All Aussie Hour

Josephine Rozenberg-Clarke and Melissa Mason•dm.org.au

G’day mates and welcome to All Aussie Hour, the new podcast from Melissa Mason and Josie Rozenberg-Clarke. You might remember them from the hit podcasts All Aussie Mystery Hour and The Zest Is History, and to be quite honest their new offering is… basically the same.

Each week, one host will spin the other a yarn from Australia’s rich and, let’s face it, completely batshit past. Strap in for zesty tales, weird mysteries and potentially even some research!

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Episodes

TZIH: The CWA - Badass Country Ladies Getting Sh*t Done

This week is all about Mel and Josie's favourite Aussie group - the Country Women's Association. Not only do these ladies make a mean scone, they've also contributed heaps to the nation - and have some hectic rules for their fruit cake competition. Credits: The Week, 1922 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192982648 The Telegraph, 1922 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177884213 CWA website https://www.cwaa.org.au/ CWA NSW https://www.cwaofnsw.org.au ABC, 2017, Jessica Hinchclif...

Aug 03, 2020•1 hr 33 min

TZIH: Beaconsfield - 2 Blokes, 2 Weeks, 1 Muesli Bar

Tasmania tragic Josie takes Mel to her favourite state as she recounts the incredible story of the Beaconsfield mine collapse and rescue mission that gripped Australia for two weeks back in 2006. To skip the zest, head straight to 26:50. Credits: Sydney Morning Herald, 2006 https://www.smh.com.au/national/timeline-of-beaconsfield-mine-disaster-20060501-gdnggy.html Australian Geographic, 2013 by Karen Young https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2013/11/on-this-day-beaconsfield...

Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 21 min

TZIH: Wittenoom - Is This Australia's Worst Mining Disaster?

This week, Mel takes Josie through the Wittenoom disaster, where asbestos mining turned deadly for generations and left a town at critical contamination levels - and completely abandoned. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 18:00. Credits: ABC Pilbara, Gian De Poloni, 2018 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-12/australias-deadliest-ghost-town-wittenoom-a-tourist-hotspot/9987328 The West Australian, Tom Zaunmayr, 2018 https://thewest.com.au/news/pilbara-news/group-gives-rare-glimpse-into-wittenooms-heyd...

Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min

TZIH: Waltzing Matilda - The Horny Backstory Of Australia's Unofficial Anthem

If you thought Waltzing Matilda was just an old timey bush ballad, think again! Josie tells Mel all about the spicy love triangle that inspired Banjo Paterson's iconic tune. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 29:07. Credits: Slim Dusty - "Waltzing Matilda": https://youtu.be/FqtttbbYfSM ABC Conversations - "Waltzing Matilda - The Story Behind the Song": https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/07/15/4046331.htm The Capricornian newspaper from 14 Dec 1901: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/682...

Jul 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min

TZIH: Rodney Fox - The Sexiest Man To Ever Be Bitten By A Shark

This week, Mel tells Josie the story of Rodney Fox, a South Australian spear fisherman who, after being horrifically mauled by a great white shark wound up making a whole business out of diving with the creatures themselves. Wanna skip the zest? Head to 17:35. CREDITS: Traveller.com.au, 2006 https://www.traveller.com.au/great-white-fever-5zfw ABC interview, 2002 produced by Peter Lindon https://web.archive.org/web/20131114194437/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.ab...

Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min

TZIH: Mosman Collar Bomb - 10 Hectic Hours In Sydney's Fanciest Suburb

Josie loves a crime, and goes (not very far back) in time to 2011, telling Mel all the gritty details of the insane Mosman collar bomb attack on 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver. Credits: Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2011 with reporting from AAP, Glenda Kwek and Nick Ralston https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bomb-device-attached-to-mosman-schoolgirl-was-a-very-very-elaborate-hoax-20110804-1icbe.html Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2011 with reporting from Saffron Howden, Nick Ralston, Rachel Ol...

Jun 29, 2020•58 min

TZIH: The Hydro Majestic Hotel - Buy One Get One Free Douche Baths!

Mel tells Josie all about The Hydro Majestic Hotel, the fanciest place in the NSW Blue Mountains area with a quirky history of being a sanatorium, WWII soldier respite centre and... home of 25,000 crabs? Credits: The Hydro Majestic Hotel website https://www.hydromajestic.com.au/ Dictionary Of Sydney https://dictionaryofsydney.org/ In Daily, Caroline Berdon https://indaily.com.au/eat-drink-explore/travel/2017/06/06/hydro-majestic-feels-creaks-time/ SMH, Tim Barlass https://www.smh.com.au/national...

Jun 22, 2020•58 min

TZIH: The Law Of The Tongue - Killer Whales Killing, Uh, Whales

Aquatic Tale Enthusiast/Whale Fearer Josie tells Mel about a pod of killer whales who worked for a company of human whalers in Eden, NSW back in the 1800s. Credits: 2014 Scientific American blog by Bec Crew https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-legend-of-old-tom-and-the-gruesome-law-of-the-tongue/ 2010 Sydney Morning Herald article the King of the Killers by Steve Meacham https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/the-king-of-the-killers-20100916-15er7.html 2017 History Co...

Jun 15, 2020•43 min

TZIH: Gough Whitlam's Dismissal - How Our Sexiest PM Got Famously Booted

Mel and Josie are back, babey! In the first episode of their brand new podcast (you might remember them from their first podcast All Aussie Mystery Hour), Mel dives straight into one of the spiciest tales from Australian politics - that time our sexy Prime Minister Gough Whitlam got himself dismissed. Whoopsie! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 7 min

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