Forgotten Australia

Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and bizarre happenings that are almost always stranger than fiction. Each episode brings to life people and events that were once known to everyone but are now barely remembered by anyone. Based on intensive original research, Forgotten Australia is crafted with a novelist’s eye for character and detail to create gripping narratives that sound so fresh it's like they're ripped from today's headlines. This is the history you wish you’d been taught in s...

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Forgotten Australia

Episodes (320)

Yesterday Short – Australia's First Typewriter
Friday Short – The Strange Story of the Australian Flag
Sun Feb 15th This Week in 1966 – Part Three: Mr Stinky, a Rogue Cop and the Beaumont Children

Forgotten Australia

Feb 23, 2026
27 minutes
50 MB

A century and a half ago, the age of the typewriter dawned in Australia. Who was the first to import these new American gizmos? Would they cause the extinction of handwriting? Would typewriters increase efficiency or simply empower people to churn out rubbish? How many parallels are there to the modern push for AI? To read Robert Messenger’s typewriter histories, check out: https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/ It’s easy to get a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episod...

Forgotten Australia

Short – Australia's First Typewriter

Forgotten Australia

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