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E25: How the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' Remade Australia
Apr 29, 2026
40m 22s
E24: John Macarthur's Back Baby - Bigger and Bolder than Ever!
Apr 22, 2026
37m 45s
E23: The Castle Hill Rebellion
Apr 15, 2026
49m 11s
E22: Manifest Destiny - Down Under
Apr 8, 2026
51m 02s
E21: Napoleon's Spies in Sydney
Apr 1, 2026
38m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/29/26 | ![]() E25: How the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' Remade Australia✨ | Australian historypolitical tension+4 | — | HMS BountyNSW Legislative Council | — | Mutiny on the BountyAustralia+5 | — | 40m 22s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() E24: John Macarthur's Back Baby - Bigger and Bolder than Ever!✨ | Australian historycolonial governance+4 | — | Britain | Bass StraitVan Diemen’s Land | Philip Gidley KingJohn Macarthur+5 | — | 37m 45s | |
| 4/15/26 | ![]() E23: The Castle Hill Rebellion✨ | convict uprisingIrish political prisoners+4 | — | NSW Corps | AustraliaNSW | Castle Hill Rebellionconvict uprising+5 | — | 49m 11s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() E22: Manifest Destiny - Down Under✨ | Australian historyBritish Empire+4 | — | — | AustraliaBritish Empire+3 | Manifest DestinyBritish Empire+7 | — | 51m 02s | |
| 4/1/26 | ![]() E21: Napoleon's Spies in Sydney✨ | geopoliticscolonial history+4 | — | Baudin Expedition | New South WalesBritain+2 | NapoleonBaudin Expedition+6 | — | 38m 41s | |
| 3/18/26 | ![]() E20: The Court Martial of John Macarthur✨ | court martialAustralian history+3 | — | NSW CorpsNSW Legislative Council | EnglandNSW | court martialJohn Macarthur+5 | — | 38m 20s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() E19: John Macarthur in Sydney's First Duel✨ | Australian historyduels+3 | — | NSW Legislative Council | — | John MacarthurPhilip Gidley King+3 | — | 38m 36s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() E18: The Tyranny of Governor Philip Gidley King✨ | Australian historycolonial governance+4 | — | British EmpireNSW Legislative Council | — | Governor KingNew South Wales+3 | — | 30m 13s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() E17: The Decline, Fall and Recall of Governor Hunter✨ | Australian historypolitical history+4 | — | NSW Legislative CouncilAcast+6 | — | Governor HunterNew South Wales+4 | — | 32m 37s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() E16: The Political Brilliance of John Macarthur✨ | political tensioncolonial history+4 | — | Home Secretary | New South Wales | John MacarthurGovernor John Hunter+5 | — | 39m 32s | |
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| 2/4/26 | ![]() E15: Australia's First Political Scandal - The Baughan Affair✨ | political scandalAustralian history+3 | — | NSW Corps | New South WalesSydney | Baughan AffairJohn Hunter+5 | — | 34m 35s | |
| 1/28/26 | ![]() E14: The Big Man of Early Australia: John Macarthur | John Macarthur is the biggest personality of early New South Wales. He arrived with the army aboard the Second Fleet in 1790 … at what was known as the Starving Time. But Macarthur seems to have relished getting in on the ground floor of a struggling colony that was audaciously claiming two thirds of an undeveloped continent. Many officers built prosperous farms and enterprises under the three years of laissez-faire under Acting Governors Francis Grose and William Paterson … but none gained more power and wealth than Macarthur. By mid-1795, after less than half a decade in the colony, Macarthur had lifted himself into the lifestyle of a colonial gentlemen … but he was still young and just getting going. September 1795 was a turning point. A new governor arrived in town, another naval officer, Captain John Hunter. This episode introduces Macarthur and Hunter and outlines why conflict was inevitable between the official boss and the actual boss of early colonial New South Wales.Please leave a comment, share and rate the show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustraliaThe Hon. John Ruddick MLC is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. johnruddick.com.auhttps://www.tiktok.com/@johnruddickmlchttps://x.com/JohnRuddick2https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnruddickmlc/https://www.facebook.com/johnruddickmlc https://www.instagram.com/john.ruddick/Produced by Sean Masters(All voices in this series as AI generated bar the narrator.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | ![]() E13: Was Francis Grose Australia’s Greatest Ever Leader? | Governor Arthur Phillip departed NSW after almost five years in late 1792. For the next three years NSW had no official governor and so the military boss Major Francis Grose stepped up to the role as Acting Governor during this Military Interregnum. Phillip had been a micro-manager but Grose dismantled the old order in favour of a laissez-faire approach. Fear of hunger was soon replaced by ‘fear of missing out’ as a prosperous middle class quickly emerged. This period is dismissed by most historians as one of greed and corruption but they overlook the reality on the ground – bumper harvests, a reduction in crime, a surge in general health and a building boom. Francis Grose’ reforms put to rest any suggestion NSW was not going to be a successful colony.Please leave a comment, share and rate the show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustraliaThe Hon. John Ruddick MLC is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. johnruddick.com.auhttps://www.tiktok.com/@johnruddickmlchttps://x.com/JohnRuddick2https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnruddickmlc/https://www.facebook.com/johnruddickmlc https://www.instagram.com/john.ruddick/Produced by Sean Masters(All voices in this series as AI generated bar the narrator.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | ![]() E12: Australia’s First Power Struggle: Phillip v Ross | It’s widely assumed Captain Arthur Phillip is not only the hero of the First Fleet but he was also the hero as governor for the first five years of New South Wales. The reality is more nuanced.As a lifelong servant of the Royal Navy, Phillip only knew obedience and hierarchy. Phillip believed New South Wales’s best hope was with him as an autocrat … but the embryonic colony required spontaneity to get off the ground.Phillip’s ‘second in command’ of the colony was the boss of the NSW Marine Corps … Major Robert Ross. Ross is barely remembered today but he did offer an alternate vision for early NSW.Ross quarrelled with Phillip and so in 1790 Ross was dispatched to be boss of Norfolk Island … where Ross put his vision into practice. He wasn’t there for too long but did achieve impressive results.Phillip won Australia’s first power struggle … but it was Ross’ more liberal vision that went on to dominate the early colonial period. Ross laid the foundations for the prosperity soon to come.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please leave a comment, share and rate the show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustraliaThe Hon. John Ruddick MLC is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. johnruddick.com.auhttps://www.tiktok.com/@johnruddickmlchttps://x.com/JohnRuddick2https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnruddickmlc/https://www.facebook.com/johnruddickmlc https://www.instagram.com/john.ruddick/Produced by Sean Masters(All voices in this series as AI generated bar the narrator.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | ![]() E11: The James Ruse Revolution | The British flag had been raised, the law had been laid down, the French had sailed off and infant Sydney Cove was starting to resemble a settlement. Governor Arthur Phillip had done a sterling job so far but it was about to dawn on him that he didn’t think to bring out those with agricultural know-how. Two years later around 10% of the colony had died of hunger and things were looking awfully dire. Phillip assumed government run farms would deliver the food required but they failed. Sydney Cove was on the verge of collapse when a convict stepped forward and convinced Governor Phillip to give his some land to privately farm. That convict was James Ruse and his agricultural revolution saved New South Wales.Please leave a comment, share and rate the show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | ![]() E10: Proclamation Day | It’s forgotten today but Proclamation Day on 7 February 1788 was more significant than 26 January 1788. Proclamation was the day that all were assembled and Captain Arthur Phillip morphed into Governor Arthur Phillip and the law of New South Wales was declared to all. It was an ingenious blend of a military dictatorship and English law. We also see Captain Laperouse of the Royal French Navy pay a State Visit to Sydney Cove … before we say a sad farewell to the French hero who played a colourful cameo in the birth of modern Australia.Please leave a comment and rate the show ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | ![]() E9: The First Australia Day | The British have arrived in Botany Bay but Arthur Phillip quickly decides to relocate to Sydney Harbour. Just as he is leaving Botany Bay however two large mysterious ships turn up. Phillip is alarmed that these ships may try and claim the world’s greatest natural harbour … but it is the British who secure Sydney Cove on the first Australia Day – 26 January 1788.Please leave a comment and rate the show five big ones!Also listen and subscribe at Youtube and Rumble here 👉@politicalhistoryofaustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/29/25 | ![]() E8: First Fleet Arrives | The First Fleet departs England and eight months later all 11 ships arrive safely in Botany Bay. Mid way through the First Fleet’s voyage, Captain Laperouse of France is ordered by Paris to sail directly for Botany Bay and to try and beat the British. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/22/25 | ![]() E7: Captain Arthur Phillip | The British have decided to colonise New South Wales and First Fleet fever grips England. The East India Company tries unsuccessfully to scuttle the project. Captain Arthur Phillip had had only a middling career in the Royal Navy but he was then appointed as the supremo of the big bet on Botany Bay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/15/25 | ![]() E6: The Decision | Following the relentless lobbying of Jospeh Banks and an unwitting contribution from American Thomas Jefferson, in 1786 the British Government makes an abrupt and dramatic decision to send the First Fleet to Botany Bay. Listen and subscribe at: Apple and Spotify - http://bit.ly/4mH2zEE Rumble and YouTube - @PoliticalHistoryOfAustraliaPlease tune in and share.The Hon. John Ruddick MLC is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. johnruddick.com.auhttps://www.tiktok.com/@johnruddickmlchttps://x.com/JohnRuddick2https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnruddickmlc/https://www.facebook.com/johnruddickmlc https://www.instagram.com/john.ruddick/Produced by Sean Masters(All voices in this series as AI generated bar the narrator and occasionally by the incredibly talented Sean Masters) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | ![]() E5: The Unofficial Minister for New South Wales | James Cook continues his exploration of the Pacific, while Joseph Banks stays back in England to campaign for the settlement of New South Wales as a British colony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() E4: New South Wales | In 1770 Cook & Banks become the first Europeans to land on the fertile east coast of "New Holland", which they rename "New South Wales" and claim for Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() E1: Terra Australis | For most of the world, the story of Australia started as a fable about a great south land that must exist to keep the world in balance. The myth came from a joint venture between an Egyptian pharaoh and some Phoenician sailors around 600BC, and motivated future European explorers during the age of imperialism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() E2: Britain vs France | Tracing the centuries long enmity between Britain and France, and how that imperial rivalry played out in the South Pacific as the race for Terra Australis intensified. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() E3: Cook and Banks | The crucial partnership between softly-spoken James Cook and the effervescent Joseph Banks as they set out on The Endeavour in the search for Terra Australis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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