A History of Australia

This episode, we continue discussing how the Great Depression affected Australia from the federal point of view. From the Premiers' Conferences and Premiers' Plans to the 2nd Labor Split and the Birth of the United Australia Party, and finally, the significant 1931 federal election, we've got a very cohesive political story to discuss this week.

This week, we discuss the federal attempts to solve the Great Depression in 1930, and the ways in which they failed. We also talk about the continuing rise of Phar Lap and Donald Bradman, and read testimonies of average Australian's suffering through the Depression.   As a reminder, this episode focuses on federal Australia in 1930, with future episodes to come out relating to how each state dealt with the Depression. 

This week, we discuss the start of the Great Depression in Australia. We also talk about the highly influential 1929 federal election (and the return of Billy Hughes to federal political prominence), the Victorian and Queensland state elections, the Port Adelaide Wharf and Rothbury Riots, and the rise of two Australian sporting legends, Donald Bradman and Phar Lap.

In this episode, we discuss the last document frontier massacres, the Coniston massacres. We also discuss Charles Kingsford Smith's and Charles Ulm's flight across the Pacific, the 1928 Waterside Workers Federation Strike, and the Bundaberg Tragedy.

This episode, we discuss the first rise and fall of NSW Premier Jack Lang. We also talk about the Berkley Street gangster shootout, the launching of the 2nd HMAS Australia, the formation of the ACTU (Australasian Council of Trade Unions), and a couple state elections.