Remember When with Harvey Deegan Podcast: Recent Episodes
Remember When with Harvey Deegan - Archive
Remember When – an entertaining romp through bygone days every Sunday night. Join Harvey Deegan and guests as they bring history and our heritage back to life.
Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Weather Incidents
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Matt Woods – That Astronomy Guy
- Starship Is Still Bobbing Around Off Wa
- Have Astronomers Found The First Exomoon?
- Betelgeuse Finally Isn't Alone
- What’s I
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Ming Johanson
Tech History
- The IBM PC (45years)
- The Netscrape IPO
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Owen Briffa - Lost Mundaring & Surroundings Local History Museum.
Lost saw mills.
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Amanda Casselton
Advisory Officer
State Records Office of Western Australia
Heirisson Island and the Perth that Never Was’.
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Jeffrey Williams, Executive Director of King Edward Memorial Hospital
110 Years of KEMH
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Peter Taylor – Movies
My Brilliant Career - 1979 with Sam Neill, His first leading Role
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Richard OffenHistorian, Author, BroadcasterMt Henry and Horseshoe Bridges
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Dr Martin Drum
Professor, Politics and International Relations
BA (Hons) ANU; PhD UWA - Notre Dame
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
with
John McGrath - Marjorie Charleson Award, and a call for racing industry nominations
and
Kim Renner - Owner of Former star galloper Black Heart Bart who will be inducted into the WA Racing Hall of Fame on August 22.
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Damian Sheppard- State Archivist and Executive Director State Records Office of Western Australia
The Commonwealth/Empire Games in the Archives
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Peter Taylor – Movies
1971 Willie Wonka with Gene Wilder
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Ross McGuinness
Denmark Saw Family Photo Album
Geoff Saw (Bert Saw's nephew) gifted the Denmark Historical Society an original, historical photo album capturing Federation-era life in Western Australia. The collection features over 600 glass-plate images taken by pioneering photographer Bert Saw, dating from the early 1900s to 1940
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Richard Offen -
Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Market Gardens
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
with
Geoff Rodier - Carnarvon racing history
and
Bazz Harris - Coordinator Marble Bar Community Resource Centre and Secretary of the Race Club
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Anthea Hodgson - Author
The Palace of Lost Virtue
In 1898, Marigold Harrington arrives on the goldfields of Western Australia with conviction in her heart. The daughter of a prospector and a proud member of the Christian Women’s Temperance Union, she dreams of rescuing women the gold rush has forgotten, those trapped in the shadows of brothels and bars.
Across town, Pansy Arlington presides over the Palace of Pleasure, her own small empire built from ruin. When Marigold arrives at her door, offering God’s forgiveness, Pansy surprises her with unexpected kindness.
The two women spark an unlikely friendship, but in a rough, lawless town built on greed and desire, their bond will be tested by betrayal, violence and a crime that will echo through the years.
Inspired by true events and the real women of the gold rush, The Palace of Lost Virtue dares to rewrite history books, giving voice to the lives of the formidable women who lived and died in the goldfields.
By the bestselling author of The War Nurses, this is a lively and colourful tale about loyalty, forgiveness and freedom.
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Kerrie Russell - Principal- Alice Springs School of the Air
75th anniversary
Alice Springs School of the Air offers a wide range of educational services and activities to isolated school children from Pre-school to Year 9, in Central Australia and across the world.
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Richard OffenHistorian, Author, BroadcasterEarly Radio in Perth
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Moya Sharp – Outback Family History
Goldfields History
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- SpaceX IPO Creates Thousands of Millionaires
- Artemis III Mission
- Most Detailed Map of the Universe's Hidden Magnetic Fields Released
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Ming Johanson tribute of Geoffrey Thomas, 14 June 2026
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Mng Johanson - Tech History
- Siri and AI
- Humanoid Robots
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Gerard Foley
Senior Archivist
State Records Office of Western Australia
What the State Archives have to say about Royal Tours and visits by foreign dignitaries over the years
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Peter Taylor – Movies
Driving Miss Daisy.
Looking to celebrate Jessica Tandy .It would have been her birthday next Sunday. Celebrating her as the oldest actress in 80 years to win an acting Oscar.
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Claes-Göran Wetterholm
More than 114 years after the Titanic slipped beneath the North Atlantic, the world’s most famous shipwreck is still lying to us.
The movies got it wrong, the textbooks glossed over it and the myths, from women and children first to third-class passengers being deliberately locked below deck, have become part of accepted history.
Now, one of the world’s foremost Titanic historians is setting the record straight.
Claes-Göran Wetterholm has spent decades studying the Titanic disaster. He has pored over survivor testimonies, maritime records, and artefacts that most people never see.
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Richard OffenHistorian, Author, BroadcasterThe history of earthquakes in WA.
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John Maiorana - The Gourmet Godfather
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The Foods Of Autumn
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WA Today
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Ernie Manning
Racing Historian
William Pike admitted to the Hall of Fame
we spoke with
Dale Verhagen - William’s racing manager
and
Danny Miller - Past top jockey
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Richard OffenHistorian, Author, BroadcasterHumble Dwellings
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Michael Wolter
City of Perth Brass Band
City of Perth Brass Band is ecstatic to return to the Government House Ballroom to bring you an afternoon of music with guest international Euphonium soloist Bastien Baumet. With music for everyone, the tickets for this concert will sell quickly. Bastien will take to the stage multiple times to dazzle the audience with both beautiful melodic and virtuosic fast pieces. The concert will also feature talented musicians from within the City of Perth Brass Band.
Sun, 21 Jun, 1pm - 3:30pm
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- Australia’s First Zero-Gravity Scientific Flight (UWA)
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Phobos and the Future Rings of Mars
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Sir David Attenborough Turns 100
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Ming Johanson
Tech History
- This Week in Tech History
- Current Tech News
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Palatial Residences of Perth
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Carolyn Atkinson
Record Keeping Consultant
State Records Office of Western Australia -
The Cottesloe Letters Scandal 1928
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Peter Taylor – Movies
Steel Magnolias 1989 to celebrate Mothers Day
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Ernie Manning Racing Historian
With
Mark Pink - Lark Hill track president
and
Hayden Ballantyne (Lark Hill experience)
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Mayor Ruth Butterfield City Of Armadale with Bruce Welsh
City of Armadale as History House marks its 50th anniversary
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Bob Kucera (Patron and choir member) and Ellis Griffiths - President
Perth Male Voice Choir with Bruce Welsh
The Perth Male Voice Choir (PMVC) was established in 1926 when members of the
Commercial Travellers Association (CTA) in Perth formed a Concert Party with the
aim of raising money for charities. The Choir principally sang in the Welsh Male
Voice Choir tradition, i.e. adult males singing in four-part harmony usually with piano
accompaniment.
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Gavin Nancarrow - Chief Executive Office Fairbridge with Bruce Welsh
History of Fairbridge
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Linda Scott with Bruce Welsh
Australian War Animal Memorial Organisation (AWAMO)
The Australian War Animal Memorial Organisation (AWAMO) is a registered not-for-profit committed to recognising the service, loyalty, and sacrifices of animals who have served alongside humans in military and peacekeeping operations.
AWAMO’s team is made up of passionate community members from diverse backgrounds who work together to honour animals and educate the public.
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Places of Ill Repute
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Jeff Steel - Author
Against The Rising Sun
Trapped in the greatest defeat of the British Empire, Australian Don Graham endured Changi, survived a torpedoed
prisoner ship, and lived through Tokyo’s firebombing—all as a forced labourer. His incredible resilience and heroism
reveal a forgotten WWII survival story of grit, mateship and unbreakable spirit.
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
Artemis Ii – Splashdown & Why It Matters
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Wayne Garwood
Has been associated with the Kalamunda Show for many years
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Ming Johanson
Tech History
- 50 Years Of Apple And Changing Expectations
- The Dot-Com Crash — When Hype Hit Reality
- Job Scams — When Tech Becomes Risk
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Anne Chapple OAM
Friends of ANZAC Cottage Inc
Sunset Service
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Karen Thomas -
York Heritage Weekend 2026
The 2026 York Heritage Weekend in Western Australia runs from 25 to 27 April 2026, celebrating the town's history with themed events focused on "Change". Highlights include Penny Farthing bike rides, Mad Tatters Morris Dancers, a Greenhills bus tour, and a "VH-ANA Amana" crash memorial.
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Perth Cinemas
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Gerard Foley - Senior Archivist
State Records Office of Western Australia
Easter in the archives
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Peter Taylor - Movies
Easter Parade 1948
Starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
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Bruce Reynolds - Perth Lord Mayor
4th annual Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival
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Nat Coppin – Chairman of the Kalamunda Show Committee
Kalamunda Show (Friday/Saturday 10th/11th April).
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Daniel Reynaud
SAILOR, SOLDIER, VICAR, FARMER
The Improbable Life of Anzac Chaplain Walter Dexter
December 1915: a paunchy middle aged man walked the rugged ridges and gullies above Anzac Cove where, over the previous eight months, these hills and valleys had rung with rifle shots and shellfire, and the war cries and wounded shrieks of Turkish and British Empire soldiers. The man was dressed in the uniform of a captain in the Australian Imperial Force, but he was no fighting soldier. Instead, he wore the badges and dog-collar of a non-combatant military chaplain. As he went, he scattered Australian wattle seeds around the graves of hundreds of soldiers who had died in the heroic but misguided campaign, hoping to shade the dead under the canopy of their native trees. He had personally buried many of the men and put up the simple white wooden crosses – their names and unit painted on them in black.
Walter Dexter was in the early stages of his fourth career. His complexion, gait, medal ribbons and dog-collar were evidence of his having already been a sailor, soldier and parish priest, and although only in his early 40s, he had more career changes ahead of him. By the end of this war, further bravery awards would mark him out as Australia’s most decorated chaplain, while his service from the beginning to the very end of the conflict made his record unique among Australian chaplains.
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Ernie Manning Racing Historian
with
Fin Powrie Former Perth Chief Steward
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Lost Hotels of Perth
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Graham McKenzie-Smith
War On The Sand Plain - Series of Books
The four books of the ‘war on the sand plain’ series detail the movements
and activities of the 306 Army units, with 47,300 men, that occupied 290 camp sites
in the region. Also detailed are the 37 coast watch posts established to give warning
of any enemy activity along the coast.
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Margo O’Byrne
Fenians Festival 2026
The 150th anniversary of the Catalpa escape - Australia’s most daring maritime prison break - is at the heart of the ‘Fenians Festival 2026’, from March 23 to 31.
In 1876 the highly-planned escape and rescue resulted in six Irish political prisoners (Fenians) escaping from a
convict work detail in Fremantle and making their way to a rendezvous with the Catalpa, an American whaling
ship, near Rockingham. The Catalpa had sailed from America on a secret mission to rescue the men; so secret
Captain George Anthony couldn’t even let his crew know the ship’s true goal.
‘Fenians Festival 2026’ offers a week of events including Irish music and poetry; international guests; a
performance by Theatre 180; history talks, panel discussions and a Family Day.
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Mel Whinnen - Former West Perth AFL Player
Paying tribute to Bill Dempsey
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Farming.
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- Asteroid That Was Thought to Hit the Moon in 2032
- Artemis II Moon Mission Update
- NASA and Boeing Starliner Investigation
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Ming Johanson
Tech History
- International Women's Day - Recognising Women who influenced technology.
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Wilf Chambers, John Luca and Dale Henry
2026 Mustang Nationals
15 March - Gloucester Park
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Damian Shepherd
State Archivist and Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia
Operation Plowshare
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Peter Taylor – Movies
Tribute to Robert Duvall
Godfather Part 2
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Dr Martin Drum
Professor, Politics and International Relations
BA (Hons) ANU; PhD UWA - Notre Dame
- Different Types of Voting
- Liberal Takeover
- English Politics
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Dot Newton
Wanneroo And Districts Historical Society
I have been trying unsuccessfully to locate a photo of a Mile Peg. Many old photos of the buildings located within the Wanneroo/Wanneru district had an address as 12 Mile peg etc.
None show the peg.
If Anyone has any please contact us.
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
History of Board Games
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Mat McLachlan Historian
Bombing of Darwin (19 February 1942)
- On 19 February 1942, mainland Australia came under attack by the Japanese. The first air raid on Darwin involved over 260 enemy aircraft. They bombed military bases, the town and the harbour sinking several ships including a US destroyer. Hundreds of people were killed and wounded.
- During this air attack, an Australian soldier shot down a Japanese Zero (fighter plane), and the plane crash landed on Melville Island where the pilot was the first Japanese soldier taken Prisoner of War by Australia. He was incarcerated in Cowra NSW, and was instrumental in the Cowra Prisoner of War Breakout that occurred in August 1944.
- The Bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 was the first of 64 air raids on Darwin, the last occurring on 12 November 1943.
- As well as the air attacks on Darwin, throughout 1942 and 1943 there were additional air attacks on northern Australia, including Katherine in the Northern Territory, Townsville and Mossman in Queensland, Horn Island in the Torres Strait and Wyndham, Port Hedland and Derby in Western Australia. In total, there were 97 air attacks on northern Australia.
- The first air attack on Darwin was by far the largest. Most raids were carried out with forces of 30 to 40 fighters and bombers, with smaller operations by groups of under a dozen Japanese aircraft.
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
WA Racing Hall of Fame
with
Steve Butler - Corporate Affairs Manager Racing WA
And
John Hunt - Racing Commentator
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Zachary Gorman
The Menzies Legacy: Ideals, Change, Procession, 1960s and Beyond,
Was Robert Menzies out of step with the swinging 1960s,
or did he shape the profound changes that it wrought?
Menzies led Australia for over half the decade, finally
retiring in 1966 as our oldest prime minister. His reputation
for stability and continuity appears opposed to everything
we commonly associate with the 1960s. Yet he governed
during a dynamic period marked by rising levels of
homeownership, university education, opportunities for
women, engagement with Asia, instantaneous
communications, space exploration, international travel and
trade.
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John Maiorana - The Gourmet Godfather History on a Plate
Chinese New Year
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
St Valentine’s Day
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Logan Smith
Is going to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Brisbane with WA Police Pipe Band
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, why the launch date keeps slipping
- Australian-led discovery of a potentially habitable planet candidate
- Australian of the Year 2026, space takes centre stage
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Ming Johanson
Tech History
- February 6, 1984 — Macintosh changes computing
- February 10, 1996 — Deep Blue vs Kasparov
- February 3, 2000 — PayPal’s early public momentum
- February 2015 — Windows 10 previews
- February 4, 2004 — Facebook is launched
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Anne Chapple OAM
Secretary
Friends of ANZAC Cottage Inc
The Friends of ANZAC Cottage is pleased to offer an invitation to their 110 th birthday
anniversary on February 15, 2026 from 4 pm to 7 pm. The Friends have organised the
celebrations to reflect, where possible, the day 110 years ago when the Mount Hawthorn
community came together to build this historic building, the first World War 1 memorial in
Western Australia. Amazing to think a house built in one day still stands 110 years later!
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Gerard Foley - Senior Archivist
State Records Office of Western Australia
The history of Perth’s suburbs
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Peter Taylor – Movies
Oscar winning romantic comedy drama The Apartment 1960 Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine. Also Jack's birthday is next week. He would have been 101
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Geoffrey Thomas - Aviation Editor with Business News
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Taking the Waters
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Chris Frame - Cruise History
The author of The Evolution of the Passenger Ship book
Have you wondered what the difference is between an ocean liner and a cruise ship? Are you amazed at the size of the biggest cruise ships? Perhaps you are keen to know what sailing on the first ever cruise ship was like? From the introduction of steam power over 180 years ago, passenger shipping has changed dramatically. As new technologies were developed ships and shipping lines evolved, delivering ships capable of greater speed and safety, new luxuries and improved scale and size. The Evolution of the Passenger Ship explores the way ships were shaped over time, and how they in turn helped to shape the world around them. AUTHORS: Chris Frame and Rachelle Cross share a passion for passenger ships and cruising, having written over a dozen books and countless articles on historic and modern-day passenger ships. Chris has appeared as a maritime history expert on the BBC, Channel 5, Sky News, ABC News and LBC 97.3. They have written several books for The History Press, including 180 Years of Cunard, Oriana: A Photographic Journey and A Photographic History of the Orient Line.
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Brendan Kelly
The 'B-Side' of history - mainly essays - to describe the little corner historical occurrences, less noticed, but just as important as mainstream history.
'Amateur Entertainment in Western Australia, 1875-1895’ (attached) subtitled 'Sex and Drugs & Gilbert & Sullivan'.
I also attach a list of published titles, as I explore the human condition, as much as it is now, as it was then.
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Ernie Manning
Racing Historian
Paying tribute to Colin Webster
with Craig Staples- Jockey’s Association president, who was apprenticed to Colin
and John Burt - Gloucester Park president,
When he was a racehorse owner, John had horses trained by Colin for many years.
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Matthew Pavlinovich
Chairperson
Midland and Districts Historical Society Inc.
Midland Station and Clock
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John Maiorana - The Gourmet Godfather
History on a Plate
FESTIVE TIME OF YEAR
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Taking the Waters
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- ISS Crew-11 Early Return
- NASA’s Mars Sample Return Is Dead, Clearing the Way for China
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
The History of Goal Setting - From Ancient Records to AI Tools
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Phillipa Rogers – President of the WA Railway Museum
For something different why not spend a warm summer evening exploring the Railway Museum as the day fades into night. Summer Nights is a relaxed, family-friendly event that invites you to experience the museum in a whole new light — from golden hour through to dusk. Saturday 17 January from 4pm to 8pm, normal entry fees apply.
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Damian Shepherd
State Archivist and Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia
Parks
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Peter Taylor with Movies
Remembering Rob Reiner
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Geoffrey Thomas - Aviation Editor with Business News
- MH370 Update
- Perth Airport
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Richard Offen - Historian, Author, Broadcaster
The original accommodation for the post war english migration
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Ernie Manning
Racing Historian
with
Bernie Ryan - the rider of two Perth Cup winners
and
James Oldring - Perth Racing chief executive
The Perth Cup
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Peter FitzSimons’ next book is on Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop.
Weary Dunlop was an exceptional person – his humility and compassion as an Australian POW and Surgeon on the Thai-Burma railway saved so many lives. Some of the stories Peter recounts are harrowing, but they also capture Weary’s humanity – like when he stood between a Japanese soldier’s bayonet and his blind, paraplegic patient; or when he took out a fellow POW’s ”perforated duodenal ulcer” in the deep jungle of Thailand, with ‘the fitful light of weak hurricane lamps . . . a beam of a torch . . . a needle made from hardened copper wire and catgut thread made from the intestines of animals . . .”
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Chris Frame – Cruise History
New Cruise ships coming in 2025
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Jennifer Perry
May Bradford’s Story
May Bradford remembered as first woman to hold dual commercial pilot, engineering licences
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Anni Antoun & Ming Johanson - Co Founders Villainy Beauty
History of Beauty and Makeup
History of Nails
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Dr Martin Drum
Professor, Politics and International Relations
BA (Hons) ANU; PhD UWA - Notre Dame
US Elections
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- A Trash Compactor is Going to the Space Station
- Vega Has A Disk Of Material Around It – And It Is Shockingly Smooth
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
The Evolution of Data Storage – Memory, Floppy Disks, and Hard Disk Drives
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Anne Chapple
Remembrance Day at ANZAC Cottage 2024
In this spirit, the Friends of ANZAC Cottage has chosen the theme of “wartime letters” for our Remembrance Day commemorations. Commencing at 4 pm on Monday, November 11, at the historic ANZAC Cottage, 38 Kalgoorlie Street, Mount Hawthorn, the event will feature the “Field of Remembrance”, a display from the Western Australian Military Digital Library, a mini exhibition about the original Remembrance Day (once called Armistice Day), lots of poppies and the unique opportunity to explore the Cottage and hear its compelling story.
Sunset Service, will be held from 5 pm to 6 pm featuring a very special surprise.
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Amanda Casselton
Advisory Officer
State Records Office of Western Australia
Fearless Folk in the Archives
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Peter FitzSimons - Author
"Remembering Albert Jacka"
Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy young lad growing up in country Victoria, no one in the district had any idea the man Albert Jacka would become.
Albert 'Bert' Jacka was 21 when Britain declared war on Germany in August 1914. A month and a half later, Bert enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and the young private was assigned to 14 Battalion D company. By the time they shipped out to Egypt he'd been made a Lance-Corporal.
On 26 April 1915, 14 Battalion landed at Gallipoli under the command of Brigadier-General Monash's 4th Infantry Brigade. And it was here, in the early hours of 20 May, that Lance-Corporal Albert Jacka proved he was 'the bravest of the brave'. The Turks were gaining ground with a full-scale frontal attack. As his comrades lay dead or dying around him, Jacka single-handedly held off the enemy onslaught. The Turks retreated
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Matt Woods - Perth Observatory
- First “Black Hole Triple” challenges Model
- Trappist-1 Survive the Star’s Superflares
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Racing History with Ernie Manning and Danny Miller chatting Melbourne Cup
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Keith Cundale - President of Maylands Historical & Peninsula Association
WA Goldfield talk
Old Peninsula Hotel
Oct 21 @ 7:15pm
Free
Contact Keith Cundale, 0402 164 206
maylandshs@gmail.com
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Roland Perry, author of The Battle of the Generals
With the fate of Australia at stake, the two great Allied generals of the Pacific War face off against the Imperial Japanese Army - and each other.
11 March 1942: The Japanese have stormed the Philippines, forcing US general Douglas MacArthur to flee with his family, escaping by the skin of their teeth to the nearest safe country - Australia.
Meanwhile, Australia's foremost general, Thomas Blamey, is ordered home from the Middle East by Prime Minister Curtin to tackle the military emergency suddenly facing our nation, with invasion appearing imminent.
These two generals, both with colourful pasts and intensely clashing personalities, are now tasked with defending Australia against the Japanese war machine. One will lead us to victory, the other will claim the glory.
In The Battle of the Generals, Roland Perry, bestselling author of Monash and The Changi Brownlow, does full justice to the dramatic story of MacArthur, Blamey and the desperate defence of Australia in World War II.
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
- Telsa and Electric cars
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- Thursday Night’s Aurora
- See Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
- SpaceX Starship 5 Test Launch
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Su Dhu - WA Fishers Lost at Sea Memorial Association
Flat Sea Project
A small group of passionate volunteers who have formed the W.A. Fishers’ Lost at Sea Memorial Association with the intention of collecting, researching and documenting every last tragedy that has befallen the WA Commercial Fishing, Pearling and Whaling Industries.
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Kim Fletcher
125th Kelmscott Agricultural Show .
The Kelmscott Agricultural Show is back again in 2024, showcasing a huge number of exhibitors and stalls along with lots of entertainment, food and music for the whole family 18th and 19th of October 2024
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Damian Shepherd - Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia
A Fragrant Fortune in the Archives - the history of the WA sandalwood
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Max Leggett, President of the Machine Preservation Club (MPC)
The Machine Preservation Club (MPC) is based at the old Midland Rail workshops.
We maintain the old Boiler Room which adjoins the power house. All of the machinery is operational and maintained by the MPC.
Walking through the main doors you would be forgiven thinking you walked back in time to old Blighty.. Along with the machinery the buildings are heritage listed. There is so much history for people to see and a part of Perth people have forgotten..
We have an open day coming up on the 12 th of October.
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Amanda Laugesen - Australia in 100 Words
What words would you select to tell the story of Australia? Perhaps you’d choose some
from iconic Australianisms like mateship, fair dinkum, and bogan or maybe you might
reach for words you hear in the street like no worries, yeah nah, bin chicken and budgie
smugglers.
In Australia in 100 Words, historian, lexicographer and author Amanda Laugesen
reveals some of the ideas, events and values that have shaped Australia’s history by
providing fascinating insight into the evolution of Australian English.
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Phillipa Rogers – President of the WA Railway Museum
The Railway museum turns 50! Celebrate Rail Heritage with fun activities for all ages and explore all the usual great trains and exhibits
As well as the Railway Museum collection, there are model trains, a railway swap meet, activities for children and ride on miniature trains by Northern Districts Model Engineering Society, a historic railway road coach from Bus Preservation Society as well as the local railway preservation groups. All this for just the usual admission charge.
Railfest runs from 10am to 4pm.
On Sunday 6 October 2024
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Alison Wroth- Committee Member Toodyay Agricultural Society -
170th Toodyay Agricultural Show - Toodyay Showgrounds - Saturday 5 October 2024 - 9am to 9pm
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
David Reed Kalgoorlie racing historian
Bernie Ryan Kalgoorlie Cup winners
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Matt Woods - Perth Observatory
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew returns home after history-making mission
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Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts
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Moving Bubbles On The Surface Of Another Star Seen For The First Time
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
History of Robotics
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Michael Koh - President Western Australian Blacksmiths Association
History of Blacksmiths
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Bill 'Swampy' Marsh - Author
" More Great Australian Outback Police Stories"
From some of the biggest beats in the world come these unforgettable
tales of adventure and misadventure, drama and mayhem, larrikinism and
laughter.
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Gerard Foley - Senior Archivist
State Records Office of Western Australia
Group Settlement in WA
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
Greg Miles - FormerRace Caller, who called a record 25 Melbourne Cups.
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Chris Frame – Cruise History
Ships with strange origin stories -
The P&O Arcadia (2005)
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Ambassador Cruises Ambition
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Pacific Jewel
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Superstar Gemini
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Annette Ruhotas - Deputy President of Australian Red Cross
- Australian Red Cross’ origin story dating back to 1914
- How the organisation has supported Australian communities over 110 years and the changing nature of our work
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Des Hardiman JP FIPA
Finance Director & Chair of Heritage Swan Districts Football Club
Swan Districts 90th Anniversary
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Perth Observatory's Matt Woods, 14 July 2024
With Fred Mafrica
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Tech History with Ming Johanson, 14 July 2024
And Fred Mafrica
THe History of the Resume
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Dr Kate Gregory - Battye Historian
State Library of Western Australia -SLWA
Keepsake: Cherished Mementos from the Collection opens this weekend
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
and Alex Doble - Bunbury Turf Club secretary
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Tony Barber Australian Gold Logie award-winning TV Personality with Fred Mafrica
Sale of the Century and other quiz shows
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Chris Frame – Cruise History
P&O Cruises
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Matt Woods - Perth Observatory
- SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket has survived re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere
- the Crew Flight Test Starliner spacecraft launched
- NASA Refuses Hubble Rescue Mission and Trims the Space Telescope’s Science
- NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth.
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Tech History With Ming Johanson, 16 June 2024
The Evolution of Publishing: From the Printing Press to Amazon
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John Todd tribute with Bill Walker, 09 June 2024
And Clyde Bevan
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Damian Shepherd
Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia
‘The Shipping News – State Ships in the Archives’.
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RSL Victorian State President Rob Webster
June 3rd 1916 RSL (Returned and Services League) was established in Melbourne
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Greame Cocks
The Darkest Seas, The Duyfken Book
A spell was cast over Graeme Cocks when he was summoned to coffee and cinnamon biscuits at an unassuming house in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 1994. For the next 20 years, he could not release himself from the grip of a little sailing ship called Duyfken - the Little Dove . Against all odds, a magnificent 16th century Dutch sailing ship was conceived and constructed in the heart of the old port city of Fremantle. Hailed as the finest ‘Age of Discovery’ replica ship ever built, Duyfken was sailed on two momentous voyages across the world’s great oceans to Indonesia and then to Europe.
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
With Royce Newton - Kalgoorlie race call
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Matt Woods - Perth Observatory
The Aurora and Solar Storm
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Tech History with Ming Johanson, 12 May 2024
The "I Love You" Virus
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Gerard Foley - Senior Archivist
State Records Office of Western Australia
‘Holidays in the Archives’
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Ernie Manning and the Powder Puff Derby history , with Julie Leach and Julie Mitchell.
Both were highly successful Powder Puff Derby winners and had lengthy terms as presidents of the WA Lady Jockeys’ Association.
Also John JJ Miller celebrated his 91st birthday.
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Wilf Chambers
60 Years of the Mustang -Thank you
The Mustang Owners Club of Western Australia (MOCWA) is celebrated the 60th
anniversary of the iconic Ford Mustang, Wilf called in to say thank you and the give an updated on how the event went
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Rita Alfred-Saggar
Creative Programs Officer
State Library of Western Australia
The Sheiks, Fakes and Cameleers exhibition
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Tech History with Ming Johanson
What was your first personal computer?
April 15, 1977: Birth of the Personal Computer
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Chris Frame - Cruise History
Titanic struck an iceberg (on this day) at 11.40pm on her maiden voyage in the North Atlantic sea - 1912.
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
We Now Know What Caused The Brightest Explosion Ever Seen In Space
If Life Exists on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Scientists Might Soon Be Able To Detect It
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Amanda Casselton - Advisory Officer
State Records Office of Western Australia
ANZAC themed records in our collection
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Wilf Chambers and John Luca
60 Years of the Mustang
The Mustang Owners Club of Western Australia (MOCWA) is celebrating the 60th
anniversary of the iconic Ford Mustang and Mustang owners and enthusiasts are
invited to gather for a memorable day of camaraderie and celebration.
Mustang car fanatics form a passionate global community, and Australia is no exception
Here are the exciting details:
MOCWA is organising a 60th Anniversary Mustang Muster at the City of Perth’s iconic Mustang Muster 60th Anniversary on Sunday 21 April 2024. It is expected that anywhere
between 200 to 500 cars will take part in this family fun day Muster event.
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Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas
Lotterywest Boorloo Heritage Festival is running across April.
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
David Wrensted - Geraldton Turf Club manager
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 24 March 2024
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History of Make Up with Anni and Ming, 24 March 2024
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Dr Kate Gregory - Battye Historian - State Library of Western Australia -SLWA
Women’s history month and highlight some of incredible contributions of women to the history of Western Australia. I’ll focus on Deborah Buller Murphy
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 10 March 2024
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
Voyager 1 Continues To Send NASA Repeating Pattern Of 1s and 0s From Interstellar Space
White Dwarfs Might Be Less Dead Than We Thought
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
Into the lives and innovations of female inventors whose contributions have become indispensable in our daily lives. As we celebrate International Women's Day last Friday to highlight and honour the achievements of brilliant women who have shaped the world through their inventions.
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John Todd on the Passing of Steve Marsh, 10 March 2024
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 25 February 2024 and Ian Blackely
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Andrew Meredith - Creative Programs Officer State Library of Western Australia with Ian Blackley
Curator a fabulous exhibition about the history of brewing in WA – drawing on our wonderful records relating to Swan Brewery and many others.
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Robyn Van Dyk - Head of the Research Centre Australian War Memorial
The call for volunteers to transcribe letters from the front lines
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Simon Smith – Curator/ Curatorial & Accessioning
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive’s (NFSA) major digital exhibition Radio 100 launches a new chapter with Youthquake, which charts the rise of radio as a vital force in the emergence of youth culture in Australia.
Youthquake highlights the transistor as the first go-anywhere form of media, enabling teenagers of the 1960s to leave the family wireless in the living room and become the first generation to personalise their listening experience. It was, says NFSA curator Simon Smith, ‘a pocket-sized rebellion against the conformity of gathering around a single device’.
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Matt Woods – Perth Observatory
- James Webb Space Telescope images reveal "mind-blowing" new details in spiral galaxies
- Death Star-Shaped Moon of Saturn May be Hiding A Young Ocean Inside
- Memories of Perth Observatory's Greg Lowe
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 11 February 2024
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
Computer memory has been the cornerstone of technological advancements, transforming from mechanical inventions to the complex digital systems we rely on today.
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 28 January 2024
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Josh Richards
History of Cave Diving
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
With Trainer Alan Mathews
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Courtney Walsh - Tennis Writer
Australian Open History
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Anni Elward and Ming Johanson – Co Founders Villainy Beauty
History of Beauty and Makeup
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Chris Frame - Cruise History
The Evolution of the Passenger Ship book is the new book.
The book is our 17th and a long term project that was inspired by a popular lecture I present on the cruise ships and at maritime museums.
1/ the origins of the passenger ship has ancient historical connections
2/ sail ruled the waves for centuries and it was abysmal for travelers.
3/ steam brought great promise in the 1830s
4/ Regular steam services changes everything - reliability, safety etc.
5/ shipping learns from maritime disasters. Eg: titanic, Lusitania.
6/ jet age and containers kills passenger ships as they were - but cruising takes things to a new era!
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 14 January 2024
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Kit Calder-White - Author
Soundtrack of my life - Glory Days
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Ming Johanson - Tech History
The Evolution of the Internet
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Karen Harrington
Darkan Hotel Community Project
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State Records Office - Damian Shepard, 07 January 2024 with Bruce Welsh
‘Holiday Road Trips in the Archives
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Linden Kemkaran - UK Correspondent
What’s made News with the Royal’s in 2023
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Chris Frame - Cruise History with Bruce Welsh
Origins of Celebrity Cruises
Chandris Line as a line voyage company focused on Australia!
Chandris moves into cruising to supplement dwindling line voyages in the age of the jet.
Development of Celebrity Cruises and the shift to pleasure voyages.
Acquisition by Royal Caribbean Cruising boom and new ships - celebrity grows.
The Edge series of ships. Built in France and unique in terms of their design and tech. Look at some of the features such as the new bow design, airflow bubble system and onboard amenities such as a rooftop garden and a moving floor on the side of the ship!
Celebrity Edge in the Australian market and how it's revolutionising Australian cruising.
Celebrity edge WOW Factors! Top 5 Best things aboard Celebrity Edge cruise Ship!
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Peter George With Ian Blackley
Head of Mission at Surf Life Saving Australia
SURF LIFESAVING ASSOCIATION
OF AUSTRALIA was founded -
1949.
- Bondi was the first Surf Club and
was established as early as 1906.
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Matthew Pavlinovich With Ian Blackley
Chairperson Midland and Districts Historical Society
Wexcombe
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Ming Johanson with Ian Blackley
Tech History
- Technology's Impact on Christmas
- Voice-Acvated Holiday Magic
- Top 4 Christmas Present Picks
- Apps for parents: Santa Tracker Speak to Santa
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Helen Hopper - State Records Office and Ian Blackley for Harvey Deegan
The Golden Age Centre: Perth’s Place for Post-Polio Paediatric Patients
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan and Ian Blackley for Harvey Deegan, 03 December 2023
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Peter Meehan OAM
Squadron Leader Peter Meehan OAM (Retd) has been awarded the Shrine of Remembrance Medal for meritorious service to the Shrine.
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
and Frank Treen Jr
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Dr Kate Gregory - Battye Historian
State Library of Western Australia -SLWA
John and Ray Oldham.
The Oldham’s made a significant contribution to the preservation of Perth’s built heritage and environment in the mid twentieth century. They were early conservationists recognising the value of Western Australia’s unique heritage and the importance of connection with our landscape. John, Landscape Architect, designed many of the landscapes we now take for granted around the city of Perth and beyond. Ray, a writer & journalist and collaborator with John’s landscape design. The State Library has a large private archive collection relating to the Oldhams and it is now undergoing some exciting conservation work in our preservation lab.
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 19 November 2023
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Tech History with Ming Johanson, 19 November 2023
- Push Button Phones
- Conception of the World Wide Web
- The day music was reborn (Ipod)
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Chris Frame talks cruise history on Remember When.
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Damian Shepherd
Executive Director
State Records Office of Western Australia
‘Great Emu War’.
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Dr Graham Seal AM
Australia’s Most Infamous Criminals Book
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Anu Sharma - Director
The history of Bollywood in Australia - and the appeal of Bollywood itself - as well as the important ties between Indian cinema and our local industry.
Brand Bollywood Downunder - a documentary that will have a limited cinema run from November 2.
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Ernie Manning - Racing Historian
Our VIP guest tonight – Melbourne Cup winning rider John (JJ) Miller
Aged 90
Over 2200 winners and retired from race riding in 1988 – 35 years ago
Also rode winners in England, Mauritius, Ireland and Singapore
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Miranda Woodhouse - City of Gosnells Coordinator Events and Programs
The Ghost Walks won a Heritage Awards
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 22 October 2023
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Chris Frame – Cruise History
Cunard's Queen Anne.
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Benjamin Jardine - Chief Executive Officer
Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
The history of regional healthcare in WA
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The Challenges for healthcare delivery in regional Australia.
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Healthcare delivery and change during the Gold Rush.
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The essential role of charity in regional healthcare. Eg: Silver Chain, RFDS, the Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre.
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Julian Tompkin,- State Library -‘Researcher-in-residence’ for the collection interpretation
Lady Hackett’s Australian Household Guide, from 1916.
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Claire Wright, Executive Director Perth Zoo
Perth Zoo turns 125
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Felicity Beaulieu – Chief Operating Officer – EverAbility group
International White Cane Day
(EverAbility is the overarching parent company of VisAbility)
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Nick Shaw
President of Morris Minor Car Club of WA
The Morris Minor turns 75
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 08 October 2023
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Tech History with Ming Johanson,
History of Batteries
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Gerard Foley Senior Archivist (with Richard Offen and Harvey Deegan)
State Records Office of Western Australia
The history of Prawns, Prawning and the Prawn Industry in WA as revealed in State Archives.
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Robyn Sermon - CEO Perth Royal Show
History of the show
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Chris Frame – Cruise History
The story of how Crystal Cruises was reborn?
1) origins as a new company challenging the status quo of luxury cruising from 1988
2) The growth including the building of two luxury ships.
3) Rapid expansion from 2015 to add river cruising to their offering
4) The pandemic and shut down.
5) Parent company collapse and ships "arrested" in 2021
6) Unlikely saviour and rebirth of the brand.
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Stuart Halusz – Director of Taking Liberty
The WA Maritime Museum, in collaboration with Theatre 180, presents Taking
Liberty, an adaptation of Ingle Knight’s award-winning play about Australia’s historic,
1983 America’s Cup win.
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John Schumann - Redgum with Ian Blackley
I was only 19, 40th anniversary rerelease with the Waifs
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Tech History with Ming Johanson and Ian Blackley, 10 September 2023
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Amanda Casselton
State Records Office of Western Australia
The Boomerang Club in London, its visitor books we hold in our collection and the stories they tell
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 27 August 2023
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WAFL Great - Brian Sierakowski - one of Austin Robertson’s teammates in their 1973 premiership win.
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Peter Brune
The Extraordinary Story of Postwar Immigration in Australia: "Suffering, Redemption and Triumph"
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Dr Kate Gregory - Battye Historian
State Library of Western Australia -SLWA
The Barracks Arch – and the battle to save it from demolition in 1966
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Technical Officers Hana Glencross and Adam Leatherbarrow from Giles Weather Station ( 20 August 2023)
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Tech History with Ming Johanson, 13 August 2023
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 13 August 2023
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Music Quiz with Clyde Bevan, 30 July 2023
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Racing History with Ernie Manning featuring Terry Peterson 30 July 2023
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Benjamin Jardine - Chief Executive Officer Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
The History of Medicine: Type 1 as the Example of the transition of medicine.
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WAFL History with Sean Cowan, July 23 2023
Footballer who also play Cricket
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Rita Alfred-Saggar - State Library of Western Australia (16 July 2023)
Sandra Brentnall
Game Changers, Trailblazing Stories from WA Women in Soccer. It’s a history which the State Library decided to capture in the run up to the FIFA Women’s World Cup which as you know is being hosted by Australia and NZ.
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz with Harvey Deegan 16 July 2023
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Moya Sharp - Goldfields History (14 May 2023)
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Moya Sharp - Goldfields History (09 July 2023)
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Chris Frame - Cruise History (9 July 2023)
How did they name the Titanic
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White Star Line's first ships were revolutionary in their design and named Oceanic, Adriatic, Baltic and Republic.
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Ming Johanson -Tech History (09 July 2023)
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz 02 July 2023 with Bruce Welsh
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Helen Hopper - State Records Office (02 July 2023 with Bruce Welsh)
Data Breach 1890s style!
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Dean Denton andPeter Rowe (02 July 2023)
The80's and the world famous Sunday sessions.
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Pauline Bantock - Mogumber Progress Association with Bruce Welsh
The community up there have recently purchased the historic Mogumber Tavern and restored it. It's just reopened as the Mogumber Hub.
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Gabrielle Lhuede – Publication Manager - St John Ambulance Australia With Bruce Welsh (25 June 2023)
140 years of St Johns Australian
Who works closely with our St John Historical Society, and has written and edited our publications including those on the history of St John
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Richard Berry - Senior Journalist at CarsGuide With Bruce Welsh ( 25 June 2023)
Classic Cars
CLASSIC DEFINITION: The Council of Motor Clubs defines a Classic as 30 years or older
DEFINITIONS - ACCORDING TO WA dept of TRANSPORT
- Veteran: Made prior to 1918
- Vintage: Made between 1919-1930
- Post Vintage: 1930-1940
COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS
FUTURE CLASSICS
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Ernie Manning and Danny Miller with Bruce Welsh 25 06 2023
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Sean Cowan - WAFL ( 18 June 2023)
Derbies:
East Freo v South Freo
West Perth v East Perth
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Dr Kate Gregory - Battye Historian
State Library of Western Australia (18 June 2023)
A very special collection of business ledgers that were discovered in Japan and in May 2022 were donated to the State Library, sent by courier all the way from Japan. The ledgers are from J&T Muramats a business that operated from Cossack from 1891, prospering through the early twentieth century until the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1942
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Clyde Bevan Music quiz 18 June 2023
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Ming Johanson - Tech History 11 June 2023
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Perth StartUp Weekend
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History of Apps
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Chris Frame - Cruise History with Bruce Welsh ( 11 June 2023)
That time a passenger ship sunk in Sydney.
Start with a look at the line voyages - ships were a way of transporting people to and from places and also carried the mail.
Australia's big 2 - P&O and Orient Line.
Orient line ran clipper ships but in the 1870s moved to steam ships.
Austral was their second built ship. On her second voyage to Sydney she sunk in the harbour!!
How did it happen? The disaster occurred during the coaling process so I can explain that.
She was then RAISED and it was the single biggest engineering feat in the Australian colonies at the time.
She returned to service and ran for many years to come.
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Damian Sheppard- State Records Office (04 June 2023)
‘Ghost Towns of WA’
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz - 04 06 2023
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Mat McLachlan - Historian (04 June 2023)
D-Day Anzacs - 6 June (1944) anniversary and AU’s involvement in Operation Overlord
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Ross McMullin 28 05 2023
Book - Life so full of Promise
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Ernie Manning and Mathew Pavlinovich 28 05 2023
Racing History
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Pauline Scott 07 05 2023
The Prev in Kellerberrin
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Dr Steve Hall -Rockcliffe 28 05 2023
Award-winning Rockcliffe Winery originates from geologist Dr Steve Hall’s search for opportunities
beyond the oil and gas industry that had sent him on global journeys of discovery.
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Helen Hopper - SRO. (07 May 2023)
Murder in 1897, but that has quite a few plot twists and also is then connected to the Royal Perth Hospital North block and the carpark there….so bringing it right into living memory there!.
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (21 05 2023)
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Sean Cowan - WAFL History 21 05 2023
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Sean Cowan - WAFL History 23 04 2023
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Sean Cowan - WAFL History 26 03 2023
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Ming Johanson - Tech History 14 May 2023
History of Emails
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Chris Frame - Cruise History 14 May 2023
- P&O first ever cruises of Australia 90 years ago. This is being celebrated in Perth this week aboard pacific Explorer.
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (30 04 2023)
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Dr Peter Dann - Director of the Foundation and recently retired Research Director of Phillip Island Nature Parks.
Penguin Foundation and the Knitted Jumpers
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VEGEMITE Celebrates its 100th birthday this October 25. Trish Cavanagh was one of the original Happy Little Vegemite's and takes us back.
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (23 04 2023)
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Rita Alfred-Saggar – SLWA (16 04 2023)
Creative Programs Officer – Heritage and Engagement Team
STUFF! History, Home, Family, Love, Identity……and why we collect it.
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Benjamin Jardine (16 04 2023)
Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
The history of Type 1 diabetes from the early days where it was a death sentence to early attempts to control it to the discovery of insulin.
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Chris Frame – Cruise History (16 April 2023)
111 years since the loss of Titanic.
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (09 04 2023)
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Gerard Foley -State Records Office (02 April 2023)
Trolley Buses. Many people know about Perth’s trams but not many know Perth also had trolley buses, which ceased operation in 1969, and what the State’s archives have to say about them.
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Ernie Manning and Peter Giadresco 26 03 2023
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (26 03 2023)
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Michael Wolter - City of Perth Brass Band (19 March 2023)
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Clyde Bevan Music Quiz (12 03 2023)
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Anthony Styan – City of South Perth (12 March 2023)
Local History Librarian
Old Mill Thearte
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Leigh Barrett - City of Gosnells Heritage Coordinator (12 March 2023)
Homestead Museum
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Helen Hopper - State Records Office ( 5 march 2023)
Master of Disaster: Captain William Dundee, wrecks and all.
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Peter Taylor - Movies (5 March 2023)
Academy Awards
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Lynne Schickert (5 March 2023)
WMA Executive Vice President
World Masters Associations
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Ernie Manning and Alan Parker with Harvey Deegan on Remember When 26 Feb 2023
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Pip Stokes – History in a Coffee Cup “Dressed in Claremont” (26 Feb 2023)
March's History in a Coffee Cup where you'll learn about the way the face of Claremont fashion changed during the 1970s as upmarket boutiques and chain stores started to emerge in the area.
This session will feature a special panel discussion with Allison Drake-Brockam of the iconic Facade shop, award-winning print designer Patricia Hines and more.
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Darlene AllstonShire President
Exmouth and Ningaloo Aquarium and Discovery Centre
Feb 26 2023
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Michael Veitch
" Australia 's Secret Army" Book
26 Feb 2023
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Sean Cowan - WAFL Collectable
WAFL History
Feb 26 2023
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Charles Hayne - State Library of Western Australia Feb 19 2023
Nuclear Tests at Montebello Island 1952/1956
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Chris Frame with Maritime History on Feb 19 2023
- The Grand Tour and how cruising started.
- Original cruise ship St. Sunniva 1880s,
- World voyages by way of passage on different ships through to the 1920s
- Cunard and American Express frewted the first world cruise aboard Laconia 1922-23 - It skipped Australia!!!
- Second continuous world cruise aboard Samaria 1923 and it grows in popularity
- World cruising visits Australia throughout the 1930s and introduces these long duration pleasure voyages to Aussie citizens
- From 1970s onwards world cruises become a big part of Australian holiday
- QE2 first visit in 1978 and came a further 24 times!!
- Today world cruising is a massive part of the local industry
- We even have world cruises originating from Australian ports! (Princess Cruises)
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Alan Atkinson Author "Elizabeth and John" on Remember When Feb 12th 2023
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Tech History with Ming Johanson on Remember When 12 Feb 2023
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Damian Shepherd - Director State Records State Records Office of Western Australia Chats about the ‘Memories of Princess Margaret Hospital’ on Feb 5 2023
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Bruce Haskell - Bousfield Menswear
The Fremantle Menswear store has been around 121 years.
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Robert Cedaro - Cedaro Wines on Remember When Radio 6PR
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Chris Frame
Norwegian Cruise Line
11/12/2022
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Kristen Hynes, PhD Research FellowMenzies Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of Tasmania
Two Headed Tasmanians - 04 12 2022
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Coca Cola Kewdale Factory 50yrs - Linda Leo
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Ernie Manning and Des Parr with Harvey Deegan on Remember When
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2021 marked the 150 years of Railways in WA.
Over that time there's been plenty of unique and fascinating events - from the first train made in Perth to the lines that have been laid and ripped up.
Geoffrey Higham is secretary of Rail Heritage WA and joined Harvey to share some tales from the railroads.
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Like much of our city, there's some fascinating history spread far an wide - such as in the Perth Hills!
Jeff Murray from the Mundaring and Hills Historical Society joined us to talk about the history of one of Perth's most fascinating regions.
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Hannah Bailey and Catherine Lyons-Nash from the City of Gosnell's joined us to talk about the history created by the Canning Land Grants during the Swan River Settlements early days - from farms and orchids to homesteads and cities.
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You don't really associate Perth with Trams anymore but 50 years in the 1900's they served as a cornerstone of transport for our growing city.
Back in the 1930's one of the most popular routes for holiday makers ran through the heart of South Perth, connected by the Ferry.
So when the South Perth Historical society and the City of South Perth found out one of the old trams had been found in someone's backyard many years after decommissioning, they started the long process of acquiring the tram, restoring it and turning it into a true look back at Perth's early transport.
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It's hard to miss the Old Mill as you head across The Narrows on the freeway - it's bright white walls and it's old windmill are pretty easy to spot against the modern apartments.
The mill has a pretty fascinating history and as Anthony Styan from the City of South Perth told us, there's a lot more to it's story than many realise!
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Would you believe William Shakespeare's first play - long believed lost - was found in an excavation site at a car park in Leicester?
Probably for the best you don't - because this is a tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the bards collected works!
So what's this show all about? We asked Actor Grace Edwards to tell us all about this unique show running at the Melville Theatre into December.
More information and Tickets cane be found at the following link: https://www.taztix.com.au/event/melvilletheatre/
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The Titanic has often been referred to as unsinkable throughout the retelling of it's fated journey, but it seems the builders didn't ever claim that too be the case.
So what's the story behind the Titanic and it's devastating sinking? Would any other ship of the era survived? And would it's passengers have faired any better if they were on one of these other ships?
Cruising historian Chris Frame joins us to explain the facts behind the Titanic's sinking.
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A lot of West Australia's history has made it's way around the world since ships first sailed past our coastline all those days ago.
But how we track down where everything has gone - whether that's from a ship wreck or taken from a historical site.
The State Library, WA Museum Boola Bardip and the Art Gallery have joined forces to try and catalogue where all of our history has ended up around the world as part of a project called Collecting the West.
Alastair Paterson joined us to talk all about the project and some of the more unique finds they've uncovered.
You can find out more about the project at: https://www.collectingthewest.org/
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There's been plenty of unique - and sometimes controversial - buildings constructed in our city over the years.
But there's also a graveyard worth of buildings that didn't make it off the plans.
Damian Shephard from the WA State Records Office joined Harvey to do a bit of building grave digging this Halloween.
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Peter Fitzsimons has written about many Australian greats over his career, but this time he may have peaked.
Sir Hubert Wilkins was many things - an explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy, submariner and daredevil – and his exceptional life is celebrated in Peter's new book.
Peter joined Harvey to talk about the research and the many interesting tales he uncovered as he dug into Sir Wilkin's adventure filled history.
You can find out more about the book and where to get a hold of it here: https://www.hachette.com.au/peter-fitzsimons/the-incredible-life-of-hubert-wilkins-australias-greatest-explorer
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Ernie Manning joined Harvey to talk about the history of the 'Hunt Club Cup' - a classic horse race that's no longer run.
So we got Peter O’Neil Snr to join us to share his experiences on the track and especially at the Hunt Club Cup - which he managed to win on more than 5 occasions!
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On October 14, 1968, a magnitude 6.5 quake shook Meckering and it's surrounds, destroying roads, railway tracks and buildings.
When the dust literally settled, $2.2 million worth of damage had been done to the central wheatbelt town, and injuring over 20 people.
Alice Snook has been collecting peoples stories from the quake, and they've been compiled into a book called 40 Secondswhich launches this month.
If you'd like to get hold of a copy or find out about the launch event, Alice can be reached via email at gwaesnooke@icloud.com or by calling 0448 907 251.
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The Perth Observatory has just had it's 125th anniversary, and while it's not in the same location it started, it's certainly made it's mark throughout it's years thanks to it's range of unique telescopes.
From setting the time for Perth to helping document the rings of Uranus, the observatory has been involved in many international discoveries and projects, and even has a telescope on permanent loan from NASA.
Perth Observatory's Matt Woods joined Harvey to talk about the telescopes and research that have kept our eyes in the sky - and address the demotion of Pluto from planet status while we're at it!
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Our fire service plays a vital role to our lifestyle in WA, especially when it comes to bushfires and managing other disasters throughout our state.
DFES's Education and Heritage Centre have recently put a book together looking at the past 120 years of the WA Fire Service with a focus on the Perth Fire Station.
The station housed hundreds of Perth firemen and staff starting in January 1901, and DFES historian Ron Harley joined us to talk about it's impact and it's lasting legacy to the WA Fire Service.
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This time in our look back at WAFL history, Tony Buhagiar joins us to talk about his time in the VFL and WAFL - including plenty of laughs from his time at Essendon!
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If you've ever seen some strange lights in the sky that you couldn't explain, there's a chance they've ended up in the State Record Offices' UFO Files.
The files go back to 1951 and feature around 25 police incident reports which were mostly recorded in country and remote WA.
Director of State Records and State Archivist, Damian Shepherd, joined us to talk about the strange things reported in our skies.
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Farmers around Australia can often live in some challenging conditions.
Whether it's their farms location, weather events or in some cases, their finances, it can often be hard to get the support they need.
Jannine Jackson is the national director of one of the oldest bush charities in Australia - Frontier Services - which has a history of supporting farmers through some of the most challenging times.
You can find out more at: https://frontierservices.org/
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The world of rallying has been a part of motorsports for almost as long as cars have been used for sport.
Here in WA we have a rich history of rally racing, with the World Rally Championship once a staple of the Perth Event calendar.
A big part of that history is the Light Car Club of WA, and the clubs Wendy Walker joined us to talk about it's history and what it's future looks like.
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The Jukebox was a staple in bars and restaurants for almost a century before new technology surpassed it.
But in recent times, with only a few left out in the wild, the role of the Jukebox repairer has slowly begun to disappear.
One of the last repairers in Australia is Peter Greenaway, and he joined Harvey to talk about the role of repairers and the need to maintain these historic machines.
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Over Perth's history there's been many people who've shaped our city - from politicians to architects.
WA State Library's Kate Gregory joined Harvey to talk about Perth's first female town planner and someone who really left her mark on our City - Margaret Feilman.
Architect, town planning consultant and a founding member of the WA Town Planning Institute, Margaret's work has changed the face of Western Australia and the State Library has an extensive catalogue of her works.
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There's always plenty to talk about when it comes to the history of Horse Racing, and this month we were fortunate enough to chat with WA Jockey Danny Miller about his career.
Danny began riding when he was still at school and by 15 he rode his first winner – at Ascot in 1962.
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The Beverley to Perth Road Race has been WA’s premier one day endurance race for well over a hundred years.
The 185km route followed the Avon Valley between Beverley and Toodyay before heading through the Darling Ranges and finishing in Perth.
Often the Finish line was often at the historic Peninsular Hotel in Maylands which, as it turns out, is the venue for the WA Historical Cycle Clubs upcoming exhibit!
Annette Kent from the Club joined us to look at the events history and talk about next weekends event.
If you'd like to head down to the exhibit, it's on the 18th & 19th of September at the Dome Café Community Rooms, 219-221 Railway Pde, Maylands.
You'll find it inside the historic Peninsular Hotel in Maylands, opposite the Maylands Train Station.
More details on the event can be found here https://westcycle.org.au/events/exhibition-beverley-to-perth-road-race/
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There's been many court dramas since the age of the silver screen began, but few films have stayed in peoples minds or been as striking as Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men.
Pete Taylor joined us to talk all about the film and talk about court room dramas on the big screen.
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Stephen Montague Stout was one of 10,000 convicts sent to Western Australia in the 1850's. Author Irma Walter joined Harvey Deegan to chat about the book.
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Gerald Foley joins Harvey Deegan to delve into the intricate history of our railway system in Western Australia - teaching everyone a fact or two about where our rail transport journey began.
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When the first true Jet Liners took to the sky in 1958, the cruise industry had every reason to be worried.
Flying was finally at a price point comparative to long sea journeys, with commenting on how it would herald the end of ocean bound travel.
But here we are over a century later and the cruise industry has kept going strong despite air travel becoming much cheaper than a cruise ticket.
Chris Frame joined us to explain how the industry survived and shifted it's focus when the jet engines started up!
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Spring may have not sprung quite yet here in Perth, but it's not stopped our WA Wildflowers from popping in to say hello!
Dr Kate Gregory from the State Library of WA joined us to talk about a poet who was both inspired by WA's wild flowers and even created 2 rare pressed flower albums in the first half of the 20th century - Lilian Wooster Greaves.
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The WA State Records Office regularly uncover some amazing historical stories from around WA, and this month is no exception.
It turns out we've had some pretty unusual sports that came and went throughout WA's History, such as Circlos, Vigoro, and an indigenous game with similarities to hockey!
SRO's Carolyn Atkinson joined Harvey to talk all about these games and others that have been left in the past.
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We're used air travel being pretty safe and fairly reliable in modern times.
But back in the early years of aviation, WA's skies were hazardous - with Hot Air Balloons quite literally falling from the sky.
Tony McGrath walks us through some of the oddities in Perth's Skies in aviation's early years.
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Peter Taylor joins us to talk about a classic tale of romance, comedy and socialites originally shared on Broadway.
The Philadelphia Story starred Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, and Ruth Hussey - and was nominated for six academy awards and taking home two.
The film is one of the best examples of the 'comedy of remarriage' genre, back when story's referencing or justifying adultery were banned in the United States.
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D.H. Lawrence may be considered a controversial figure back in the early 1900's, but his writings and works on modernism have stood the test of time - and are critically acclaimed by many critics.
The State Library of WA have a set of 17 letters by the English novelist which were sent between himself and Mollie Skinner during their collaboration on the novel The Boy in the Bush.
Battye Historian Kate Gregory walks us through the history of these letters and the role they played in shaping the novel.
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Gourmet Godfather, John Maiorana, joined Harvey to talk about bush tucker and local ingredients in the kitchen.
From Witchetty grubs and Mutton birds, to local roots and berries, there's a lot of aussie specialties making it on to the plate!
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On this months Track Legends, Ernie Manning talks about the Melbourne cup and a prolific WA jockey who had some incredible races - Johnny Miller.
John joined Harvey and Ernie to talk about some of his biggest races - both on the horse and in the stables.
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Back before the big fast food restaurants arrived in WA, if you wanted to get a burger in Perth, you choices were a bit limited.
But thankfully, there was a few spots you could go to get a bite later in the evening, and the State Records Office has a lot of details on one that was just off Mounts Bay Road - Bernies!
The State Records Office's Damian Shepherd joined Harvey to talk about this delicious spot!
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Love is not a word we'd typically associate with the Burma Railway especially during it's creation in World War 2 - but A Week in September shares a unique story.
The story of Scott Haywood, an Australian forced to work on the railway, is shared through a cache of precious letters that he wrote for his wife will imprisoned.
Journalist and Author Peter Rees joined us on Remember when to talk about how this story came about.
You can find the book "A Week in September: A Story of Enduring Love from the Burma Railway" by Peter Rees and Sue Langford at all good book sellers.
More details can be found here: https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460759899/a-week-in-september/
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This week on Cruising History with Chris Frame, Harvey Deegan chatted with the master of the seas about the history of bathing on a ship, and when we'll be cruising around the world!
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This week on Classic Films with Peter Taylor, we explore Torn Curtin, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Australian Model Railway Club WA members Ron Romero and John Maker joined Harvey Deegan to chat about the upcoming Annual exhibition showcase at the Claremont Showgrounds.
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For this month's segment, the State Library of WA's Kate Gregory has dug deep into their archives to share a bit of French nautical history with us!
The Freycinet Collection is a series of eighteen drawings, engravings and watercolours created after two French maritime expeditions which visited our coast in the 19th century.
The first of these expeditions was undertaken by captain Nicolas Baudin from 1800 to 1804 in three vessels: firstly the Géographe and the Naturaliste and later the Casuarina - names that may be familiar to many of us WA locals!
The second expedition was under the command of Louis de Freycinet in the vessel Uranie (and then the Physicienne) from 1817 to 1820 - and where the collection takes it's name.
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Nick Melidonis didn't start out in the world of photography or tourism - in fact, he managed to get a song in the charts with his band in the 1960's.
But over the past two decades, Nick has been leading tours to Greece and it's islands, documenting the tours through photography.
And starting this weekend, he's holding a photographic exhibition showcasing his work until July 4th.
THE LIGHT, HEART AND SMILES OF GREECE │ a 20-year Greek Odyssey is on from Friday 25th of June through to the 4th of July at PSAS Gallery, 22-26 Pakenham Street, Fremantle.
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In a special episode of Remember When we look back at the late Howard Sattler, and relive some of the his highlights from his later career.
We also chat with former WA premier Brian Burke about his experiences with Howard and take your calls.
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Airlines (WA) Ltd was founded in 1935 and was one of Western Australia's first commercial airlines until it closed up shop in 1955.
Our Airline Expert Tony McGrath walks us through where this airline travelled and what happened to them.
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A new book by David Cameron is looking at the history of Tassies Port Arthur back during it's early Convict days.
David joined Harvey to talk about his research and share some unique stories he's found in his search.
If you'd like to buy the book, Convict-era Port Arthur is now available through all good book retailers.
More information available here including and Audio Book edition: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/convict-era-port-arthur-9780143795100
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This time on Remember when, we looked at the history and the collection of Kathleen Laetitia "Kate" O'Connor - a WA impressionist painter in the early 1900's and daughter of celebrated Perth engineer C. Y. O'Connor.
The State Library of WA has quite an extensive collection of Kate O'Connor's works, and Battye Historian Dr Kate Gregory walked us through this incredible woman's story.
Also, with Harvey enjoying some well deserved time off, Tony McManus stepped into the hot seat for this chat!
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The Battle of Crete took place during the Second World War in 1941 when Nazi Germany invaded the island from the air. Greek and Allied forces alongside civilians defended the island as German Paratroopers were used for the first time on a large scale.
The battle ended in a loss for allied forces with many of our troops giving their lives to help defend the island .
The Battle of Crete Memorial Committee WA has been seeking to erect a designated war memorial in Kings Park to recognise the sacrifices made by ANZACs and Greeks in the Battle of Crete campaign.
Committee Members Bill Evangel and Mike McDonald joined Harvey to explain why this memorial is needed and how close they are to getting it approved.
If you want to find out more about the project, you can head to their website: https://battleofcrete.org.au/
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Perth's food scene hasn't always been as varied and plentiful as it is now.
While time and globalisation have played their parts, a string of events in the 70's and 80's turned our food scene on it's head and laid the ground works for what we have now.
The Gourmet Godfather, John Maiorana, joined us to talk about Perth's Restaurant Renaissance.
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WA's Censorship Office caused a bit of headache in the bumper sticker world in the 1980's when they started restricting what phrases could be sold to stick on your car, shirts or anything in public.
Carolyn Atkinson from the State Records Office joined us with a few fun examples of the things banned and the story of how it ended up coming into force.
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Remember When's Film Guru joined us to talk about a film adaptation that's held a place in the hearts of many fans of musicals - West Side Story.
Starting out as a stage play reimagining of the classic Romeo & Juliet story, it found amazing success on the silver screen in 1961.
Peter Taylor walks us through one of the 60's most famous films.
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WA Police Historical Society's David MacDonald joined us on Remember When to talk about an officer who received the Kings Medal for Bravery in the early 1900's - Officer Ronald Larsen.
Officer Larsen worked out in Williams back in the town's early days and was the arresting officer for the Ivy Lewis Murder in Darkan in 1928.
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Typeface Books' Guinevere Hall joined Harvey to talk about a pair of books with historic connections.
The first, titled The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II Sydney by Tanya Bretherton gives you a pretty good idea of it's contents from the outset.
Our second shares the tale of musical instruments in Russia's far North - The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts.
For more books and recommendations, head to typefacebooks.com
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Before our sport stars started travelling by air for their international fixtures, many teams found themselves heading down to the harbour and jumping across the seas.
So how did the Australian Cricket team go when they headed to the UK for the ashes? And how did they practice? These and other questions about sports and open water were our topic this week with Maritime expert Chris Frame.
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Part of Remember When's series looking at some of the WAFL's greatest players.
This week, Subico Lions' Centre Half-Backs, Ian 'Foxy' Cunningham, joined Harvey in the studio to reminisce about the game and his life on and off the field.
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ANZAC Day gives us the opportunity to remember those who gave their lives to protect us in World War One.
And thanks to the digitising of the WA State Libraries archives, we're getting the chance to learn so much more about these brave individuals through their diaries, letters and maps.
Peter Edwards from the WA State Library joined us to talk about these incredible stories which are now available to look at from the comfort of our own home!
Head to slwa.wa.gov.au and visit the Explore & Discover section to start your journey!
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If you've spent some time looking at the history of the Swan River Colony, the surname Samson might have popped up a few times.
Lionel Samson and his descendants have been involved in mercantile business enterprises back to 1829 with two of his sons and a grandson becoming the mayors of Fremantle.
In fact, there's a building which bears even his name at 33 Cliff St in Fremantle, and the Samson family trust is opening it for public tours on May 7th.
Bill Samson joined us to talk about the families history and share a few interesting facts about William Frederick Samson, one of Lionel's sons.
If you'd like to attend the tours, contact Peter Samson on 0450 353 455 or email SamsonFamilyHistory.groupinc@gmail.com
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Remember When's Military Historian, Graham McKenzie Smith, joined us to talk about the process of how you can find your relatives in the Military records.
While there are several online services that can help you search for this information, if you'd like Graham's help with your families military history, you can reach him on email: grimwade4@iinet.net.au
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With David McDonald from the WA Police Historical Society
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Ever wanted to have a look through the State Libraries collection of historic photo's of Perth and WA but aren't sure where to start?
OldPerth provides a new and more interactive way of browsing the libraries huge collection and its goal is to help it's users 'discover the history behind the places you see every day'.
Andrew Woods from Curtin's HIVE joined Harvey to talk about where this project started.
You can visit the OldPerth website at: https://www.oldperth.org.au/
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Abraham ‘Izzy’ Orloff migrated to WA in the early 1900's eventually turned his hand to photography around Perth.
His photographs are one of the larger collections of early Perth in the Battye Library.
Kate Gregory from the State Library of WA joined us on Remember When to talk about the Izzy's photos and how they've been preserved.
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UK Correspondent Enda Brady joined us on Remember When to tell us how the UK is responding to the passing of Prince Philip - the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Movie Historian Peter Taylor joined Harvey to tell us all about David Lean's cinema epic - Dr Zhivago.
It wasn't a hit on it's initial release, but it made it's mark over the years, becoming a beloved classic to many.
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As the Cruise industry looks to restart after the COVID 19 pandemic, it's a good chance to look back at the early days of cruising in Australia.
Maritime History Author Chris Frame joined us on Remember When to look back at the industries beginnings and where it could go from here.
For more on cruising from Chris Frame including books and videos, head to chrisframe.com.au
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People have been getting up into our sky's for over a century now, whether it's in light aircraft or a big jet airliner.
Getting airborne of course means coming back down eventually and even in Perth, airfields were setup around the city pretty early in it's history.
So where were these early airfields and which ones are still around?
WA Aviation expert Tony McGrath joined Remember When to walk us through the early airports of Perth.
For more information on Tony and his history book, head to Tony-McGrath.com
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This year marks the 80th anniversary since women were permitted to join Australia's Air Force - a feat achieved following years of lobbying during World War 2.
The Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) was the largest women's service of WW2. It paved the way for the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force in 1950, and the full integration of the forces in the decades that followed.
The WA branch of the WRAAF's team are organising an event to celebrate the anniversary this year, so Harvey organised a chat with WRAAF WA Branch President, Judy Bland, to talk about the history of this important women's organisation.
If you're interested in attending the April 25th event, please contact 08 9311 4401 for availability.
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The Taste Great Southern festival has been a great opportunity for many of us to experience some of the best food and drink our state's South has to offer
Beginning in 2004, the festival built on a history of culinary love across the Great Southern, with communities from Kojonup to Esperance all embracing their inner gourmet.
Having to cancel their 2020 festival, this years bumper festival was halfway through it's run when we managed to catch up with one of the festival's long serving organisers, Richard Campbell of CMS Events.
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Northbridge has always been a hub for food and culture - whether it was fresh food markets or the restaurants and pubs.
So whether you remember popping out for a Italian continental roll at lunch or a Sunday Morning dim sum, Northbridge has many tales of food to share.
The Gourmet Godfather, John Maiorana, joined Harvey Deegan to look back at the evolution of Northbridges food culture.
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On February 20 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 spacecraft.
Glenn flew over Perth as part of his mission and for the occasion, many Perth residents turned on their lights overnight - the hope it would be visible in the dark from space.
The city became known worldwide by the nickname the “City of Lights” when John Glenn noted he could easily see it on the night-side of the Earth.
Director Damian Shepherd from the State Records Office joined Harvey to share the history around this event which put Perth in the Spotlight - quite literally.
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Guinevere Hall from Typeface Books joins us on 'Remember When' to talk historical books. In this segment we feature "Stalin's Wine Cellar" by John Baker and Nick Place - the incredible story that's been dubbed the Raiders of the Lost Ark of wine and "People of the river: lost world's of early Australia" by Grace Karskens - a landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River.
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Founded in 1999 the WA Historical Cycle Club aims to bring together cyclists and collectors and fosters an interest in bicycles of historic interest. Bikes represented in members' collections range from the mid 19th century up to the present.
Rob Frith, the Chairperson of the Club says that the club meets regularly and hosts ride days, workshops and static display exhibitions.
We were also joined by caller Ron who told the fascinating story of how he rode on a tandem bike through the Graham Farmer Freeway for a special event for opening day.
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We take a look at some of the many architectural collections at the State Library of WA with senior subject specialist John Hughes on Remember When.
Included in this discussion is the giddy rise and rapid decline of Art Deco theaters in Perth, European design in Perth, the films of Leslie Le Souef and the building of Winthrop Hall, the development of Medina and the panoramic photograph collection that can be accessed via the Libraries website.
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HMAS Perth (1) a cruiser of the same class as HMAS Sydney and commissioned into the RAN in 1939 was sunk by an overwhelming Japanese force in the Sunda Strait on 1st March 1942. USS Houston was also sunk.
More than half of the crew of 681 died in action. The survivors had to ensure appalling conditions on the Thai-Burma railway and some survived a second sinking in 1945, this time by American submarines who were unaware the transport ships carried POWs. Some spent 6 days in the sea before being rescued. Of the entire crew, only 1 in 3 returned to Australia.
The HMAS Perth (1) Memorial Foundation has been established to raise funds to construct a memorial which will be located with the naval cadets training unit, TS Perth, in East Fremantle. Their aim is to complete this in time for the 80th anniversary of the sinking.
Mike Bailey, President of the HMAS Perth (1) Memorial Foundation told Harvey Deegan that it is time for a fitting permanent memorial to the ship and her crew.
Governor Kim Beazley (their Patron) will be officially opening an exhibit at the Perth Town Hall on 27th February.
For more information go to www.hmasperth1memorial.com.au
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In this monthly segment with military historian Graham McKenzie-Smith we look at army units that were raised in WA during the war. This is based on Graham book ‘The Unit Guide’ which is a six volume box set with details of all 5,700 units in the World War Two Australian Army.
Over 725,000 Australian men and women joined the Australian Army in World War Two and served in one or more of the 5,700 separate units which were formed in the AIF and AMF. As well as the infantry, armour and artillery there were engineer, forestry, farming, transport, workshop, medical, survey, dental, postal, records and war graves units, as well as butchers, bakers and leave train cooking sections.
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Carolyn Atkinson from the State Records Office joined Harvey Deegan on Remember When to delve into their collection of old school records.
The State Archives holds student admission registers and cards which can be found by searching their online catalogue at www.sro.wa.gov.au. Once you locate the record you can request to view them.
The Archives also hold school journals, inspectors reports, teachers record of service cards, attendance files and even punishment books. There were regulations at the time that insisted that punishments in schools be recorded. These books included the students details, reason for the punishment and the method or rather "instrument" used. The regulations also state that “boxing of children’s ears is strictly forbidden and girls 12 years and over” were not allowed to be caned.
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Robyn McSweeney, Author of "Albert Edmund Cockram King Of The Racecourse 1870-1943" joins us on Remember When to discuss the story of her great-grandfather who owned Belmont and Goodwood racecourses until his death in 1943.
Albert was the largest importer of thoroughbreds into Australia in his time and was the father of racing in Australia. He was bringing in the bloodlines from England, Ireland and France in the early 1900s.Her book takes the reader on a journey from the beginning to the building of Belmont Racecourse to the Cockram horses that scorch-ed across Australia winning Perth Cups, Sydney Cups, Epsoms and other majors.
Robyn will be giving a talk at the Midland Historical Society on Sunday 7th February at the Midland Courthouse at 2.30pm. Afternoon tea supplied. Gold coin donation appreciated.
Update: The event has now been postponed to the 16th May.
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In this segment with Dr Kate Gregory from the State Library of WA we look at John Stewart Jackson’s 1892 cycloramic view of Perth, which features as part of the Creating Perth exhibition, running at the State Library until March 2021.
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Wilf organises the All Ford Day every two years. Irish-born Wilf is celebrating his 50th anniversary of arriving in Australia – first to SA and soon after to WA. He was a specialist Jaguar engineer and has added classic cars to his repertoire.
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Retired Police Commissioner has passed away at the age of 87.
David MacDonald, the President of the Western Australia Police Historical Society says that Brian was one of the first police officers he met when he joined the police force as a cadet in 1959. Brian was a life member and former president of the historical society.
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Chris worked with the RSLWA for 18 months to record their over 100 years of service, support and hospitality to returned soldiers, sailors, nurses and other service personnel in WA from 1915 to 2020 in all wars. The book documents how the returned soldiers began to organise themselves into soldiers associations from late 1915. A copy of the book will be included in a time capsule to be placed in the floor of the new 2020 ANZAC House to be opened in 100 years time.
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One of the long-forgotten stories of local history starts long ago in the small WA town of York, not far from Perth, and ends far away in Hollywood, the centre of film-making in the Western world. It was in York that a young woman named Enid Bennett was born as the eldest of three sisters. These three sisters would by a strange set of circumstances each end up in Hollywood as stars of the silent movie industry and move into the talkies era, and in one case into television right up to the 1980s.
Along the way the sisters’ journeys includes their father Frank Bennett’s role as a private school headmaster in Perth, and the founding of Guildford Grammar School on the banks of the Swan River at the turn of the 20th century. And one of the famous names in the story is that of Lionel Logue, who we now remember was the speech teacher for King George VI, portrayed in the film The King’s Speech by Geoffrey Rush.
Author Ron Banks joined us on “Remember When” to tell us more about the York girl turned Hollywood star.
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In this historical books segment with Guinevere Hall from Typeface Books on "Remember When" we discuss:
The Volunteer : The true story of the resistance hero who infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre - One of the greatest female spies in history
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Packed with drama, adventure and sometimes heartbreak, Australian Women Pilots is a riveting salute to those women who refused to keep their feet on the ground. From pioneering and outback flights to delivering Spitfires or tackling the jungles of New Guinea, Australian Women Pilots tells of ten Australians with extraordinary stories.
Women have been flying since the early days of aviation but, with a few notable exceptions, they have rarely been visible or well known. Kathy Mexted shares the feats of trailblazers like Nancy Bird Walton, Deborah Wardley, who was told by Ansett that women couldn’t be pilots, and Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly solo around the world. Others are less known but their stories are just as extraordinary – pilots involved with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Britain’s Air Transport Auxiliary, the RAAF, aerial agriculture or long-range ferrying.
Kathy Mexted is a writer, photographer and editor of Airsport magazine. She learned to fly thirty years ago and flies light planes from her farm in Victoria.
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Phillip Parker King, at the age of 25, was appointed to complete the exploration of the ‘Coast of New Holland’ started by the famed Captain Matthew Flinders and create accurate charts to guide ships safely through the dangerous waters.
In 1820, Lieutenant Phillip Parker King’s survey vessel, His Majesty’s cutter Mermaid, careened in a sheltered bay on the north-west Kimberley coast and the ship’s carpenter inscribed ‘HMC MERMAID 1820’ on a large boab tree. Two hundred years later, the significance of Careening Bay to Western Australia’s science and conservation history and the role of Indigenous crew members, is being recognised and honoured.
Professor Kevin Kenneally from the UWA School of Agriculture and Environment joined us on “Remember When” to tell us about this fascinating story.
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Chris Holyday, the author of "Between Beach and Bush"joins us on "Remember When" to talk about this new book which is a virtual trip back in time to the coastal suburbs of North Beach, Trigg and Waterman's Bay of old.
The book provides a comprehensive history of these coastal suburbs. It describes in great detail the first homes built by non-aboriginal people in the coastal districts, the pioneering Hamersley empire along the coast, the first shops opened, an early shipwreck, convict visitors, early developments by the Perth Road Board, building of the first jetty, the first land divisions, derivation of the street names of the district, early transport, the first surf lifesaving club, the story behind Mettam’s Pool and the many tragic drownings at Trigg Island, as well as many other interesting events and people that helped build these suburbs over 100 years from 1869.
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In this snapshot of WA policing history we speak to David MacDonald, President of the WA Police Historical Society about the sad murder of Constable Mills of Katanning.
Constable Mills was only 28 years old when he was murdered all over the fact that he refused to grant a firearms licence to a farm worker. Constable Mills was shot 5 times in the head.
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In this segment with the State Records Office, we speak to Carolyn Atkinson about true crime in the Archives.
The State Records Office has many records from the police, prisons, courts and the crown law department which document criminal activity in WA from the beginning of British settlement.
One of the stories Carolyn discusses is the Pitman and Walsh case. Alexander Pitman and John Walsh were Gold Squad detectives who were shot and murdered in the mid-afternoon of April 1926. They had ridden their bikes out of Kalgoorlie and disappeared. On 12th May, the remains of the two detectives, burnt and chopped up, were found down a disused mine, called Miller’s Find, 5km west of Kalgoorlie. Police had been alerted after two men riding a sulky had noticed swarms of flies and a dreadful smell emanating from the shaft. The records show that the detectives were killed elsewhere and the remains brought to Miller’s Find, so the search began in earnest for the murder site.
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The City of Fremantle is seeking to celebrate the contribution of southern European migrants, starting with a map of the families, places and businesses that helped make Freo the eclectic place it is today. Fremantle was the arrival point in Australia for hundreds of thousands of migrants in the years following World War II.
They are asking people to tell us the places, customs, businesses, industries or families that are important to them, and provide photos to be added to the Fremantle History collection.
People can make a contribution to the project by adding information to the ‘Shaping Fremantle’ map on the City’s My Say Freo website. Submissions close on Sunday 17 January 2021.
For more information visit mysay.fremantle.wa.gov.au/migrants.
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Carl was the awarded the A.S.M for services to St John and was actually the first on road officer to be given this Australian honour in WA. Carl served 30 years as a WA Paramedic and joined us to share his memories including the very scary birth of a breech baby.
A reunion for retired full time professional St John Paramedics and ambulance officers along with any retired Control Room or on road deputies will be held at The Garden in Leederville on 2nd December at Midday.
To RSVP for numbers please contact lisa.smith@stjohnwa.com.au
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What do you put on your toast? Vegemite, peanut butter, jam or maybe some avocado?
In this segment with Food Historian and Author of "Australian Food Timeline," Jan O’Connell we look at the history of some of the things we put on our toast.
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As we approach the festive season "A Christmas Miracle" is a very special charity event that will raise funds for the homeless of Perth, specifically our homeless veterans.
“A Christmas Miracle” written by Jenny Davis, and produced and directed by Tony Howes, features a stunning ensemble troupe. Choir director Sarah Menogue along with some of Perth’s finest performers: Stephen Adams, Alinta Carroll, Rebecca Davis, Stuart Halusz, Courtney Pitman and Stephen Sherwood.
At Christmas 1914 in the trenches of World War 1 in France, Allied and German soldiers disregarded their orders and laid down their arms for a brief time of truce, singing carols and exchanging greetings and gifts. The magic of the peace and goodwill message of Christmas affected them all and created one of the most memorable moments of their lives and a memorable moment for humankind.
Join them for an inspiring and uplifting evening to begin your Christmas celebrations for 2020 and celebrate the power of the human spirit.
Jenny Davis, Tony Howes and Tony Wills, Chairman of the Veterans Transition Centre (where all proceeds from the event will go) joined Harvey Deegan on "Remember When."
Date: Thursday 10th December at St George’s Cathedral
Tickets: $25 Adults and $20 all concessions. Bookings trybooking.com.au
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In this monthly segment with military historian Graham McKenzie-Smith we delve into the history of the Army engineers in WA.
Graham is the author of a book titled "Sappers in the West" that looks at the important role in the defence and development of WA that Army engineers have played over the years. The first sapper unit was formed at Fremantle in 1910 to operate the searchlights for the new coast defences and a field company was formed in 1911.
Copies of the book can be purchased by emailing raeassoc2016@gmail.com
Image: Australian War Memorial
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In this monthly segment with Historian Richard Offen we look at old ghost towns of WA.
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In this segment with the State Library of WA we look at the fascinating story of "The Coffee Pot" scrapbook. The Perth café was around from the 1950s to the early 1980s. The Coffee Pot was a popular hangout for many, offering style, sophistication, and a welcoming atmosphere and was owned by Dutch migrants, Prada and Rob Van der Nagel.
It contains various photographs and ephemeral pieces, such as advertising, certificates, newspaper clippings, and mementos related to the Coffee Pot.
Dr Kate Gregory joined Harvey Deegan on "Remember When" to talk about how this scrapbook highlights post war Perth and the emergence of cafe culture.
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Established in the Victorian era where powered passenger ships were a novelty, P&O had a turbulent youth. Changing technologies, wars and the Suez Canal caused great turmoil for the line, with the opening of the Canal almost bankrupting P&O. However, the company rebounded, going on to establish reliable steamship services to Australia and with that, they changed a nation. Many Australians can trace their heritage back to a voyage on a P&O ship.
Maritime Historian Chris Frame joined us on Remember When.
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