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February 25, 2024February 25, 2024History Out There

The Amazing Reverend Doctor Zillmann

February 21, 2024February 26, 2024History Out There

Tragedy of the Flying Tailor

February 18, 2024February 18, 2024History Out There

The kidnapping bank manager

January 21, 2024January 21, 2024History Out There

The other Australia Day

January 14, 2024January 14, 2024History Out There

The ghost shipwreck

January 7, 2024January 7, 2024History Out There

History’s greatest elephants

December 31, 2023December 31, 2023History Out There

An international kidnapping

December 17, 2023December 17, 2023History Out There

Wronged for 100 years

December 10, 2023December 10, 2023History Out There

“Slippery Mac” Macalister

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023History Out There

Murder on Mitchell Downs: Part 2 – Execution

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The first major sporting travesty in Queensland happened in 1865 and it changed the course of the colony’s sports history. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "The Foden Affair." In 1866 the constable’s wife was a key witness in great fowl affair. Read, hear, like, share and follow the full and fowl details via the link on my profile and the story, "The Dalby Fowl Affair." 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!
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