The Lost Boys of Daylesford

In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world that she was The Last Tasmanian. Far from ‘extinct’, she was a proud Aboriginal woman raising her eleven children and publicly singing ...  Show more

A story of swagger, bravery, skill and ultimately, friendship, set on the frontline of war 

In 1954, two groups of boys thought they were going to summer camp. But they’d been recruited for a different kind of summer experience.

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A summer's day, 1970, and a mum and her four kids are on a beach in Australia. They're migrants, newly arrived from the UK, part of the generation of "ten-pound poms" looking for a fresh start down under.The oldest child, Ricki, takes his little sister, Cheryl, up to the changing ...  Show more

<div>In Australia, Father’s Day falls on the first Sunday of September and is typically a time for families to gather together and celebrate. But on Father’s Day in 2005, the small Victorian town of Winchelsea was rocked by news that a local man named Robert Farquharson had drive ...  Show more

A boy's sheepdog darts into the Canadian wilderness and disappears for three days. Hunting season has just begun. Funny enough, the dog coming back is the problem. This story also dredges up an uncomfortable memory from Hunter's childhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...  Show more