Australian Encounters

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   E1. Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974

   Jul 30, 2013 · 3m

   Presented with humour & verve, Australian Encounters celebrates historic encounters between a renowned Australian & an international mover & shaker. This episode recounts when Bob Hawke met Frank Sinatra in 1974.

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   E2. Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919

   Aug 6, 2013 · 3m

   It was 1919 and the world's statesmen were gathered at Versailles to redraw the map of the world. Australia had sacrificed much blood to win the peace, and Billy Hughes was there to see it got its fair share of the spoils.

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   E3. Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914

   Aug 13, 2013 · 3m

   In December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and Curl Curl. He was about to perform a feat never before seen in Australia: surfing!

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   E4. Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902

   Aug 20, 2013 · 3m

   The imperious Australian soprano and the effusive Italian tenor had transformed La Boheme from a slow burn sleeper into a blockbuster hit that's still putting bums on seats a century later. Their double act was sensational.

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   E5. Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937

   Aug 27, 2013 · 3m

   Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.

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   E6. Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958

   Sep 10, 2013 · 3m

   Just before Christmas, 1958, Rupert Murdoch, then aged 27, met a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration authorities. A poor scholar with black skin, Kamahl's days in White Australia were numbered.

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