This Was The News
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ANZAC Day 1947
April 24, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThis special ANZAC Day episode was put together and broadcast on 1RPH in Canberra. The following articles were featured in this week’s episode from 25 April, 1947: From the Canberra Times... National Commemoration of ANZAC Day – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2713307 ANZAC Day Messages – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2713308 Meat Shortage Due To War Effort – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2713289 Prosecution Demanded of US Communists – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2713258 Pl...
Christmas Day 1931
December 24, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThis special Christmas Day episode aired on 1RPH in Canberra
Christmas Time and Christmas Cheer
December 23, 2020 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from December 24, 1920: Christmas Time – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215161802 Observance of Christmas – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206928262 Christmas Stranger – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40339963 Christmas Cheer – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20461894 Toys For Sick Children – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101022885 Unlucky Father Xmas – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142289759 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/...
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December 02, 2020 17:00 - 34 seconds - 432 KBToday's episode of This Was The News will not be broadcast. Instead, we will broadcast a special Christmas Eve episode on Thursday December 24.
Rouse-abouts and Unwholeome Eggs
November 18, 2020 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from November 19, 1890: Balloon Ascent – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163582606 The Dignity of Parliament – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242127378 Charge of Attempting to Rob a Constable – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8452259 A Bookmaker Arrested – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196977065 Curious Strike of Rouse-about – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8452306 Unwholsome Eggs – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118283798 Adve...
American Slang and the Yeppoon Mystery
November 04, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from November 5, 1910: Booking Theatre Seats – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5205280 Town Hall Organ – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article193281781 Name of the Townsite – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91096825 Robinson Crusoe – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215337512 Yeppoon Mystery – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184877933 Incorrigible Girl – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149733814 All About People – http://nla.gov.au/nla.ne...
Whale Flesh and Phar Lap's Price
October 21, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from October 22, 1930: Wanted, An Honest Leader – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187828079 Over The Wireless - “A Weary Journey” – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115357809 Arrival at Sydney His Cap Souvenired – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79470668 Whale Flesh as an Item of Diet – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110235659 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61045516 Our National Anthem – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-artic...
Forged Telegrams and the Anti-Sweating League
October 07, 2020 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from October 8, 1900: The Plague – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19058467 Summary – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237117400 Yass and the Federal Capital – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100408808 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215495180 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100408813 The Perils of Mining – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181023953 Anti-Sweating League – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188645426 Forg...
Larrikinism and Leap Year Rules
September 23, 2020 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from September 24, 1880: Compulsion – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127643085 Dropping “Aitches” – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146444919 Mail on the Liners – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202156818 Eric the Red – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13468768 Yelta – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216306539 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208862413 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208862397 Raid On Gamblers – http...
Mysterious Turtles and the Deaf PM
September 09, 2020 19:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from September 10, 1920: The Industrial Outlook – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45508028 44 Hour Week – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249034588 Local and General – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123487933 Shrimps in Drinking Water – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37076125 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112678889 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218855283 Fortune in Paper – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108234...
Opium Seizure and Old Maids' Fright
August 26, 2020 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from August 27, 1910: Post Office Clock Wrong – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5265249 Up, Boys, and at ‘Em! – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251332693 General News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202942479 Big Seizure of Opium – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238011274 Old Maids’ Fright – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5265329 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10455974 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98796828 N...
Football Fancies and the Anti-Chinese Bill
August 12, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from August 13, 1880: Tumut News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127640820 Removal of Kelly to Melbourne – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202155720 Miscellaneous – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192877685 The Anti-Chinese Bill – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207660007 Advertising http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article902154 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150653701 Football Facts and Fancies – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244692...
Rum Toffee and Ocean Whoopee
July 29, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from July 16, 1900: The Nation Builders – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180230857 South Australia’s Plight – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60779617 Free Meals Declared Black – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16661096 Political News and Notes – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122243135 Housewives and the Budget – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30498256 Bang! Home-Made Gun Test – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224250558 Alcohol ...
Gas Lighting and the First Governor-General
July 15, 2020 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from July 16, 1900: Rabbit Pest – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174133869 The Governor-General Of Australia – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54449955 The First Governor-General – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89614258 Federal Demonstration – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100406438 The Governor-General's Residence – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241467015 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35363498 http://nla.gov....
Tiger Colonel and The Longreach Murder
July 01, 2020 18:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from July 2, 1890: The Year’s Revenue – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208386931 Bad Streets – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65350159 Cairns General News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39434319 Cootamundra Crumbs – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143768031 Bourke Local and General – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142660185 The Tiger Colonel – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26756077 Animals and Birds – http://nla.gov.au/nla.n...
A Sporting Prince and Public Indignation
June 17, 2020 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from June 18, 1920: The Salary Grab – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203711700 The Capital – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119287324 A Mild Sensation – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216959429 Profitable Cauliflowers – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27778816 Remarkable Milking – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216959437 Concert by Wireless – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215598044 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-art...
Bushranger Robberies and Feminine Athletics
June 03, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from June 4, 1880: The Blacks in Queensland – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200266469 Slander Case – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174713937 The Robbery – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201296351 Local Intelligence – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113837323 The Kelly Gang – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244694841 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page255142 News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99827400 Occasional ...
Halley's Comet and The Telephonic 'Oh'
May 20, 2020 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBArticles featured in this week’s episode from May 21, 1910: Day Of Mourning In Brisbane – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19636078 Unpacking The Wreaths – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45111610 News Of The Day – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184306530 A Mourning Window – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87257128 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172181025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30053172 The Telephonic ‘Oh’ – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1963604...
Smelly Talkies and Mother's Day
May 06, 2020 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from May 7, 1930: Ratty Pessimism – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215205843 Accession Day – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117474377 Arrest of Gandhi – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95864204 Appendix Removed – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83501248 News and Notes – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122241699 Famous Cow’s – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84935524 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2298748 http://n...
Vegetarian Soldiers and Fish Photography
April 22, 2020 18:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from April 23, 1900: Precautions Against Plague – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36953887 The Boer War – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19038767 Speech by Mr Barton – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217356851 Salaries of Female Assistant Teachers – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19038743 Photographing a Living Fish – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133213210 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36953921 http://nla.gov.au...
Sir Henry's Umbrella and The Chinaman's Dog
April 08, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from April 9, 1890: The Influenza Epidemic – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207197633 Employment Exchange – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230602297 Federation Resolutions – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66928730 Baby Farming with a Vengeance! – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213385528 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39546366 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39546390 Buggy Accident at Ballarat – http://nla.gov.au/n...
Prohibition, Profiteering and Personagrams
March 25, 2020 17:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from March 26, 1920: Profiteering – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140945909 Jam Census Ordered – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202974524 Decimal System – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66561385 The Prince in Bathurst – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111542255 A Strange Blunder – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37510622 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40346732 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234774001 The Liqu...
Plucking Poultry and Outdated Stamps
March 11, 2020 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from March 12, 1910: Handy Hints – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102791322 The Queen’s Head On Stamps – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5243650 Truancy Cases – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164951632 Mr. Saxelby's Accident – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233943119 Poisoned Chocolates – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116050788 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256048159 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145404901 ...
Kerosene Lighting and Death By Decapitation
February 26, 2020 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from February 27, 1880: Destructive Fires – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148240389 Kerosene Lighting – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135941685 Board Of Advice – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99827705 Tumut News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127643012 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127643002 Epitome Of News – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192876667 For the benefit of Professor Bastard – http://nla.gov.au/...
Spurious Coins and Fancy Gelatine Dishes
February 12, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from February 13, 1930: School Girl Critically Injured – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80586655 Sydney’s Big Bridge – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84921060 Spurious Coins – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203101532 Tail Lights: A Unique Regulation – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16625759 Lioness Escapes – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94113169 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203101362 http://nla.gov.au/nla.new...
January 30, 1890
January 29, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBArticles featured in this weeks episode from January 30, 1890: The Influenza Epidemic – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235716184 Federation Conference – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169859912 New Zealand Anniversary – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3508849 A Strange and Interesting Discovery – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132634209 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3508831 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66914609 The Sergeant's Watch Recovered – http://...
Flu Epidemic and Stolen Time
January 29, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from January 30, 1890: The Influenza Epidemic – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235716184 Federation Conference – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169859912 New Zealand Anniversary – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3508849 A Strange and Interesting Discovery – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132634209 Advertisements http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3508831 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66914609 The Sergeant's Watch Recovered – http:/...
January 16, 1900
January 15, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBArticles featured in this weeks episode from January 16, 1900: Watching the war – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235057018 Proposal to form a Yeomanry Corps – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94459132 Soldiers at Her Majesty’s – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117040254 The Maori King – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123270327 Those Boer Spies – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117040240 An Unusual Road Trip – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75063147 Advertisements: http:/...
Boer War Spies and The Plague
January 15, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from January 16, 1900: Watching the war – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235057018 Proposal to form a Yeomanry Corps – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article94459132 Soldiers at Her Majesty’s – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117040254 The Maori King – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123270327 Those Boer Spies – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117040240 An Unusual Road Trip – http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75063147 Advertisements: http:...
January 2, 1920
January 01, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBArticles featured in this weeks episode from January 2, 1920: Absence of Hooliganism – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1671853 New Years Eve – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192004384 New Year’s Day in Broken Hill – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45524564 When the Billy Boiled: Holiday Scene on Bellerive Beach – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11453399 Daring Bank Robbers: Attempt on Hurstville Bank – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/artic...
New Year's Hooligans and Shark Fights
January 01, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBArticles featured in this week's episode from January 2, 1920: Absence of Hooliganism – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1671853 New Years Eve – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192004384 New Year’s Day in Broken Hill – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/45524564 When the Billy Boiled: Holiday Scene on Bellerive Beach – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11453399 Daring Bank Robbers: Attempt on Hurstville Bank – https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti...
This Was The News - Coming soon
December 30, 2019 20:00 - 1 minute - 785 KBWelcome to "This Was The News", a podcast covering the news that's been and gone. First episode will be released on January 2, 2020.