Podcasts about sydney history

On January 19th, 1945, hundreds of Sinatra-haters violently descended on a small group of young fans who had come to see STEP LIVELY (1944) at the Empire Theatre in Sydney, Australia. The angry mob jeered and assaulted members of the Sinatra Club, bitterly deriding them as “swooners." Police broke things up, but the haters stayed to boo throughout the screening then stalk fans through the streets as they headed home. This terrifying incident was the result of months of anti-Sinatra resentment boiling over in Australian society. In response, photographer Ivan Ives decided to give the Sinatra Club a chance, and set out - in a series of remarkably beautiful candid shots, only recently unearthed - to show the world who they really were. Meanwhile, the Step Lively brawl had sparked a national controversy that culminated in a near-riot of thousands in Melbourne four months later. And by 1947, ‘Sinatra clubs' had become a national phenomenon that seemed to bring the best and worst out of the nation's youth - everything from tranquil listening parties and camping trips to gang violence, a vengeful home invasion and even an illegal attempt to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Through it all, there was the Voice; for these kids, Sinatra was their whole world. These surreal events were all but completely forgotten with time and have never been reported on since they occurred. Until now. Photo gallery for this episode: https://archive.org/details/sinatra-kids-gallery Special thanks to Trove, the National Library of Australia, the Mitchell Library, and the State Library of New South Wales, courtesy of ACP Magazines Ltd. Sinatra Club members included: Shirley Gormley, Tess Rix, Audrey Gurd, Leslie "Digger" Williamson or Les Williamson, Terry Ryan, Arthur Stevens, Beryl Atherton, Mari Dryden, Marion McKenzie and Shirley Ryan - and in Melbourne, Oliver Gilpin and Norm Kirkwood. If you can shed any more light on any of this, we'd love to hear from you. Get in touch by email via suddenlypod@gmail.com or @suddenlypod on Instagram and Twitter.

Located smack bang in the middle of Sydney Harbour, with it's First Nations history lost to time (surely it's mere location would be cause for much significance), Cockatoo Island's first written history dates from 1839, where by the convicts who wound up there, were made to quarry sandstone from the island in order to build their own prison. 1871 saw the island's use change hands from penal colony, to an industrial school for girls, and a reformatory, before turning back to a prison in 1888 for another 10 years prior to goal time on the island ending for good.These days, Cockatoo Island makes use of it's unique, million-dollar setting, hosting high society functions, weddings, and providing a popular backdrop for many T.V shows. Listen on to find out about some of it's lesser-known history, and it's inhabitants who might never have left.Have a spooky story to share, or a haunted location for TOIH to investigate?What are you waiting for? Get in touch!tospsychic@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram@turnsout_itshaunted the podcast@turnsout_shespsychic the podcastFaceboook @TOSPpodcasthttps://www.turnsoutshespsychic.com/Presented by Tracey Dimech & Laura Turner.Produced, edited, & music by Matt Turner.Visit Tracey's website here aAustralian Medium, Psychic & Spiritual Alignment Mentorhttps://www.traceydimech.com.au

"We were founded by the two (rum) drinking classes of England, the navy and the working class."

Hello and welcome to Stories from Sydney: History of the Harbour City. In this episode we'd like to briefly introduce ourselves and give you a quick rundown of what you can expect from this podcast. Every fortnight one of us tells the other a story from the rich and varied history of Sydney and her surrounds. 

Finally, a venue decides to record Josie and Mel's live show! Here's the first part of All Aussie Mystery Hour's Sydney show at Marrickville's Factory Theatre on Dec 5, featuring Mel regaling us with horrible stories about the making of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!CREDITS:https://sydney-harbour-bridge.nesa.nsw.edu.au/https://www.smh.com.au/national/honour-at-last-for-workers-whose-deaths-fell-from-view-20070216-gdphh8.html https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/10-sydney-urban-legends-that-will-give-you-the-creeps/news-story/973d3920c7315c3bc9d35e9e89505441 -https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-harbour-bridge-gets-a-fresh-coat-of-paint-again/news-story/993350d50f7a08e7d20a0d00f4b616f5 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62411832timeout.com/sydney/attractions/sydney-myths-bustedhttps://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2019/06/the-life-of-a-rigger-on-the-sydney-harbour-bridge/https://www.moveoutmates.com.au/blog/5-creepy-sydney-legends/ https://www.eastcoastcarrentals.com.au/blog/weird-and-wonderful-urban-legends-of-sydney As always - LOVE US PLEASE.Instagram: @allaussiemysteryhourTwitter: @mystery_hourFacebook: Search for the All Aussie Mystery Hour group.Josie on Instagram: @josierozeMel on Instagram: @melissamason_

The life of a convict in Hyde Park Barracks was not such a great one... take a listen to what was on the menu in the nineteenth century. Your teacher is Janson Hews from Sydney Living Museums.

The life of a convict in Hyde Park Barracks was not such a great one... take a listen to what was on the menu in the nineteenth century. Your teacher is Janson Hews from Sydney Living Museums.

This week, Mel gets back on her paranormal bulls**t with the history of Sydney's Quarantine Station, and all the ghosts that reportedly inhabit it's historical grounds.Not here for the zest? The mystery starts at 10:33.As always - LOVE US PLEASE.Instagram: @allaussiemysteryhourTwitter: @mystery_hourFacebook: Search for the All Aussie Mystery Hour group.Josie on Instagram: @josierozeMel on Instagram: @melissamason_

In this episode of GLAMcity, we return to heritage sites, revisiting Melbourne's Labour history and the site of the Australia's worst industrial accident, the 1970 West Gate Bridge collapse with Historians Elizabeth Humphrys and Sarah Gregson.We then investigate what happens to the remnants of industry once the chimneys stop burning and the mines are closed.Industrial heritage sites are increasingly re-purposed as cultural institutions and in this episode, Tamson and Anna discuss how industrial heritage sites have been re-purposed in Sydney and in the Ruhr region of Germany. They speak to Laila Ellmoos, an Historian with the City of Sydney and Historian, Stefan Berger, from The Ruhr-University Bochum.For more information on the industrial heritage sites discussed, check out these case studies:Sydney:Eveleigh Carriage WorkshopPaddington Reservoir GardenRuhr, Germany:Zollverein Mining ComplexGasometer Oberhausen

Steven Miller is the Head of the National Art Archive and Capon Research Library at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, so how did he come to be known as The Grim Reaper of art archives?Part of Steve's role is to contact artists and request that they leave their archives- their sketchbooks, letters, journals and photos to the Art Gallery which he says has led to the moniker as, "if I have a visit, artists normally think oh my god, he must think I'm about to die." Steve is passionate about his work for the Gallery, he fell into archiving after taking a summer job at the Gallery and is the longest serving employee. He's worked on digitising the Art Gallery's collections which has had a surprising outcome. He told GLAMcity hosts, Tamson Pietsch and Chelsea Barnett that a popular digital exhibition commemorating World War One became a physical exhibition after many viewers requested to see the objects offline.

Mel tells Josie all about the Luna Park Ghost Train fire of 1979, including the wild theory that a demon was partly responsible for the tragedy.Love All Aussie Mystery Hour? Follow us on all forms of social media!Instagram: @allaussiemysteryhourTwitter: @mystery_hourFacebook: Search for the All Aussie Mystery Hour group.Josie on Instagram: @josierozeMel on Instagram: @melissamason_

At the heart of every early colonial building in Sydney there is a convict story. The Rum Hospital has a surprisingly dark and brutal one.