S4E10 Voices From the Parramatta Female Factory with Gay Hendriksen
In this episode, I talk with historian and author Gay Hendriksen about the women who passed through the Parramatta Female Factory and how we...
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Convict Australia
A podcast about the convicts that were transported to Australia. Each episode offers a glimpse into life as a convict and a broader insight into the convict system. Presented by Jennifer Twe...
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20 of 40 episodesS4E9 The Mutiny of the Cyprus
In 1829, convicts aboard the brig Cyprus seized their chance at freedom, launching one of the most audacious escapes in Australian history....
S4E8 Norfolk Island with Cathy Dunn - Part 2
In this episode, host Jennifer Twemlow continues her conversation with historian Cathy Dunn, this time turning to the second phase of Norfol...
S4E7 Norfolk Island with Cathy Dunn - Part 1
In this episode, host Jennifer Twemlow speaks with historian Cathy Dunn about the early convict history of Norfolk Island, known as the Colo...
S4E6 The Fremantle Five - Escape, Survival & Murder
In January 1859, five convicts escaped from a Fremantle work party and vanished into the bush, launching one of the most dramatic manhunts i...
S4E5 The Two Stowaways
In February 1821, two convicts, Peter Penney and William White, embark on a daring escape from the Australian colony. Stowing away on the sh...
S4E4 Sydney in the Firing Line - the Story of The Three Bees
In May 1814, Sydney’s bustling Port Jackson faced terror as the convict ship The Three Bees went up in flames. Loaded with gunpowder and can...
S4E3 Neptune - the Wilful Murder
In this episode, we dive into one of the darkest chapters of convict transportation to Australia: the voyage of the Neptune , the notorious...
S4E2 The Capture of Sorell
In the thrilling second episode of Season 4 of the Convict Australia Podcast , we journey back to 1825 to a stormy night in Tasmania as Matt...
S4E1 Four Convict Castaways
On 21 March 1823, four convict men left Sydney in a 29ft open boat heading for the Five Islands to collect cedar. On the way, they encounter...
S3E10 The Skinny Dip that started a Rebellion
Ralph Entwhistle, a convict with a life sentence, stripped off for a quick dip in the Macquarie River in 1829. This innocent act got him int...
S3E9 Ten Convict Pirates Seize the Frederick
In 1834, ten convicts seized the Frederick and made their daring escape from the penal settlement on Sarah Island in Tasmania to the Port of...
S3E8 The Sinking of the Guardian
When word reached England that the colony of NSW was in dire need of food King George III immediately dispatched HMS Guardian to come to the...
S3E7 Australia's First Bank Robbery
In 1828, 14,000 pounds was stolen from the Bank of Australia – that’s about 20 million dollars by today’s standards AND most of the money ha...
S3E6 John Matthew Richardson with Solomon Staunton
Historian Solomon Stanton shares his research on his ancestor John Matthew Richardson. John was a convict who was sentenced to 7 years trans...
S3E5 Neva - One of the Worst Shipwrecks in Australian History
The Neva was a three-masted barque carrying hundreds of female convicts and their children from Ireland to Port Jackson. In 1835 it stuck th...
S3E4 The Cooking Pot Riot
What happened when the convicts on Norfolk Island were stripped of their cooking pots? A bloodthirsty riot! Join me as I retell this gruesom...
S3E3 The Extraordinary Story of Mary Bryant – First Fleeter, Wife and Mother
This is the true story of convict First Fleeter, Mary Bryant. In March 1791 Mary, her husband, their two infant children and 6 other convict...
S3E2 Fremantle Prison with Matthew Bateman-Graham
Join me as I talk to Matthew Bateman-Graham, a tour guide at Fremantle Prison – a UNESCO World Heritage site for convicts in Western Austral...
S3E1 The Isle of the Dead with Tammy Reardon
Join me as I talk to Tammy Reardon about the Isle of the Dead – the final resting place for convicts who died at Port Arthur. Tammy has been...