deadbunyipsociety

Dead Bunyip Society

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Dead Bunyip Society is a popular history podcast about the people who made Australia.

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Episode 9 - Magdalene Homes in Australia 10.05.2025 53:10

Today we're talking about Magdelene Homes in Australia, the historical mistreatment of children in out of home care, popular history and how the ABC sucks. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 8 - Dr Harry Bailey - Australia's Worst Psychiatrist 04.05.2025 55:23

Today we're talking about Dr Harry Bailey a man who loved cutting up gay and lesbian brains and trapping people in nightmare comas for weeks at a time. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 7 - Edward De Lacy Evans - Australia's First (Documented) Trans Man 25.04.2025 46:58

Today we're talking about Edward De Lacy Evans, a perfectly ordinary nineteenth century working class fella, who had a pretty big secret. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 6 - John Mackay - Explorer and Blackbirder 17.04.2025 43:37

Today we're talking about John Mackay, the man who "discovered" Mackay in Queensland and also trafficked in human beings. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 5 - Sex Work in Colonial Australia 12.04.2025 54:39

Today we're talking about the history of sex work in eighteenth and nineteenth Australia. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 4 - The time WA tried to form its own country 04.04.2025 46:17

Today we're talking about the 1933 WA Referendum, AKA that time that WA tried to set up its own country Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 3 - Robert Towns & Slavery in Australia 30.03.2025 59:38

Today we're talking about Robert Towns, the man who founded Townsville and also owned fellow human beings. Please see Bluesky for a full bibliography @deadbunyipsociety Credit: Intro/Outro music "Harold Hold" by Bluebottle Kiss, (c) 2006

Episode 2 - Anne Hamilton Byrne and the Family 21.03.2025 53:59

CONTENT WARNING: This podcast discusses issues relating to child abuse. Listener discretion is encouraged. The Family is arguably Australia's most famous cult. This podcast examines the conflicted scholarship on cults and discusses the history of the family as well as how we should think about cults, their victims and what they can teach us about contemporary society. Please see Bluesky for a f...

Episode 1 - Mullah Abdullah and the Battle of Broken Hill 14.03.2025 50:49

On 1 January 1915 six people died in the events popularly known as "The Battle of Broken Hill", but why did this happen? Who was Mullah Abdullah and why did he participate in the murder of four innocent people? This episode examines the fascinating history of 'Afghan' Cameleers and what little we can know about Abdullah, and some thoughts on the society that created him.