Australia's oceans are both inviting and terrifying. In colonial and early post colonial Australia, people turned to the ocean for survival and recreation. But the fearsome shark took the lives of many and struck fear into the hearts of countrymen and women.
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Tasmanian Murder: The Glover Family Tragedy
In the sleepy coastal town of Tasmania’s Triabunna, twin tragedies would intertwine in the late 1890’s and leave an indelible mark on the lives of the townspeople for years to come. In this episode of Australian Psyche, we recount the tragedy that befell The Glover Family.
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The Rocks Push
The Rocks Push roamed and ruled the streets of the Sydney Rocks in the late 1800’s. In the first episode of Australian Psyche, we explore their violence, their famed members, and their legacy.
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Australian Psyche - Coming Soon
Follow to hear the dark history of our post-colonial forebears brought to life as we explore newspaper articles, poems, letters, and diary entries to tell the stories of Australian’s who lived between invasion and the early 1900’s. Australia has been shaped by a long history of violence, murder, crime, incarceration,racism, massacres, and isolation. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Australia. The Antipodes. The gothic dungeon at the bottom of the world. A land of reversals. Where swans are black instead of white. Where colonisers brought their own dark subconscious and had it realised huge and grotesque upon the landscape.
This series will examine colonial and post-colonial history to understand where we’ve come from and how this shapes who we are today. How did we get from there to here? And after such bloody beginnings, what spectres still haunt the Australian subconscious?
Who are the Ghosts of the Australian Psyche?
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