Forgotten Australia

In August 1955, Sydney was suddenly under threat from a rogue plane.
Had it really taken off by itself? Would it crash into the city?
What were the RAAF doing about it?

Be sure to check out my new true crime show Australian Murder.
Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

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I'm launching a new true crime podcast called Australian Murder.
Here's the lowdown.

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Who was Musquito, the Aboriginal warrior feared by colonists in Sydney and Tasmania?
Historian Naomi Parry Duncan's new book takes us behind the myths for a better understanding of this remarkable man.
But Musquito: The Real Story of a Legendary Colonial Warrior is much more than a biography – it also tells the entwined stories of Naomi's own colonial ancestors.

Booktopia Awards:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/booktopia-book-award/promo4387.html

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Check out my books!
They’ll Never Hold Me:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html
The Murder Squad:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html
Hanging Ned Kelly:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Having successfully toured Australian cities with Frankenstein, Professor Hornburg invents a new machine man that uses a new energy source. But he and his creation – called Adam Iron, first man of iron – will have to share the limelight with a snake charmer and his nest of vipers. Two showmen scientists. Deadly serpents and an infernal machine. What could possibly go wrong?

Support Forgotten Australia for a few bucks per month for ad-free early and exclusive bonus episodes and the chance to win prizes.

Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia
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Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

Check out my books!
They’ll Never Hold Me:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html
The Murder Squad:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html
Hanging Ned Kelly:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Just as the Iron Outlaw Ned Kelly is going to the gallows, Australians are astonished by a walking automaton called ‘Frankenstein - The Steam Man’. Professor Hornburg’s invention is intriguing, ingenious and imaginative. But is it really ‘the greatest piece of mechanism in the universe’? How much is science and how much is showmanship? To put it bluntly: Is Hornburg a Humbug?
Step right this way and all will be revealed!
All true and all bizarre, this is a strange parable for our own age of Gods and Monsters.

Australian Frankenstein – Part Two: The Infernal Machine is available now early & ad-free to Forgotten Australia supporters.
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To see the 1880 'Steam Man' poster:
https://cyberneticzoo.com/steammen/1876-steam-man-mechanical-horse-hornburg-australian/

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