In 1860, a group of determined explorers set out to achieve one of the greatest geographical feats in Australian history: crossing the continent from south to north. What followed was a masterclass in poor planning, questionable leadership, baffling decision-making, and the stubborn refusal to learn from people who actually knew what they were doing.

Join me this week as we follow Burke and Wills through the Australian outback. Hopefully, we fair better than they did.

Sources

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/political-science/colonization-australia

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/burke-and-wills

The Dollop Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/49Db0UEm30dSw08Bo6rVN9?si=ebd3b7dfb48249ee

Todays episode does include descriptions od death and injury during war. Listener discretion advised.

Today we are talking about Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. An absolute machine of a man. I usually don't like military history, I am a people historian. And Adrian is one heck of a person and one heck of a soldier. So I thought his story should be told. Buckle up this story is crazy.

Sources

Happy Odyssey by Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart with Foreward by Winston Churchill

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-somme

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war/western-front/poison-gas

https://www.forcesnews.com/heritage/soldiers-eye-views-somme

https://www.iwm.org.uk/podcasts/voices-of-the-first-world-war/ep-33-shell-shock

From English castles to desert tents beneath the Syrian stars, this episode explores the remarkable final act of one of the nineteenth century’s most unconventional women, a woman who refused, again and again, to live the life society demanded of her.