In 1770 Cook & Banks become the first Europeans to land on the fertile east coast of "New Holland", which they rename "New South Wales" and claim for Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Terra Australis
For most of the world, the story of Australia started as a fable about a great south land that must exist to keep the world in balance. The myth came from a joint venture between an Egyptian pharaoh and some Phoenician sailors around 600BC, and motivated future European explorers during the age of imperialism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Britain vs France
Tracing the centuries long enmity between Britain and France, and how that imperial rivalry played out in the South Pacific as the race for Terra Australis intensified. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Cook and Banks
The crucial partnership between softly-spoken James Cook and the effervescent Joseph Banks as they set out on The Endeavour in the search for Terra Australis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Teaser - A Day at the Cricket with Edmund Barton
This pre-release sample episode tells the largely unknown story of how Australia's first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton first entered the public's imagination. His career as a lawyer had been unremarkable, but his astute management of a cricket crisis in 1879 set him up as a leading figure in the Sydney establishment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the story of Australia. This podcast series by John Ruddick tells the political and geopolitical history of Australia, starting with the fabled "terra Australis" and then tracking the journey from British penal colony to a young federation, a country at war, and today one of the world’s great nations. Episodes released weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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