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Richmond: Baby Expert Depot
We read newspaper articles about some of the first services for mothers and babies in Richmond. Penny's friends Jo Rosenberg and Vaya Pashos compare this to their own ...
Richmond: Band Blasts from the Past and Present
Musician and educator, Adam Arnold talks to us about brass bands in Richmond. We find some uncanny parallels between Adam's current bands and the Richmond Boys Brass B...
Richmond: the Globe Theatre with Damian Callinan
Penny and Christina are joined by star of stage and screen, Damian Callinan, to talk about stages and screens in Richmond in the olden days. Specifically we read artic...
Richmond: In the Library with the Professor
Penny and Christina are joined by Mary Carroll, Associate Professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies, Charles Sturt University. Mary is a histori...
The Royal Derby: Stage time in the olden days
Comedian and broadcaster Charlie Pickering joins us to discuss Brunswick Street pub, The Royal Derby. As a new comic, Charlie started a stand-up room at the Derby with...
The Greenaway Way
Kids Lit allrounder and MVP Emily Gale joins Christina and Penny to talk about illustrator Kate Greenaway. Emily also gives some great advice for writers and illustrat...
Alison in Canberra-land
Linnett Turner joins Penny and husband-of-half-of-the-pod Lincoln to talk about Alison Sanchez (nee Binns). Linnett's mother Alison grew up in Canberra in the early da...
One Day in Faraday
Primary school teacher Anna Grace joins Penny and Christina to talk about the Faraday kidnappings. With a special guest appearance from Peter Tangey.Trove'$1 Million D...
Chorkles Sees Red
Peter Tangey is back to talk about another chapter in Chorkles Moss's life. She gave evidence at the Victorian Royal Commission on Communism in 1949. We talk about how...
Bushrangers: Real or fake?
Tim Carruthers returns to hear more about our sailor's journey from Melbourne to the Goldfields. The sailor reaches the Black Forest and comes across a notorious "bush...
Stamp Love
We're joined by Gerard and Celeste McCulloch from the podcast Stamps Aren't Cool. We discover a surprising intersection in Trove's newspaper archives between philately...
Chorkles Book of Rhymes
We talk to Peter Tangey about Newstead identity Chorkles Kasner Moss. Chorkles and her family were mentioned in a number of newspaper articles but this still left some...
Rush to the Goldfields
Tim Carruthers joins us as we attempt to read a very long account of a journey from Melbourne to the Victorian goldfields in 1852. Tim tells us about the time he tried...
Albury Girls Gone Wild
We talk to Nerida Lloyd about her great aunts Pat and Nonie McCarthy. They grew up in the Court House Hotel, owned by their publican father. Through the writings of Bo...
Interesting Easter treats
Vaya Pashos joins Penny and Christina to talk about Greek and Skip Easter traditions and some "interesting" Easter recipes from Trove's archives.VayaNeighbuzzInstagra...
Princess of Quiz
Trove lover and television writer Vaya Pashos joins us to take part in a 1943 Ladies Quiz written by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin. Vaya spills some TV quiz show secret...
Let's Talk About Pelvic Floors
Physiotherapist Mary-Anne Tangey joins us to discuss historical articles from Trove that mention the pelvic floor. We try to answer the question that launched 1000 opi...
Giving a Flying Phalanger
Felicity Law joins us to talk about greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders in the newspaper archives. In the olden days they were called flying squirrels or flying...
An Australian Christmas Tradition
Christina and Penny talk about a great Australian Christmas tradition: complaining about Christmas. Penny shares newspaper articles from Trove full of the whinges of C...
Pen Hall: A rose by any name
Penny's dad, Peter Tangey, is back to talk about another Newstead identity, Pen Hall. Under various names Pen appears frequently in newspaper archives from the 1920s a...
Space Available for Major Sanchez
We talk to Lincoln Turner about letters to the Canberra Times written by his grandfather Eugene Milton Sanchez. Lincoln recalls how Milton's unwavering opinions and st...
Big Tree
Bronwyn Tracey joins the Penny and Christina to talk about the Central Victorian town of Guildford and its most famous tourist attraction, the Big Tree.
Funny Ladies Then and Now
Comedienne Bonnie Tangey joins Christina and Penny to discuss articles about funny lady Letty Craydon (articles accessed through Trove). Letty had a varied career in s...
A Tale of Two Aunties
Penny and Christina's first guest is Penny's dad Peter Tangey. They read letters from Peter's Aunt Margaret written 100 years ago to Aunt Patsy in the Advocate's Child...