History Detective

Welcome to Season 3 of Ladies in the House, a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective collaboration. Click to join my mailing list In this 4-part series we are going to celebrate the lives of four incredible women and how they contributed to Australian democracy.  Meet Dorothy Tangney the first Australian woman to be elected into the Senate. Download the FREE teaching resources and th...

Meet Tarenorerer the Tasmanian First Nations female warrior who led her tribe against the British colonists. Click to join my mailing list Listen to the end to hear the original song, Underestimate Me. Episode on the QLD Native Mounted Police that covers the topic of naming conventions. Link to Savvy History on Instagram If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a rev...

Meet Annie Wheeler, who opened the lines of communications between Queensland soldiers in the trenches and their families. Listen to the end to hear the original song, Letters Home. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify . The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and...

The new single Radio Silence has just been released. Click to join my mailing list Head to Spotify, to listen to Radio Silence . Link to video on Youtube ! Click to join my mailing list Teachers Pay Teachers Store Grab a copy of History, Her Story, Our Story from Amazon! If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify . The History De...

Meet Rosa Billinghurst the militant suffragette who also happened to have a physical disability. Listen to the end to hear the original song, Rebel Girls. Click to join my mailing list Rosa Parks Episode Roza Shanina WWII Russian Sniper Episode If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify . The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album...

Meet Women Strike for Peace who rallied together to protest against the Nuclear Testing during the Cold War. Guess what? The music is back! Listen to the end to hear the original song Two Minutes to Midnight. Click to join my mailing list Case 4: Maralinga and Nuclear Testing in Australia During the War (Mentioned in the episode) Cold War Song Children of the Dust If you would like to support the...

Welcome back to Season 4 where we meet Lydia Kompe, member of the Black Sash during South African Apartheid. Guess what? The music is back! Listen to the end to hear the original song Rise Up. Click to join my mailing list Link to the Apartheid 101 episode . Interview with William Palk from the History School History Recap Podcast. If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee...

Meet the amazing cast of women who will be featuring in Season 4 of History Detective! If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying teaching resources for season 1 and 2 episodes can be found on my Amped Up...

Dame Nellie Melba is the woman on the $100 note and was the most famous opera diva of her time. In this episode we do not just learn about Dame Nellie, but we learn from her guide to singing The Melba Method. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now...

Sir John Monash is the man on the $100 note and is known for his contributions during WWI, but he was also an educated academic and an advocate of the first Boy Scouts associations in Australia. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on...

This week on History Detective, I am pleased to introduce you to STEAM Powered . This episode is an interview with Michelle Wong chemistry PhD and beauty lover whose YouTube channel Lab Muffin Beauty Science and Instagram  explain how beauty products work, debunk myths, and help people to make smarter decisions about  skincare, hair and makeup! If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy...

Edith Cowan was the first woman to be elected into Australian parliament who is featured on the $50 note. This episode looks at the early achievements of her life before she was elected.  Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify...

Meet Susan Ryan who played an instrumental role in introducing in laws that made discrimination based on gender illegal.   Click to join my mailing list This is a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective Collaboration. Download the FREE teaching resources for this episode at the MoAD website . In Season 2 of the Ladies in the House series,  we are going to celebrate the lives of three...

Oodgeroo Noonuccal was an Indigenous Australian poet, artist, writer, educator and political activist. And today I would like to look at the pivotal role that she played in the lead up to the 1967 referendum .  Click to join my mailing list This is a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective Collaboration. Download the FREE teaching resources for this episode at the MoAD website . In Se...

This is a Museum of Australian Democracy and History Detective Collaboration. Click to join my mailing list Download the FREE teaching resources for this episode at the MoAD website . In Season 2 of the Ladies in the House series,  we are going to celebrate the lives of three incredible women and how they contributed to Australian democracy.  This episode looks at the life of Adela Pankhurst. Cont...

David Unaipon is the only Aboriginal Australian to be featured on the Australian money, he was an incredible speaker and inventor. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying t...

This week on History Detective, I am pleased to introduce you to Just a Teacher Podcast. This episode is an interview with Brendan Murray the author of the book The School: The Ups and Downs of One Year in the Classroom .  If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review at Podchaser ! The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of...

Mary Reibey was dressed as a boy when she was caught stealing a horse at the age of 14 and sentenced to transportation to Australia. Find out how she became one of the richest people in Australia and now features on the Australian $20 note. If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review at Podchaser ! The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on S...

8 Podcasts List: Frontier War Stories Shooting the Past History Lab The History Listen Aussie History Podcast Living History with Matt McLachlan Australian Histories Podcast Speakola See the blog post here . If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review at Podchaser ! The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music stre...

In this episode I look at  Reverend John Flynn and the sad story of Jim Darcy whose tragic death inspired Flynn to begin the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review at Podchaser ! The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompan...

In 1933, an Australian nurse dressed up as Santa to bring joy to one of her patient's children. Then tragedy struck. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review at Podchaser ! The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying teaching resources for season 1...

Dame Mary Gilmore was both a writer and journalist who currently features on the Australian $10 note.  Upon her death she was honoured with a state funeral, but there is an intriguing story from her past when she decided to leave Australia and join a utopian  colony in Peru called New Australia. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a...

This is the fascinating tale of the inspiration behind Australia's unofficial national anthem Waltzing Matilda. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying teaching resources for season 1 and 2 episodes can be found on my A...

Kelly Chase has her first special guest on History Detective Podcast. Click to join my mailing list William Palk from the High School History Recap Podcast sits down with Kelly ad chats about all things Apartheid. Where does the word Apartheid come from? What were the laws of Apartheid? Who were the ANC and what role did Nelson Mandela play? This is a great introduction to the concept of Apartheid...

In today’s episode, I am not concerned with what goes on inside parliament, I want to explore the story of the people who have gathered in great numbers on the outside of the building to exercise their democratic right to hold a protest. You see, Australians have the right to engage in peaceful protest and what better place to exercise this right than Parliament House. Click to join my mailing lis...