Australia is famously known as the land where everything wants to kill you. From gigantic spiders to a plant that will drive you insane, we want to unpack the weird and crazy flora and fauna of this great southern land. Join us for a creature feature episode where we talk all about one of the largest apex predators in Australian waters - the crocodile.

Video links:
ABC news interview 1985 - Philosopher Val Plumwood recounts near death encounter with crocodile

"Let there be a thousand blossoms bloom!" Bob Katter on same-sex marriage (youtube.com)

Content resources:
- Kayakanglermag.com - Scariest Wildlife Encounters, A famous tale of an
infamous crocodile attack. Doug Olander. (C)2024 Rapid media
- Crocodile biology and ecology. Fresh water crocodile. DESI.
environment.des.qld.gov.au
- Crocodile biology and ecology. Saltwater crocodile. DESI. environment.des.qld.gov.au
- kayakangler (c) 2024 - Scariest Wildlife encounters: crocodiles. A famous tale of
an infamous crocodile attack. Doug Olander.
- Aislingmagazine - Issue 30, 2002.Written by Val Plumwood.
- Teens describe killer crocodile ordeal. The Guardian. David Fickling. Wed 24 Dec 2003.
- The night of the hunter. The Guardian. Barbara McMahon. Sun 20 Jan 2008.
- Caldecott DGE,Croser D, Manolis C, Webb G, Britton A. Crocodile attack in
Australia: an analysis of its incidence and review of the pathology and management of crocodilian attacks in general. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 2005; 16(3): 143-159
- Crocodile launches itself onto Australian fisherman’s boat with jaws wide
open. SBS. Kerry Breen. January 2 2024
- Crocodile attack in Australia: an analysis of its incidence and
review of the pathology and management of crocodilian attacks in general
- Northern Territory Government - Be crocwise fact sheet
- Savannah Meacham, Laine Clark (2024). Teenager dies in suspected crocodile attach on island in Torres Strait. Brisbane Times.
- Miriah Davis. (2024). Torres Strait crocodile attack victim remembered as humble kid hearted teen. 9 News.
-Adam Steer and Jano Gibson. (2022). Tourists risking lives to see crocodiles at Cahills Crossing in Kakadu National Park
- Understanding complex interactions the key to the freshwater croc's future - CSIRO
-Feral Pigs May Have Helped Boost Crocodile Numbers in the Northern Territory, Australia | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
- becrocwise.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/719472/be-crocwise-teaching-and-learning-resource-kit.pdf

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Join us as we continue to chisel through the bars and unpack some of Australia's greatest prison escapes.

In part two, we bring our attention to the modern 70s and 90s focusing on tales of disguise and the Post Card Bandit's stress of cutting through several razor wire fences.

Content resources
- Great escapes. The Sydney Morning Herald. January 21 2006

- Jailed Australian drug lord found hanged. UPI Top News. May 1997.

- Brisbane’s mad dog quizzed over underworld death. Brisbane times. March 23 2010.

- Public Enemies: Russel ‘Mad Dog’ Cox Ray Denning and the golden age of armed robbery. Mark Dapin 2020.

- Mad Dog free after life term cut. AP Grafton, The Guardian 2004.

- From the archives, 1988: Russel Cox arrest after a decade on the run. The Age. May 2020

- Crime files with John Ure: Russell "Mad Dog" Cox escapes from maximum security prison. 29 June 2022. Crime files with John Ure: Russell "Mad Dog" Cox escapes from maximum security prison | The Maitland Mercury | Maitland, NSW

- ‘Mad Dog’ Cox set to walk free. The Sydney Morning Herald. October 17 2004.

- The Banjo Patterson of bank robbers, how Australia’s most wanted man reminded undetected for 11 years. 9 news. Eden Faithfull. 2020.

- Exercise yard. Maitland Gaol 2023. Exercise yard - Issuu

- Australia outlaw - the true story of postcard bandit Brendan Abbott. Derek Pedley 2006.

- Stick 'em up: how crims made the '80s a special kind of hell for banks (smh.com.au)

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This episode of Austranged is hosted, produced and edited by Cal, Dave, Rachel and Stevo. Opening song, 'Shivers in the Shadows' is composed by Victor Lundberg.

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In this two-part episode, join us as we chisel through the bars and unpack some of Australia's greatest prison escapes.

In part one, we discuss the harrowing tale of Alexander Pearce, a convict who famously escaped Macquarie Harbour Penal station and resorted to cannibalism to survive.

In part two, we bring our attention to the modern 70s and 90s focusing on tales of disguises and the Post Card Bandit's stress of cutting through several razor wire fences. Part 2 will be released 20 August 2024.
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Resources
- SONG: "The Cyprus Brig" Gary Shearston ℗ 1965 Gary Shearston

- BOOK: Jailbreak: Australia’s most unforgettable prison escape by Wendy Lewis published 27 July 2016.

- Escape Stories. Fremantleprison.com.au (c) 2024

- William Graham 1830-1891. Harveyhistoryonline.com

- Trove article - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3748653

- Convicts | National Library of Australia (nla.gov.au)

- what was life like on a convict ship - Google Search

- Macquarie Harbour Penal Statio (utas.edu.au)

- Truly Horrible History: Macquarie Harbour Penal Station – Real History

- Push to bring skull of infamous Tasmanian cannibal convict home from Pennsylvania museum | The Mercury

- ART & ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Strahan Western Tasmania - from brutal convict colony to beautiful port (melbourneblogger.blogspot.com)

- 200th Anniversary of Sarah Island (roundearth.com.au)

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On Christmas Eve 1926, Eileen Walsh, a down on her luck single mother and local police sergeant Marquis Cummings, were caught having an extramarital romp and shot point bank on a grassy knoll near Brisbane's Bogo Road Goal.

But who murdered the adulterous couple? Was it a vengeful ex-husband? A long-suffering wife and loyal son? Perhaps a disgruntled co-worker or a jealous and forgotten lover?

Settle into your armchairs, put on your detective caps and join us as we dig through the facts and unravel one of Brisbane's oldest unsolved mysteries.

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Resources
- Death strikes guilty pair in last embrace, dead bodies in field. Truth, Brisbane, 26 Dec 1926. Resourced from the National Library of Australia. 26 Dec 1926 - DEATH STRIKES GUILTY PAIR IN LAST EMBRACE - Trove

- ‘Double murder. Brisbane shooting’. The Argus Melbourne Vic, Tues 28 1926. Resourced from The National Library of Australia. 28 Dec 1926 - DOUBLE MURDER. - Trove (nla.gov.au)

- Double murder tragedy in Brisbane. News, Adelaide 24 Dec 1926. Resourced from the National Library of Australia. 24 Dec 1926 - DOUBLE MURDER - Trove (nla.gov.au)

- Paul Granville (2019). A mystery murder of married lovers. Highgate Hills and it’s history, stories from Brisbane’s Inner Southside Past. A Mystery Murder of Married Lovers | Highgate Hill and Its History (highgatehill-historical-vignettes.com)

- The true facts of Australia’s greatest double murder mystery. Commonwealth (illustrated) 2nd edition. George Howe Sydney Gazette Press, Ferguson Collection National Library Canberra. Published Nielsen & Simmons, 1928. The True facts of Australia's greatest double murder mystery : who murdered Act. Sgt. Cumming and Mrs Eileen Walsh at Brisbane, 23rd December, 1926? (nla.gov.au)

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