time, I really should repost it...but it's more effort than you think! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

Episode 38 - 192 Years of Blackface - Part 2

Podcast Episode · Dead Bunyip Society · 30 August · 1hr 35min

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Savant Garde @savantgardepod.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's Randy's Birthday and He Has Rabies: S4 E7 / S3 E15 Jesse skitters across the Pool Bottom. Lucy gets back into Kingdom Hearts. Mr. Monk deploys his Spittle Shield. Dr. Shaun Murphy gets his Eggs Scrambled.

It's Randy's Birthday and He Has Rabies: S4 E7 / S3 E15 | Savant Garde

Monk S4 E7: Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding The Good Doctor S3 E15: Unsaid Changing of the Garde: ~39:00 Finally, a Randy episode. CW: brief refe

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 2w ago

Episode 37 is now live. This is the first part of a two part series on the history of blackface performance in Australia. Welcome to our new co-host @jesseblack.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... The bibliography (covering the next two episodes is below)

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Bachl, Matt, “Hey Hey's future 'won't hinge on sketch'”, 8 October 2009, ninemsn with AAP, https://web.archive.org/web/20100324090248/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/872955/uproar-over-hey-hey-blackfaces-sketch.
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Bolitho, Sam, “Chris Lilley comedy Jonah From Tonga slammed as 'deeply offensive',” ABC News, 9 May 2014, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-09/an-chris-lilley27s-jonah-from-tonga-criticised/5441632.
Boseley, Matilda, “RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under contestant apologises for past performances in blackface,” 18 March 2021, Guardian Australia, https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/18/rupauls-drag-race-down-under-contestant-apologises-for-past-performances-in-blackface.

Bucklow, Andrew, “Hey Hey It’s Saturday: Daryl Somers blackface video resurfaces,” 16 June 2020, news.com.au, https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/hey-hey-its-saturday-daryl-somers-blackface-video-resurfaces/news-story/54ac15d72dd9cdfa4cc780f5859c867d
Burgess, Georgie & Dunlevie, James, “Blackface stunt football players apologise for mocking Williams sisters,” 19 September 2018, ABC, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-19/blackface-mad-monday-stunt-by-football-players/10281160.
Clarke, Allan, “A Long, Sad History Of Australia’s Love Affair With Blackface,” BuzzFeed Australia, 2 February 2016, https://www.buzzfeed.com/allanclarke/a-long-sad-history-of-australias-love-affair-with-blackface.
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Graham, Chris, “Mother Of All Disgraces: Mum Sends Son To Book Week Parade In Blackface. And He ‘Wins’,” New Matilda, 25 August 2016, https://newmatilda.com/2016/08/25/the-mother-of-all-disgraces-wa-mum-sends-son-to-book-week-parade-in-blackface/.
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James, Frank, “Harry Connick Jr. Hits Aussies For Blackface Michael Jackson Skit,” 8 October 2009, npr, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/10/harry_connick_jr_hits_aussies.html.
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“KFC pulls fried chicken ad after racism outcry,” AAP via NBC News, 9 January 2010, https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34767362#.VGQiNJOUe6c.

Lilley, Chris, “Summer Heights High - Jonah - Being a Poly,” 2015, Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDBnI9mEMwo.
Mascarenhas, Alan, “We’re not racist, we’re Aussies,” 30 May 2010, Agence France-Presse, https://theworld.org/stories/2017/03/10/were-not-racist-were-aussies.
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Millar, Lisa, “Gillard sticks up for Hey Hey skit,” ABC AM, 9 October 2009, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-09/gillard-sticks-up-for-hey-hey-skit/1097156.
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“Perth school sparks outrage after dad’s blackface at P&C fundraiser,” News.com.au, via NCA NewsWire, 4 June 2024, https://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-school-sparks-outrage-after-dads-blackface-at-pc-fundraiser/news-story/3d96a03beffc29c274a964b3dd31c671.
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“Readers: Hey Hey skit not racist,” Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2009, https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/readers-hey-hey-skit-not-racist/news-story/12384baba9059d4afec97c39e9b93e5d.

deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · last mo.

Episode 36 is now live! Thanks to @jesseblack.bsky.social for coming on again. We're talking about Pine Gap, the history of US bases in Australia, the Dismissal & the CIA and Australia's role in the Palestinian genocide Bibliography part 1 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Hennessy, James, “Aussie Military In Darwin Complained That U.S. Troops Drop Too Many Turds,” Pedestrian, 2 May 2017,
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Episode 35 is now live! Thanks to @lucyxiv.boontavista.com for coming on the pod. This week we're talking about Deborah Lawrie and her fight to become Australia's first commercial airline pilot Bibliography attached (cont'd) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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“In Brief – Federation Backs Mrs Wardley,” The Canberra Times, Saturday 13 Oct 1979, p. 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110605138.
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Murphy, Matthew, “Ansett jobs safe in new air services,” Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20220105172224/https://www.theage.com.au/business/ansett-jobs-safe-in-new-air-services-20070605-ge521b.html.
“News Corp 'could have saved Ansett',” Sydney Morning Herald, 19 August 2004, https://www.smh.com.au/business/news-corp-could-have-saved-ansett-20040819-gdjkqk.html.
“Pilot and mother 'Incompatible',” The Canberra Times, Tuesday 24 Apr 1979, p. 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110942237.
“Pilots back Wardley,” Tribune, Wednesday 28 Nov 1979, p. 4, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/259552989.
“Policeman wounded at airport | Hijacker dies after gun battle,” The Canberra Times, Thursday 16 Nov 1972, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110620651.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today we're talking about the 1971 Springbok Tour, the Australian Anti-Apartheid Movement and the strange history of fighting racism with blackface. Thanks to the wonderful writer and academic Giacomo Bianchino for coming on Part 1 of bibliography below podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Baker, William, “William Webb Ellis and the Origins of Rugby Football: The Life and Death of a Victorian Myth,” 1981, Albion, 13:2, pp. 117-130. https://doi.org/10.2307/4049045.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Episode 33 is now live! Thanks to Jesse Black of Savant Garde for coming on the pod. This week we're talking about the Mt Kembla Coal Explosion which killed 96 Australians. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d... As always see the bibliography below

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 3mo ago

No pod this week sorry, will be back next week (slight delay due to unforeseen events).

deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Episode 32 is now live! We're talking about Breaker Morant, Australia's second most famous war criminal, the Boer War and the weird denialism about his crimes podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e... Bibliography below

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Morant, Harry, “Behind the Bar – A Desecration of Tennyson,” 10 June 1893, p. 14, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-491138753/
Morant, Harry, “Love outlasteth all,” The Bulletin, 24 October 1891, p. 14, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-449778220
Morant, Harry, “Pat Magee,” The Bulletin, 9 September 1893, p. 19, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-491222053/
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Morant, Harry, “Sir Walter,” The Bulletin, 10 December 1892, p. 15, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-490907717/
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Morant, Harry, “The Devoutly Thankful Lover,” The Bulletin, 22 January 1898, p. 11, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-667792842/
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Morant, Harry, “When the Light is Darkness,” The Bulletin, 27 August 1892, p. 17, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-489052453/.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Episode 31 is now live! This week I'm joined by James Hennessy to talk about Jack Karlson the man behind the Succulent Chinese Meal Meme podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/e... Bibliography below (cont'd)

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Episode 30 is now live. This week we're talking about Maralinga, Nuclear weapons testing in Australia. Thanks to Jesse Black for coming on the pod (he's not on Bluesky which is a wise call, really). podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... Bibliography below

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Episode 29 is live - sorry for the delay. I'm talking about duelling and fragile masculinity. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Episode 28 is now live! Thanks to @cormacmccafe.bsky.social for coming on. This episode is part 4 of our series on the Australian Genocide focussing on WA. To learn more about the Aboriginal Massacres Project see here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Episode 27 is now live! This week we're continuing our series on the Australia Genocide and focusing on Victoria, particularly the region of Gippsland. As always bibliography below (in three parts) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Labilliere, Francis, Early history of the Colony of Victoria, From its Discovery to its Establishment as a Self-Governing Province of the British Empire, 1878, Volume 2, London: Sampson low Marston, Searle and Rivington, via Project Gutenberg Austraia, https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301991h.html.
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Bartrop, Paul R, "Chapter 8 Punitive Expeditions and Massacres: Gippsland, Colorado, and the Question of Genocide," Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History, Moses, Dirk (Ed.), Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2005, pp. 194-214, https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782381693-012.
Bassett, Judith, “The faithfull massacre at the broken river, 1838,” 1989, Journal of Australian Studies, 13:24, pp. 18-34, https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058909386991
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Broome, Richard, “Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800,” 2005, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin.
Clark, Ian, “Aboriginal Language Areas in Victoria – a reconstruction A Report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation For Languages,” 2005, University of Ballarat, https://web.archive.org/web/20120321103810/http://www.vaclang.org.au/admin/file/content11/c7/Language%20Map%20Report%202005.pdf.
Clark, Ian, “The Convincing Ground Aboriginal massacre at Portland Bay, Victoria: fact or fiction?” Aboriginal History Journal, 35, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326299195_The_Convincing_Ground_Aboriginal_massacre_at_Portland_Bay_Victoria_fact_or_fiction.
Connor, John, Australian Frontier Wars, 1788-1838, 2002, Sydney: UNSW Press.
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Gardner, Peter, “A Grampians Massacre? An analysis of the Participant’s account of an early Whyte Brothers massacre in the Portland district,” 2013, https://petergardner.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/A-Grampians-Massacre.pdf.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hell yeah! I mean, not hell yeah Dr Harry Bailey (who was very bad), but hell yeah Behind the Bastards doing some Aussies stories!

Cool Zone Media@coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Behind the Bastards 😴 Robert concludes the story of Dr. Bailey by describing how he lost his mind and eventually his practice @iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/behindthebas...

deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Episode 26 is now live. Today we're talking about the First Mardi Gras, policing of protests and the history of legal persecution of LGBT people in Australia podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... As always bibliography attached 1/2

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Barber, Laurence, “NSW Police Commissioner delivers apology to Mardi Gras ’78ers,” Star Observer, 10 August 2018, https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/nsw-police-commissioner-apologises-mardi-gras-78ers/171046.
Code, Bill & Kerin, Lindy, “Sydney Mardi Gras: NSW Government apologises to first generation of protesters,” ABC News, 25 February 2016, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-25/sydney-mardi-gras-bashing-victims-get-government-apology/7198184.
“Criminal court,” The Australian, Tuesday 16 Dec 1828, p. 3, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36865507.
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“Execution of Hendrick Whitnalder,” Hobart Town Advertiser, Saturday 28 February 1863, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/264721734/29639676.
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Taylor, Josh, “Police took three years to make finding against officer who slammed teen to ground at 2013 Sydney Mardi Gras,” Guardian Australia, 4 June 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/04/police-took-three-years-to-make-finding-against-officer-who-slammed-teen-to-ground-at-2013-sydney-mardi-gras.

“The Sydney Morning Herald apologises to Mardi Gras founders the 78ers,” Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-sydney-morning-herald-apologises-to-mardi-gras-founders-the-78ers-20160224-gn26jm.html.
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Arrow, Michelle, “History-Making at the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras: Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters, the Museum of Love and Protest, the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, and Riot,” 2018, Australian Historical Studies, 49:4, pp. 493-500, https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2018.1519749.
Bongiorno Frank, “Sex in Sydney in the Twentieth Century,” In: Wiesner-Hanks ME, Kuefler M, eds. The Cambridge World History of Sexualities, Cambridge University Press; 2024: pp. 465-486, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108896030.023.
Ellis, Justin, “Renegotiating police legitimacy through amateur video and social media: lessons from the police excessive force at the 2013 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade,” 2019, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31:3, pp. 412-432, https://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1640171.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Reading about the history of Sodomy Laws in NSW and never did I think criteria would get this... visceral? Anyway, a bit of a spoiler for our Mardi Gras episode(!)

deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Episode 25 is now live! Sorry that this was a day late due to some jet lag on my part. This episode is about the history of skinny dipping in Australia. Bibliography attached as always podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Baker, Nick, & Arnold, Ann, “Why we swim: A brief history of swimming from the Neanderthals to slavery to your local pool,” Friday 17 February 2023, ABC Radio National, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/a-world-history-of-swimming/101971846.
Booth, Douglas, Australian Beach Cultures: A History of Sun, Sand and Surf, 2001, London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,
Bennett, Theodore, “Clothing Optional?: Nudity and the Law of the Australian Beach,” 2019, Bond Law Review, 31, https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.10864.
Booth, Douglas, “Nudes in the sand and perverts in the dunes,” 1997, Journal of Australian Studies, 21:53, pp. 170–182, https://doi.org/10.1080/14443059709387326
Booth, Douglas, “Origins in History and Historiography: A Case Study of the First Swimmer at Bondi Beach,” 2016, Journal of Sport History, 43:1, pp. 21–36, https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.43.1.21.
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Georgakis, Steve, “Swimming education in Australia: a proud history now in decline,” Sydney University, 21 March 2025, https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/03/21/swimming-education-australia-proud-history-now-in-decline.html.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hi all, Episode 24 of Dead Bunyip Society is now live. Content warning: this one is about the Christchurch Terror Attack in 2019 and viewer discretion is advised. As always, bibliography below (part 1) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Bayer, Kurt, and Leask, Anna, “Christchurch mosque terror attack sentencing: Gunman Brenton Tarrant planned to attack three mosques,” NZ Herald, 24 August 2020, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-terror-attack-sentencing-gunman-brenton-tarrant-planned-to-attack-three-mosques/Y5ROAIRQY6TJTU7XI63YHBT7YI/?c_id=1&objectid=12358347

Fitzsimmons Caitlin, “The warning signs in the Christchurch terrorist's Australian upbringing,” Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2020, https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-warning-signs-in-the-christchurch-terrorist-s-australian-upbringing-20201211-p56mvg.html.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Part 3 in our trilogy on Graham Richardson is now live, titled Kingmaker! Bibliography below (in two parts) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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Grimm, Nick, “Men charged over McGurk murder,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 15 October 2010.
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Jacobsen, Geesche, and Hall, Louise, “ICAC will not lay charges but it will monitor lobbyists,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 February 2010.
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Main, Andrew, “Dead End for Offset Alpine Probe,” The Australian, 31 May 2010.
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McClymont, Kate, “Richo's '$1.4m Swiss deposit',” Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 2006, https://archive.is/20251109094905/https://www.smh.com.au/national/richos-1-4m-swiss-deposit-20060928-gdoh93.html
McClymont, Kate & Snow, Deborah, “The not-so-quiet achiever,” 24 October 2009, Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-notsoquiet-achiever-20091023-hddk.html
Molloy, Shannon, “Why Hawke government minister and Labor stalwart Graham Richardson voted Liberal,” News.com.au, 7 November 2019, https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/why-hawke-government-minister-and-labor-stalwart-graham-richardson-voted-liberal/news-story/84e6ca7c19ceb42047f4d98e49e791d4
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Pelly, Michael, “Tables turned on Ben Roberts-Smith – and Kerry Stokes,” Australian Financial Review, 1 June 2023, https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/tables-turned-on-ben-roberts-smith-and-kerry-stokes-20230601-p5dd6.
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Richardson, Graham, “Extinction Rebellion crowd is full of hot air and coffee,” The Australian, 30 December 2019.
Richardson, Graham, “Foul stench from snouts in HSU trough,” The Australian, 9 April 2012.
Richardson, Graham, "It's time for Shorten to rethink silly green goals,” The Australian, 6 January 2017.
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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Here's Episode 22, Part 2 on Graham Richardson. In spite of my plans, hopes and dreams, there will be a Part 3 (the man did a lot!) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... Bibliography below as always

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“'Not responsible' for dumping of Cohen,” The Canberra Times, 10 Aug 1987, p. 8, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132152245.
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Wright, Tony, “Keating humiliated,” The Canberra Times, Tue 11 Dec 1990, p. 1, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122329671

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here is Part 1 of a two part series on Graham Richardson, titled Senator for Kneecaps podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Latest episode is live. This one is about Stafford Bullen, a man who had just too many lions (CW: Suicide, lion mauling) Bibliography below (part 1) podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Episode 19 is now live! This week we're talking about Eric Campbell, arguably Australia's most successful and famous fascist (who was neither famous nor terribly successful). podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e... As always bibliography is attached

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 12mo ago

800 listens across 18 episodes! A lot of people said "nobody wants to listen to a podcast about Australian history, Liam". And I... well... I didn't prove them wrong, but almost!

deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Episode 18 of Dead Bunyip Society is now live. This episode is the second in our series on the Australian Genocide, this time we're talking about Tasmania. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Massacres map is here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social @deadbunyipsociety.bsky.social · last yr.

Episode 17 is now live. This week I am talking about the Australian Genocide. This is intended as the first in a multi-part series, this episode covers the years from 1788 to 1810 in NSW. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Bibliography below

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Adrian Vickers @avick.bsky.social · last yr.

Incisive commentary by one of our most respected historians of Australia. Bottom line: “Australia has the second-lowest public expenditure on tertiary education institutions in the OECD after Britain.”

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