People's History of Australia

People’s History of Australia is a podcast and blog looking at Australian history from the perspective of ordinary people fighting together for a better life.

People's History of Australia is a history podcast hosted by People's History of Australia, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Ep 25 – Resisting the invasion of Sydney, 1788 – 1817

  Apr 15, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>The idea that Australia was invaded in 1788 is strangely controversial. A Google search for the phrase ‘Was Australia invaded’ provides an AI-generated answer claiming that ‘Australia has not experienced a full-scale foreign military invasion of its mainland’. The Wikipedia history of Australia makes no mention of invasion or indeed any warfare between between Aboriginal nations and the colonisers at all, and large numbers of articles ask ‘Was Australia invaded in 1788?’ as if the issue is somehow not obvious.</p> <p>At the time the British Empire invaded Australia in 1788 however, no one was in any doubt as to what was happenin...

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  Ep 24 – Art is a weapon: the New Theatre in Australia

  Nov 14, 202554 minS0

  <p>In contemporary Australian mass culture, it’s hard if not impossible to find any representation of life as it’s lived by the majority of the population. Few movies, plays, TV shows or documentaries reflect what it’s like spending most of your waking life working to make a boss rich, struggling to keep up with bills, or dealing with sexism, homophobia, racism, and other oppressions – and practically none depict things like going on strike or opposing fascism. With all major media and cultural production owned either by the government or huge corporations, this situation has prevailed throughout virtually the enti...

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  Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators

  Jul 13, 20252h 12mS0

  <p>From the 1880s until the 1980s, telephone operators were at the centre of the communications industry in Australia. Before the invention of the internet or mobile phones, virtually all telecommunication across the country and internationally took place through landline telephones. And operators, who connected calls to their intended destination, were completely essential to that process.</p> <p>Employed first by the federal government and then by the government-owned corporation Telecom, operators worked in gruelling conditions – a predominantly female workforce, they were subject to low pay, a physically and mentally overwhelming pace of work, and consistent threats to their occupational he...

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  Ep 22 – The 1970s women’s liberation movement

  Feb 22, 20251h 12mS0

  <p>In the late 1960s and 1970s, a powerful and radical new movement arose in Australia challenging the widespread oppression that women faced across the country – the women’s liberation movement.</p> <p>Women in Australia in this era had plenty to fight about. It was illegal to get an abortion, and divorce was extremely difficult to obtain. Married women were barred from holding jobs in the public service, and were officially and unofficially excluded from a huge range of industries and occupations. Paid parental leave didn’t exist, and there was no support for single parents. Women weren’t even all...

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  Ep 21 - Radical Chinese workers in Australian history

  Nov 27, 20241h 8mS0

  <p>Throughout Australian history, non-white migrant workers have consistently been stereotyped as docile, submissive, and willing to work for extremely low wages. Nowhere has this been more true than for Chinese workers in Australia, who from the 19th century until the present day have been demonised for their alleged enthusiasm for undercutting white workers and happily embracing terrible working conditions.</p> <p>Fortunately, these racist myths are precisely that – myths. From the arrival of the first Chinese migrants in the early 19th century, Chinese workers in Australia have an extraordinary history of rebelling, resisting, going on strike, and collectively fighting ag...

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