#australian history

AE 1334 - The Goss: The Biggest Differences & Similarities Between Australia & New Zealand

In today's episode... Alright, g'day listeners! Ever wondered what the real deal is between us Aussies and our Kiwi cousins ? Well, chuck on your headphones and have a listen to this ripper of an episode! Me and the old man, Ian, sat down for a good yarn about all the similarities and differences between Australia and New Zealand. We dove into everything from the classic sibling rivalry (you know how it goes!) to the big differences in how we treat our…

AE 1316 - The Goss: Bird Photography and Favourite TV Shows

In today's episode... G'day legends! Crack a cold one and pull up a chair for another ripper episode of Aussie English. This time, it's a fair dinkum chinwag with my old man, Ian, about his epic quest to snap pics of as many Aussie birds as humanly possible in a single year. He set himself a challenge to photograph 366 different species (it was a leap year, after all!), and let me tell ya, it's been a wild ride. We're talkin' rare ducks at the bloody…

AE 1163: Interview: One of Australia's Craziest Survival Stories with Adam Courtenay

In today's episode... Let's welcome back the brilliant bestselling author of The Ship that Never Was , Adam Courtenay ! Adam is back on the podcast as he talks about his latest book Three Sheets to the Wind . It's about a band of merchant seamen who had to walk hundreds of miles across Sydney to save 7000 gallons of rum. But it's a beautiful tale about brave men and how language barriers are overcome when one needs help. Imagine English-speaking men who…

AE 1044 - The Goss: Inventor of AFL Found to Have Massacred Indigenous Tribe

In today's episode... Such a discovery! According to a Melbourne researcher named Gary Fearon , Tom Wills , the co-inventor of the Australian Rules Football (the AFL) , participated in reprisal attacks against Aboriginal men on Cullin-la-ringo . Guess where he found it? In a publicly available Chicago Tribune news article from 1895 . It had been sitting out there in the open yet no one had discovered it until Gary did. On this episode, my dad Ian and I…

AE 741 - Expression: Look Like a Million Bucks

AE 720 - Interview: 1787: The Lost Chapters of Australia's Beginnings with Nick Brodie

AE 655.1 – Expression: In Hot Water

AE 652 – The Goss: Baboons Loose in Sydney, Domestic Violence, & Julian Assange

AE 616 – Interview: The Best and Worst of Australian History with David Hunt

In this interview episode of the Aussie English Podcast I discuss the best and worst of Australian history with author David Hunt.