A palace made of nails
Feb 22, 2023•56 min
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Episode description
William Kerr Thomson was a hardware clerk turned mogul, right at the moment that Melbourne most needed picks and shovels.And as the cash rolled in, he set his sights on creating his own personal utopia.
Historian Andrew Lemon joins the show to tell this rags to riches to rags story.
Read Dr Lemon's book: https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/product/the-pebbled-beach-at-pentecost-a-novel-by-andrew-lemon/
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