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A Hop Through Australia's History

1770	FAST FOREWORD
1787	ALL ABOARD
1787	THE FIRST FLEET STATISTICS
1787	THE INCREDIBLE HULKS
1788	AUSTRALIA DAY
1788	AUSTRALIA NIGHT
1790	THE YEAR OF HUNGER
1804	THE CASTLE HILL REBELLION
1806	THE RUM REBELLION
1807	BILLY BLIGH
1818	THE BIGGE REPORT
1820	TERROR AUSTRALIS
1825	ABORIGINAL REBELS
1830	JOHN MACARTHUR ~ HOME ON THE SHEEP'S BACK
1835	JOHN BATMAN
1835	SHE'LL BE APPLES
1838	MASSACRE OF ABORIGINES
1840	TEN LITTLE GOVERNORS
1842	CAROLINE CHISHOLM
1844	LEGENDARY LEICHHARDT
1851	VICTORIAN GOLD
1854	THE EUREKA STOCKADE
1859-1951	OUR HUNDRED YEAR WAR
1861	BURKE AND WILLS AND WRIGHT AND BRAHE
1861	OUR GOOD OLD DISCOVERERS
1867	ROYAL VISIT
1872	W. C. WENTWORTH DIES
1880	THE MAN IN THE IRON CASK
1881	MABEL WAS I ERE I SAW MELBA
1885	WAR IN THE SUDAN
1890	THE GREAT MARITIME STRIKE
1893	THE CRASH OF THE 1890'S
1894	WOMEN FIGHT FOR THE VOTE
1899	WE'RE OFF TO KILL THE BOERS
1915	GALLIPOLI
1916	SO TOLD ME MRS DUNN
1916-1954	THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY
1922	POOR HENRY DIES
1928	CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH
1929-1931	PHAR LAP: THE PHACTS
1932	JACK AND THE LIONS
1932	THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE OPENS
1936	DONALD BRADMAN'S FIRST TRIUMPH
1939	PIG IRON BOB
1942	THE BOMBING OF THE NORTH
1943	NANCY WAKE GOES TO FRANCE
1946-1972	THE SNOWY MAN
1948	ALBERT NAMATJIRA BECOMES KNOWN
1954	THE PETROV AFFAIR
1954	WHEN THE FACE ON THE MONEY WAS HERE
1965	ROBERT MENZIES RETIRES
1965-1972	THE VIETNAM WAR
1965-2000	LIBERAL LEADERS
1966	JORG UTZON AND THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
1966	THE AMERICANISATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY
1975	THE WHITLAM SACKING
1976	THE WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY ENDS
1979	THE DINGO'S CHRISTMAS
1986	KIRRIBILLI
1991	KEATING'S LAMENT
1991	THE TWELVE SONS OF MOTHER LABOR
1993	AUSSIE KEATING GOES A-CLEANING
1993	DANCING THE MABO
2000	REPUBLIC BID 2000
2000	THE PEST POEM

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GALLIPOLI		THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE LIBERAL PARTY

1916 - So Told Me Mrs Dunn

There was a dreadful battle
    So told me Mrs Dunn,
She had it from a neighbour
    Who heard it from her son.
The battle was in Turkey
    An awful bad defeat,
Lots of our boys were lost there
    Beating a fast retreat.

'I hate talk of these things, dear,
    Gives me a heavy heart,
But reading last night's Daily
    I saw a little chart.
It clearly showed the places
    From where escaped our boys,
You could see from all the arrows
    That they just had no choice.'

But then old Jim O'Connor
    Our federal MP,
Sent us all a letter saying
    None of them tried to flee.
It was just a vicious rumour,
    Spread by enemy spies:
'It was all a glorious battle,
    And our boys deserve a prize.'

Then there was Mrs Angus,
    I met her at the shop,
Her boy was blown to pieces
    But she didn't mind a jot.
Dave died a glorious hero,
    Just like all the rest,
The Brits they might've mucked things up
    But our boys did their best.

They might have abandoned Lone Pine
    They might have stuffed the Nek,
They might have messed up Suvla
    And their guns let go to wreck,
They might have not got somewhere
    Might not have reached their goal,
They might have lost the battle,
    But I know they gave their all.

Then the Reverend Bill Lawton,
    He's known me since my birth,
Told us that the British Empire
    Was God's Kingdom here on Earth.
The Reverend added slowly,
    For some are none too bright,
That the Anzacs are all heroes,
    And Britain's always right.

On a poster pasted near us,
    Was a speech by Mr Hughes,
Since Aussies are born heroes,
    He believes there's no excuse
To shirk the Empire's battles,
    The Empire is our shrine,
And everyone must conquer
    Like the Anzacs at Lone Pine.

But as I say, this battle,
    Of which told me Mrs Dunn,
Who had it from a neighbour,
    Who heard it from her son,
This battle was in Turkey
    A glorious noble fight,
And our boys turned into men there,
    And proved our nation's might.

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