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Stories From Sydney
A fortnightly history podcast about the people, places, and events that have shaped the city of Sydney and its surrounds. Find us on facebook or instagram @storiesfromsydney
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A Sirius Supply Issue
In this episode, we explore the very earliest years of the colony in Sydney Cove by following the fates of two ships: Sirius and Supply. Join us as we...
The Definitive History of Sydney's Water Sources
In this particularly lengthy episode the boys chart the history of Sydney's drinking water from the well-known Tank Stream to the well-known Desal pla...
Surfing at Freshwater
We discuss the life of father of surfing Duke Kahanamoku and his trip to Australia in 1914, where he gave a surfing demonstration at Freshwater beach...
Thomas West of Barcom Glen
This episode Jed digs up a history book that tells the story of one of colonial Sydney's early families.
Like so many others, Thomas West found...
Whale Tales
In this episode, we discuss the significance of the whaling industry in the early history of Sydney, jumping from familiar Sydney locations like Liver...
The Many Schemes of JJC Bradfield
John Job Crew Bradfield was one of the defining engineers of early 20th century New South Wales. In this episode we discuss the man's contribution to...
Plant Stories!
In this short and punchy episode the boys discuss three different plant species/genera common to Sydney Harbour. Yes, genera is the correct word for t...
Bungaree
In this episode we discuss Bungaree - a significant figure in the early history of Sydney and part of the first voyage to ever circumnavigate the cont...
Yarramundi, Colebee and Maria of the Boorooberongal clan: A Dharug Dynasty
In this episode Jed attempts to tell the multi-generational story of Yarramundi, Colebee and Maria of the Boorooberongal clan of the Dharug people of...
River Rocks and Where to Find Them
In this episode we discuss the excavation of the Lapstone Creek rock shelter and what it tells us about Aboriginal history and culture in the Sydney r...
A Partial Account of Watkin Tench’s Journeys to the Hawkesbury-Nepean
We're back for Season 4! Instead of our usual 2 minute teaser episode we are launching with a bang: just shy of 2 hours of mostly 18th century prose!<...
Bonus Episode: Following the Flow West
In this bonus episode we discuss Following the Flow, a documentary exploring the people, places, ecology and history of the Macquarie Wambool River in...
The Tragedy of Newcastle Coal
In the last episode of Season 3 we briefly trace the history of Australia's first and most important export, coal, and the city with which it is inext...
The Theosophists and the Star of Balmoral
This fortnight we discuss the Theosophical Society and their impact on Sydney, from the 2GB radio station, to the Star Amphitheatre in Balmoral (pictu...
Palaces of Consumerism
In the early years of the 20th century Sydney was the undisputed Department Store capital of the world. Retail family dynasties competed with each oth...
The War and the Wobblies
In this episode we discuss tensions within working class politics in Sydney during the First World War.
If y...
The Tall Tale of Captain Moonlite
In 1880 the bushranger era came to a dramatic end in Eastern Australia with the infamous death of Ned Kelly in Melbourne. Earlier that same year a man...
Red Gold and the Cedar Getters
Well before the gold rushes of the mid 1800s, there was another all but forgotten resource extraction boom which played an important role in the expan...
Sydney Cove and Her Preservation
This episode we discuss the story of the Sydney Cove, a ship that set sail from Calcutta bound for its eponymous port in 1796. The Sydney Cove never q...
The Local Bowlo
We discuss the history and significance of the local bowlo with special guest Louis Heath. Perhaps you, like us, have always wondered where this quain...
Coming Up in Season 3
To celebrate both boys recording from Sydney for the first time ever, we've included some bonus material about Manly in our introductory episode to Se...
The Macleays and Their Collection
Despite their household name being all but forgotten, the Macleay family were a force to be reckoned with in Colonial Sydney society. They owned vast...
A Tale of Obelisks and Sewers
Tracing the history of sewerage infrastructure in Sydney provides a wild ride through the origins of democracy in NSW, the popularity of Egyptian obel...
Camp Extravaganzas
Until more recent years Sydney's large and visible queer community was generally ill considered by wider society, in large part due to the negative li...
A Stroke is Born at Bronte Baths
We discuss the swimming scene in Sydney at the turn of the century, some iconic locations, our first Olympic champion, and the stroke that changed eve...
The Town Where the Bell Meets the Macquarie
This episode we head West from Sydney to a town that has long shared connections with the Harbour City. From Ancient Caves to Pistol Duels and Unfinis...
The Tiger Shark and the Tattooed Arm
On a quiet autumn day in 1935, a recently captured Tiger Shark on display in the swimming pool at the Coogee Palace suddenly regurgitated an entire hu...
The Six O'Clock Swill
In the 1890s the temperance movement took off across Australia. At first laughed out of the room, the coming of World War One dramatically changed pub...
The Old Commodore of Blue's Point
Despite arriving as a convict in the very early years of the colony, Billy Blue went on to achieve considerable success as a ferryman and harbour mast...
Coming Up in Season 2
Tune in to this week's short trailer to get yourself geared up for another season of Stories from Sydney, find out what's changed (not much) and to he...
Overengineered and Underdelivered (The Story of the Great North Road)
Colonial Sydney was rife with grand schemes to put the town firmly on the map and in hearts and minds across the Empire. Few such schemes were as dema...
The Hospital that Rum Built
The so called "Rum Hospital", which still stands on Macquarie Street, was constructed in return for exclusive rights to import rum into the young colo...
From the Valley to the Gully
In the 19th century British settlement irreversibly altered the ecological and cultural landscape of the Burragorang Valley. For the Gandangara people...
The Last Woman Hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol
This week's episode follows the story of Louisa Collins, a working class woman who in 1888 saw not one but two husbands die under mysterious circumsta...
Celebrating a New Beginning Across the Blue Mountains
It took white Australians 25 years to find a way across the Blue Mountains, but only 10 years for a pub to open on the way down the other side. This s...
The Sydney Language and the Missing Notebooks of William Dawes
The notebooks of William Dawes, astronomer of the First Fleet, disappeared from public view for nearly 200 years before being uncovered in 1972. These...
The Saga of Sydney's First Railway
The role the railways played in the growth of Sydney and New South Wales could hardly be overstated. But when, and how, did it all begin? Tune in to f...
Sydney Stadium and The World Championship Fight at Rushcutters Bay
On Boxing Day, 1908, before a crowd of 20,000 Sydneysiders, an African American boxer named Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns, a white Canadian, to be...
Introduction
Hello and welcome to Stories from Sydney: History of the Harbour City. In this episode we’d like to briefly introduce ourselves and give you a quick r...