In this episode focusing on the year 1859, we talk about how rabbits first arrived on the continent now known for its infamous rabbit-proof fence. We also discuss the shipwreck of the Admella, the United Confederacy of the Chinese, and the Hospital Creek Massacre. Finally, we discuss two elections in the NSW colony, and one in the Victorian colony.…

This week, we discuss the first-ever game of Australian Rules Football. We also talk about the expeditions of Augustus Gregory and John McDouall Stuart and the connection of Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales by Telegraph lines. Finally, we talk about issues on the goldfields and in Victorian politics, making for quite a varied year in …

This week, we discuss the rise of anti-Chinese sentiment leading to the Buckland Riot. We also talk about all the political chaos across four different colonies, as well as some frontier wars and disasters. All in all, its a full on episode of Australia's history!By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we discuss the advent of Responsible Colonial Government, and all the political and electoral strife that brings to the Australian colonies.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode we discuss the political and social changes that occur throughout a colonial Australia after the Eureka Stockade.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we end our three-parter on the Eureka stockade by looking at its immediate consequences and its long-term legacy throughout Australia's history. Is it the democratic, national revolution many say it is, or is it a more local, self-serving affair?By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we discuss the Battle for the Stockade itself, and examine the final days leading up to it.By ahistoryofaustralia

This episode, we discuss the immediate causes in the months leading up to the Eureka Stockade. Join us for the first of three parts, discussing the Stockade and its legacy!By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we discuss everything that is happening throughout Australia in 1854 before the Eureka Stockade. We'll observe the first telegraphs and trains on the continent, alongside fears of Russian invasions! This episode will serve as an excellent backdrop to understand how the colonies are moving when we get to the stockade itself.…

In this episode, we discuss the year 1853, with its sprees of bushranger crimes, new frontier conflicts, ongoing issues with the gold license system, the final end of convict transportation to Victoria and Van Diemen's Land, and the Bunyip Aristocracy. It's a very packed episode!By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we continue our dive into Australia's gold rushes. We also discuss the lingering death of convict transportation to the Eastern colonies, as well as the most deadly flood in Australia's history.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we examine the goldfields of mid and late 1851, as well as the reason the gold diggers first began protesting in Victoria. In addition, we also look at the first Black Thursday fires on the continent and the first inter-colonial cricket match, while also taking some time to discuss the anti-transportation sentiment in the colonies of Aus…

In this episode, we discuss the beginning of the gold rush in Australia. We also take some time to talk about the possible pre-gold rush gold finds that may or may not have happened through Australia's history, so if you're into gold (and the gold rush), this episode is for you!By ahistoryofaustralia

This episode, we overview Colonial Australia just before the Gold Rush in 1851. The episode is packed to the brim with political, social, and economical change, and contains some interesting stories and threads that will continue throughout the next decade. If you're interested in reading about my Trove rabbit-hole when it came to that story regard…

This week, we discuss the disappearance of Ludwig Leichhardt in the Australia's great desert, while also talking about the issue of convict transportation throughout the colony, and the start of NSW separating with the Port Phillip District and Melbourne.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we take a break from our chronological retelling of Australia's history to discuss Australia's involvement in our neighbour's colonisation, as well as in their frontier wars.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we explore the failures and downfalls of both NSW Governor Gipps and Van Dieman's Land Governor Wilmot. We also discuss the risky exploration undertaken by Ludwig Leichhardt and Charles Sturt, and how they both nearly fell to Australia's wilderness.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we look towards the lurching forward of democracy which occurred throughout New South Wales in the early 1840s. We also take the time to discuss Governor Gipps' legislative brawl with the Squatters, and the political strife ongoing in Van Dieman's Land.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this minisode, we discuss Norfolk Island and the half a dozen convict mutinies, rebellions, and riots which occurred throughout its second period of colonisation.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we discuss the ongoings of colonial Australia during the period of 1840-1843, with a specific focus towards the colonies affected by the Depression of the 1840s. These include the downfall of South Australia, the failure of Australind, and the recession of New South Wales, all of which we'll discuss today!…

This week we examine Frontier warfare in the "free colony" of Australia, and see whether 50 years of experience and knowledge changes frontier warfare for the better or worse.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this minisode, we overview the life of Elizabeth Macarthur, wife of John Macarthur and perhaps the true pioneer of Australia's wool industry.By ahistoryofaustralia

We've got a packed episode this week, as we overview Frontier War in Victoria and NSW, the end of two Governors, and the cessation of Convict Transportation to NSW.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we discuss the Colonisation of "the non-convict state", South Australia. We examine whether its pioneer Edward Wakefield deserved such a title, and how the colony actually got started up.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we discuss frontier war on the main Australian continent throughout the 1830s, between the fort warfare in the North and the Battles in Western Australia.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this week's episode, we overview the colonisation of the state of Victoria. We also discuss Australia's only treaty between Indigenous Australians and Europeans, that of Batman's treaty, as well as why treaty-making basically did not exist in colonial Australia.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we take some time to discuss the land reforms of 1831 which lay the roots for issues decades in the future, as well as talk about the Swan River legislative council and some convict mutinies. Finally, we end the episode with an overview on John Macarthur's death, and the legacy he leaves on the Australian colonies.…

In this week's episode, we overview the Bathurst Rebellion of 1830. We also take the time to discuss Charles Sturt's exploration of the Darling and Murray Rivers, and the end of Governor Darling's period of leadership.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we overview Frontier Warfare in Van Dieman's Land during 1826-1831, and discuss the most prominent event of it all, the Black Line.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we explore the colonisation of the Swan River Colony (Western Australia) under Captain James Stirling. In addition, we follow the conflict between Governor Darling and the "Freer" Press to its conclusion, examine Australia's first, and possibly largest, bank robbery, and discuss the expansion of the Legislative Council.…

In this episode, we overview the struggle between Governor Darling and the Newspapers of the colony, as well as discuss the the separation of Van Diemen's Land from NSW. We also take a quick second to discuss an Australian ghost story.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode we overview the last years of Governor Brisbane's time in charge, and take an eye to the frontier war against the Wiradjuri in the Bathurst region. We also take some time to discuss the bushranging mixed with frontier war in Tasmania, as well as the spread of colony across the country in the mid-1820s.…

In this episode of the A History of Australia podcast, we focus in on Governor Brisbane's first years as Governor. And more specifically, we analyse the introduction of colonial Australia's first democratic institution in the 1823 Legislative Council, but is it really anything more than just a token gesture in an autocracy?…

In this episode, we overview the final years of Governor Macquarie, and examine how the Exclusives played a part in his resignation. We also take the time to overview the Bigge Report, which will have major ramifications down the road, and to briefly retrospect on Macquarie's time as Governor.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we explore the 1814-1816 Hawkesbury-Nepean War. Part of the ongoing frontier wars in Australia's colonial history, this war sees one of the biggest military actions up until this point, as well as the most controversial parts of Macquarie's time as governor.By ahistoryofaustralia

In the first minisode of the podcast, we explore the colonists who lived beyond the colonial frontier by 1814, including Sealers on Kangaroo Island, and two supposed 'Wild White Men'.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we overview the establishment of Australia's first currency, the first crossing of the Blue Mountains, and Thomas Davey's time as Van Dieman's Land's Lieutenant Governor. Will he be able to prosper, or will bushrangers and insults from Governor Macquarie bring him down?By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we finally step out of the shadow of Macarthur's Coup, and enter the period of Macquarie's Governorship. Will he deal with similar issues as his predecessors? Or will he prosper without Macarthur in the colony?By ahistoryofaustralia

This episode, we examine the aftermath of the Rum Rebellion/Macarthur's Coup. Will Macarthur and Johnston hold onto power, or will the colony of NSW extend into chaos?By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we analyse the events of January 26th 1808, as Johnston and Macarthur finally launch their coup against Governor Bligh.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we explore the start of the Rum Rebellion, and examine how the personalities of John Macarthur, George Johnston, Richard Atkins, and Governor William Bligh clashed to create the circumstances which led to the coup. Part 1 of a 2 part overview.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we overview the last years of Governor King, the return of John Macarthur, and the arrival of Governor Bligh. In essence, we take a look at the prelude to the Rum Rebellion!By ahistoryofaustralia

This week, we overview the Irish Rebellion/Castle Hill Convict rebellion of 1804. We also take a look at the expansion of colony across Australia, as well as the events at Risdon Cove in 1804 and how they tie in to Australia's History Wars.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode we overview the first years of Governor King, as well as the duel between William Paterson and John Macarthur, the meeting of Baudin and Flinders, and the death of a recurring individual. Will King be a better Governor than Hunter? Only time will tell.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this week's episode, we analyse the end of John Hunter's time as Governor, as well as the journey Bass and Flinders took to establish the existence of the Bass Strait. We'll also undertake a brief retrospective on Hunter, to see if he compares to Governor Phillip or if he falls short.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode, we overview the substantial Battle of Parramatta, as well as the wreck of the ship, the Sydney Cove. We will also overview the start of an exploration boom led by George Bass and Matthew Flinders.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this week's episode, we overview how newly minted Governor John Hunter attempts to fix the issues of war, corruption, and rum. We also look at how John Macarthur sets a record by igniting three public feuds in two months, and at Pemulwuy dueling against Australia's first bushranger.By ahistoryofaustralia

This week's episode will take a magnifying glass to the battle/massacre of Richmond Hill, and discuss how it relates to the greater concept of Frontier Wars across Australia's History. We'll also take a quick look at Governor Hunter's arrival in the colony of NSW.By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode of the A History of Australia Podcast, we examine how Australia, and the colony of Sydney were affected by Francis Grose's rule. Will he continue Phillip's practices, or will he enable corruption and alcoholism across the colony?By ahistoryofaustralia

In this episode of the A History of Australia Podcast, we overview how the 1790 Food Crisis ended. We also take a look at the historical events of 1791-1792, and end with a retrospective on the Governorship of Arthur Phillip, looking to answer the question, was he competent and effective as a leader?…