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May 17, 2025May 17, 2025History Out There

De Grussa Family: First to Cross Australia by Car

February 12, 2023February 15, 2023History Out There

Gudgeon saves Lawrence of Arabia’s man

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022History Out There

The alderman who faked death

June 13, 2021June 13, 2021History Out There

The Great Kangaroo Fight of 1894

February 21, 2021January 1, 2022History Out There

Mystery of 19th century chemist William Lale

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021History Out There

Cure for bleeding piles and tapeworm cysts

November 15, 2020November 15, 2020History Out There

Chequered past of the extreme sport of draughts

August 12, 2016February 22, 2024History Out There

Dawn Fraser’s Olympian who never was

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This week I ventured out to the Western Australian wheat belt to scramble to see the rock art tens of thousands of years old in Mulka’s Cave. The art was beautiful. In contrast, the dreamtime story was an awful warning of inbreeding, child murder and cannibalism. This week I ventured out to the Western Australian wheat belt to scramble to see the rock art tens of thousands of years old in Mulka’s Cave. The art was beautiful. In contrast, the dreamtime story was an awful warning of inbreeding, child murder and cannibalism. In 1851 this cricketer arrived in Moreton Bay with the swagger of a man convinced history would remember him. Read, like, share, and follow the story of the first 100 scored in Queensland via the link on my profile, "Jack Slack and the Phantom Hundred." This week I went face-to-face with Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh who in 1697 was 
In the 1860s there was a man who made it his business to keep convicts out of gaol. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Convict Postman Who Delivered Freedom." Corrigin citizens in Western Australia's wheat belt love their utes, dogs, and world records. I'm here to pay homage to their dogs in utes as well as their amaxing dog cemetery. It's a magical place. I've come to the historic 1831 town of York in the West Australian wheat belt, and the big event today is the annual motorbike festival! Narren Jim knew the answer to Australia's greatest mystery about the lost Leichhardt journals. Via the link on my profile, please read, like, follow, and share his incredible story, "Narren Jim and the Leichhardt Mystery." I've come to see Argyle Diamonds at the Perth Mint to understand what the 3.5 carat lost Stanthorpe Diamond may have looked like.
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