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.
Ep 25 – Resisting the invasion of Sydney, 1788 – 1817
The idea that Australia was invaded in 1788 is strangely controversial. A Google search for the phrase ‘Was Australia invaded’ provides an AI-generate...
1h 03m
•Apr 15, 2026
Ep 24 – Art is a weapon: the New Theatre in Australia
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 populatio...
0s
•Nov 15, 2025
Ep 23 – Resistance on the line: the radical history of telephone operators
From the 1880s until the 1980s, telephone operators were at the centre of the communications industry in Australia. Before the invention of the intern...
2h 12m
•Jul 13, 2025
Ep 22 – The 1970s women’s liberation movement
In the late 1960s and 1970s, a powerful and radical new movement arose in Australia challenging the widespread oppression that women faced across the ...
1h 12m
•Feb 23, 2025
Ep 21 – Radical Chinese workers in Australian history
Throughout Australian history, non-white migrant workers have consistently been stereotyped as docile, submissive, and willing to work for extremely l...