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Dig: Saving The Franklin
Jo Lauder explores Australia's largest environmental movement, the 1982 Franklin River Blockade, and how it inspired a new generation of environmental activists who shaped the country's politics.
Stuff The British Stole
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques.
The Eleventh
The Eleventh is an explosive thriller teasing out everything you never knew about one of the most famous chapters of Australian political history — the downfall of Gough Whitlam.
Inside the Big Day Out
Double J takes you inside the story of this iconic music festival. Find out what really went down on tour.
Pink Diamond Heist: The Argyle Intrigue
Season 1: Pink Diamond Heist. A daring outback heist of dodgy characters, dirty deals and millions of dollars of diamonds. Expanse explores big stories from across Australia — a vast continent where anything can happen.
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The History Listen
Step inside a time machine for an immersive journey through history, where stories of people, places and events bring the past vividly into our present world.
Fierce Girls
From athletes to aviators, scientists to spies. From the deep blue sea to the dark, black skies. Australia is full of girls who dare to do things differently.
Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today
Rear Vision puts contemporary events in their historical context, answering the question, 'How did it come to this?'
Ed's Pocket Guide
Ed Le Broq invites you to come on a journey through a living tradition that spans a millennium, the tradition of Western classical music.
Little Tiny
Explore world history through the small things that have shaped it.
Ms Represented
One hundred years after Australia elected its very first female parliamentarian, journalist Annabel Crabb and comedian Steph Tisdell chart the rise of female politicians in Australian politics and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way.
Rum, Rebels & Ratbags
Historian and author of 'Girt' David Hunt and Dom Knight uncover the characters and events left out of your high school history class.
Shooting The Past
Australian history through a new lens as historical events are explored from with a single photograph and the question; what is going on in this picture?
Dig: Sirens Are Coming
Queensland in the 1950s: god-fearing, morally upstanding, tough on crime. Beneath the surface, a murky world of gambling, drugs and brothels were kept in check by three crooked cops.
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