All Aussie Hour

IT'S A SEASON FINALE!!! For our final ep of season 1, Mel takes Josie through the infamous Emu War, when emus dominated the Aussie army and its new, fancy machine guns. **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 24 mins. Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts Show notes: "'Feathered foes': soldier settlers and Western Australia's 'Emu War' of 1932, Murray Johnson, (2006). Tell me mate what are emus like, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Adrian Burton 2013 Scientific American, The Great Emu War, 2014, Bec CrewSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josie takes Mel all the way back to 2018, when needles started showing up stuck into strawberries all across Australia.  **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 29 mins and 40 seconds! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts Show notes: BBC, no byline, September 2018 ABC by Patrick Williams, September 2018 The Guardian by Ben Smee, September 2018 The North West Star by Cheryl Goodenough, July 2020 Daily Mail by Mark Brook, November 2018 ABC by Talissa Siganto, July 2021 Brisbane Times article by Toby Crockford, July 2021 News.com.au by Shireen Khalil, 2020See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Mel tells Josie the tragic story of Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go fire, and the corruption and intrigue that was behind it. **If you would like to skip the catch-up chats, head straight to 18 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: Q News, Brooke Tindall Q News, Destiny Rogers The Ghost Gate Road podcast by Matthew Condon The Guardian, 2022 News.com.au, Blake Antrobus, 2022 ABC, 2017 Mamamia True Crime Conversations with Matthew CondonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even though this has nothing to do whatsoever with a) Australia or b) history, Mel and Josie just love to yap and obviously needed to gasbag about Dave Grohl's announcement of his illegitimate child IMMEDIATELY.  Join the convo in the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group! AND: Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For some reason, Josie has decided to punish herself by telling Mel all about Aussie actor, heartthrob and icon Heath Ledger. Yes, there are tears.  **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 23 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: Australian Screen – Heath Ledger Biography National Film and Sound Archive of Australia – clip of Heath Ledger in Sweat Daily Telegraph article from 2022 – interview with Julia Stiles E! Online article from 2018 Empire Online article from 2012, first published in Empire Magazine in 2009 – oral history of Dark Knight MTV article 2008 Daily Mail article from 2016 by Jennifer Smith 2017 Documentary I Am Heath Ledger 81st Academy Awards, 2009 – the Ledger family’s acceptance speech video  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is this the most unhinged episode of All Aussie Hour and its past iterations yet? Maybe. A very hungover Mel tells Josie about Fisher's Ghost, a ye olde tale about a man who gets murdered and then does some messy, dramatic revenge by reappearing as a ghost to take down his murderer. Charli XCX would love. **If you would like to skip the catch-up chats, head straight to 27.53 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: Skeptical Inquirer, Joe Nickel Campbelltown City CouncilSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the epic final part of our Aussie Sports Extravaganza, Josie covers Part 2 of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 25 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: GQ Australia, 2024Sydney Morning Herald by Sarah Keoghan, September 2020 WikipediaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Olympics Season, Zesties! This week we start our two-parter on the Sydney 2000 Olympics, with Mel kicking things off and taking you through winning the bid, the lead-up and THAT opening ceremony. **If you would like to skip the catch-up chats, head straight to 22.32 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group! Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram! Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES:See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing our Aussie Sports Extravaganza, this week Josie takes Mel through the incredible and inspiring history of THE MATILDAS! **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 27 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: Stan Original Doco Trailblazers  Football Australia article about the history of Women’s Football in Australia  Extract from A Woman’s Game by Suzanne Wrack: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women’s Football published by The Guardian ABC article by Samantha Lewis 18 Jul 2023 ABC article by Samantha Lewis, 30 Jul 2023 Guardian Australia article by Jack Snape, 17 Aug 2023 Guardian Australia article by Tory Shepherd, 19 Aug 2023 Josie’s dad’s cousin Linda “Sunni” Hughes scores a goal (skip to around 39:00 mark)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mel takes Josie through the incredible life and achievements of Queen of Australia Cathy Freeman! **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 15:10! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES:See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Josie takes Mel through our very own Aussie homegrown UFO abduction and the story of Kelly Cahill (if that IS her real name...)! **If you would like to skip the catch up chats, head straight to 16:30! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: ABC article Sep 2020 by Matt Neal SMH article 2016 by Daniella Miletic A 2022 Ferntree Gully Star Mail article by Parker McKenzie Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings: Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories by Stella Tarakson PDF of Encounter: The True Story by Kelly Cahill YouTube vid featuring grabs from Today TonightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mel tells Josie of the landslide that stopped the nation, the tragic Thredbo Disaster of 1997.  **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 21 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: 9 News, Ellen Connolly, 2014 SBS News, 2017 ABC, Bill Brown, 2017 SMH, Heroes Of Thtredbo, Andrew Brown, 2017 Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub ABC, 2022 MamamiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Josie re-does an old AAMH story, it's the incredible mystery of the 1948 death of the unknown 'Somerton Man'. **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 18 mins! (00:01) Zesty Chat (17:50) Somerton Man begins (01:22.00) End Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts   EPISODE REFERENCES: SMH extract from Kerry Greenwood’s book “Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery”: https://www.smh.com.au/national/riddle-on-the-sands-20121119-29kwz.html  Transcript of Coronial Inquest 17th June 1949: https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/The_Taman_Shud_Case_Coronial_Inquest  The Advertiser 6 Dec 1948: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43794348  The Advertiser article 11 Dec 1948: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43795238  The Advertiser article 18 January 1949: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43800320  The Advertiser article 25 Nov 1949: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36677719  ABC article April 2021: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/mysterious-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-by-sa-police/100092750  ABC Australian Story episode November 2022: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/my-name-is-charles-somerton-man-mystery/101680520 : SA Police statement: https://web.archive.org/web/20220727061712/https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/statement-regarding-somerton-man#.YuDYbOzP1qY  Daily Mail Sep 2023: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12528299/Somerton-Man-Twist-Australias-mysterious-cold-cases-case-bizarre-birthday-card-emerges.html  Josie's own chaotic notes from 2018 and All Aussie Mystery Hour S1E5 A bit of Wikipedia too - some of their links were broken.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Mel as she regales Josie of the worst explorers ever, our very own Burke & Wills. **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 14.15 Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: burkeandwills.net.au Burke and Wills' Courage and Folly Pt. 1: Marching Onwards to the Great Unknown". Australian Stamps Professional.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Josie tells Mel about the tragic 1973 unsolved murder of Lynette White.  **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 15.40. Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts EPISODE REFERENCES: 1800RESPECT is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence – call 1800 737 732 or visit 1800respect.org.au Police are urging anyone with information that may assist Strike Force Tourmaline investigators to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/  Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. ABC Australian Story episode from 2017: “Murder by the Sea”:  2018 9News article by Tim Rose 2016 Sydney Morning Herald article by Ava Benny-Morrison 2023 Daily Telegraph article by Madeleine Crittenden 2022 Sky News segment by Danica De Giorgio 2017 ABC News article by Heidi Pett and Rebecca LathamSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mel redoes an old Aussie Mystery Hour ep (Mel's Version) and dives even deeper into the mystery of the Lithgow Panther! **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 15 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Josie regales Mel with the incredible story of the 1834 Frederick Escape! **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 21 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts   EPISODE REFERENCES: ABC Radio National program Hindsight, episode broadcast 15 Feb 2009 Discover Tasmania Australian Geographic University of Tasmania article from Companion to Tasmanian History James Porter’s account See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mel tells Josie all about the 1974 Darwin disaster of Cyclone Tracy, and the devastating effects it had on NT's capital city.  **If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 14 mins! Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts   EPISODE RESOURCES: The Elements Podcast: Air: Cyclone Tracy Big Blow Up North: A History of Tropical Cyclones in Australia’s Northern Territory, Kevin Murphy, 1984 BOM: Remembering Cyclone Tracy  The NT News, Cyclone Tracy 40 Years OnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

**If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 19 mins for Chopper! This week Josie tells Mel all about the ridiculous life of Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read.  Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts   EPISODE RESOURCES: The Guardian, 2013: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/mark-chopper-read-obituary Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Rule, 2010: https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-a-gang-started-by-choppers-christmas-sausages-20100420-srrp.html  Herald Sun article by staff writers, 2013: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-life-times-and-crimes-of-notorious-celebrity-crook-mark-8216chopper8217-read/news-story/6eff9b560e70e82dd599eaed4bea662d  Article by Adam Shand: The Overcoat War or Who Hid The Sausage? https://adamsh.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/the-overcoat-war-or-who-hid-the-sausage/  The Age by John Silvester, 2012: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/trotter-v-chopper-day-of-judgment-20121130-2am3m.html  The Herald Sun by Anthony Dowlsey and Mark Buttler, 202: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts/chopper-v-gangitano-inside-a-vicious-underworld-rivalry/news-story/27bdd395e0aea83077c36009a32244e9  Daily Telegraph by Nui Te Koha, 2008: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/chopper-read-doesnt-deserve-transplant/news-story/87a66b354e73f72965c3ab8ace8236d7  Nine News by Erin Tennant, 2013: https://www.9news.com.au/national/chopper-s-murder-confessions-fairy-tales/e30f9d36-e664-4602-84ed-0b183bec92fd#:~:text=Read%20made%20the%20admissions%20in,Sidney%20Michael%20Collins%20in%202002.  New York Times by Matt Siegel, 2013: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/world/asia/chopper-read-australias-brand-name-for-ferocity-is-softened-by-illness.html?_r=0  Acclaim Magazine by Andrew Montell:: https://www.acclaimmag.com/culture/from-vaults-chopper-read/  Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, episode aired June 4 2007 Chopper: From the Inside by Mark “Chopper” ReadSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G'day mates! On today's ep, Josie tells Mel about the 1975 Tasman Bridge Disaster. Join the ALL AUSSIE HOUR Facebook group Follow All Aussie Hour on INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK Follow JOSIE and MEL on Instagram  Produced by DM Podcasts  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.