In Black and White Podcast: BONUS EPISODE:The Aussie who gave up gold for honour - Part 2

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 2 of a bonus two-part series.

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 2 of a bonus two-part series.

Learn more about Mat's work at: https://battlefields.com.au/
Like the show? Go to: heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more.

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 2 of a bonus two-part series.
Learn more about Mat's work at: <a href="https://battlefields.com.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://battlefields.com.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723692057437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38GyjTd0enN1eydFMEV0hk">https://battlefields.com.au/</a> Like the show? Go to: <a href="http://hearldsun.com.au/ibaw" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://hearldsun.com.au/ibaw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723692057437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08TLc3EvolO7ZW_OhYDL0P">heraldsun.com.au/ibaw</a> for more.

From alleyway gangsters to cold war spies to eccentric entrepreneurs, Australian history is full of colourful but forgotten characters. Host Jen Kelly talks with experts, historians and yarn spinners to uncover the untold stories of some of our most interesting and offbeat ancestors. 

From alleyway gangsters to cold war spies to eccentric entrepreneurs, Australian history is full of colourful but forgotten characters. Host Jen Kelly talks with experts, historians and yarn spinners to uncover the untold stories of some of our most interesting and offbeat ancestors.

A podcast miniseries about Melbourne's forgotten characters. Presented by the Herald Sun

In Black and White

Host Jen Kelly talks with experts and historians to uncover the untold stories of some of our most interesting and offbeat ancestors.

BONUS EPISODE: The Aussie who gave up gold for honour - Part 2

In Black and White Podcast: BONUS EPISODE:The Aussie who gave up gold for honour - Part 1

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 1 of a bonus two-part series.

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 1 of a bonus two-part series.

Learn more about Mat's work at: https://battlefields.com.au/
Like the show? Go to: heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more.

With the Paris Olympics in the books, we tell the tale of Cecil Healy, a champion swimmer who innovated in the pool. But it's for an amazing act of sportsmanship that he should perhaps be best remembered. Military historian Mat McLachlan joins the show for part 1 of a bonus two-part series.
Learn more about Mat's work at: <a href="https://battlefields.com.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://battlefields.com.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723692057437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw38GyjTd0enN1eydFMEV0hk">https://battlefields.com.au/</a> Like the show? Go to: <a href="http://hearldsun.com.au/ibaw" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://hearldsun.com.au/ibaw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723692057437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08TLc3EvolO7ZW_OhYDL0P">heraldsun.com.au/ibaw</a> for more.

BONUS EPISODE:The Aussie who gave up gold for honour - Part 1

In Black And White Podcast: The "world's oldest lesbian"

To the outside world, Monte Punshon was utterly respectable. But her perfect 19th-century diction disguised her wild past as a bad girl who hung out at edgy Melbourne bars and secret drag parties and was monitored in the lead-up to WWII by security services who suspected her Japanese teacher was a spy.

To the outside world, Monte Punshon was utterly respectable. But her perfect 19th-century diction disguised her wild past as a bad girl who hung out at edgy Melbourne bars and secret drag parties and was monitored in the lead-up to WWII by security services who suspected her Japanese teacher was a spy.

The ANU's Tessa Morris-Suzuki joins the show to talk about the woman dubbed "the world's oldest lesbian" after coming out at the age of 103.

Get the book at:

https://www.mup.com.au/books/a-secretive-century-paperback-softback

Like the show? Go to heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more.

To the outside world, Monte Punshon was utterly respectable. But her perfect 19th-century diction disguised her wild past as a bad girl who hung out at edgy Melbourne bars and secret drag parties and was monitored in the lead-up to WWII by security services who suspected her Japanese teacher was a spy.
The ANU's Tessa Morris-Suzuki joins the show to talk about the woman dubbed "the world's oldest lesbian" after coming out at the age of 103.
Get the book at:
<a href="https://www.mup.com.au/books/a-secretive-century-paperback-softback" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.mup.com.au/books/a-secretive-century-paperback-softback&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723512570389000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hWPzXTEp0iaB92053e-9Q">https://www.mup.com.au/books/a-secretive-century-paperback-softback</a>
Like the show? Go to <a href="http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723512570389000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03gX0F0qH56gj-c1ph-00R">heraldsun.com.au/ibaw</a> for more.

The "world's oldest lesbian"

In Black And White Podcast: The witch of Kings Cross

Rosaleen Norton was a bohemian artist and occultist who horrified Australian society in the 1950s. There were wild tales of devil worship, satanic rituals, blood sacrifices and sex orgies. But were they true? Author Peter Coleman is here to sort the fact from the fiction for us.

Rosaleen Norton was a bohemian artist and occultist who horrified Australian society in the 1950s. There were wild tales of devil worship, satanic rituals, blood sacrifices and sex orgies. But were they true? Author Peter Coleman is here to sort the fact from the fiction for us.

Get Peter’s book at: https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Peter-Coleman-Australia's-Most-Bizarre-Crimes-9781923046269

Like the show? Go to heraldsun.com.au/ibaw for more.

Rosaleen Norton was a bohemian artist and occultist who horrified Australian society in the 1950s. There were wild tales of devil worship, satanic rituals, blood sacrifices and sex orgies. But were they true? Author Peter Coleman is here to sort the fact from the fiction for us.
Get Peter’s book at: <a href="https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Peter-Coleman-Australia's-Most-Bizarre-Crimes-9781923046269" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Peter-Coleman-Australia's-Most-Bizarre-Crimes-9781923046269&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1722919343264000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0f2_e3042jT3WgRH7TkUUg">https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Peter-Coleman-Australia's-Most-Bizarre-Crimes-9781923046269</a> Like the show? Go to <a href="http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1722919343264000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FVbmp77n3Oj4NN1CdEVcl">heraldsun.com.au/ibaw</a> for more.

BONUS EPISODE: The Aussie who gave up gold for honour - Part 2

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