History Detective

Before there was the Warrior Nun on Netflix, there was Hōjō Masako, “Shogun Nun”, who was the wife of the very first shogun of Japan and a formidable political activist. After her hubby died, she shaved her head, and became a nun, but she continued to hold political sway until her death at 69 years of age, outliving her husband and 4 children. Click to join my mailing list The History Detective Se...

For a few hundred years, historians had a vague idea of how long Aboriginal people had lived in Australia. Estimations of a few thousand years were generally accepted, but then the discovery of one body, forever changed the way that we thought about Australian history. That body belonged to none other than Mungo Man. Click to join my mailing list View this content on YouTube This episode is design...

If you do a Google image search of Lakshmibai you will see a fierce Indian woman dressed in a man’s uniform, with her son strapped to her back, holding a sword and leading a charge against British soldiers. This was Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi. Click to join my mailing list The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying...

A resource that shares stories about history that we may not hear in a conventional textbook, stories that give a voice to the marginalised people in history and stories that spark interest and excitement in learning about the past. 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 B...