Fascinated by anatomy from a young age, Constance Stone was unable to study medicine in Australia because no Australian university would accept women. Undeterred, she travelled to the USA, Canada and the UK to train as a doctor. After working in London’s New Hospital for Women, she was inspired to create a hospital “by women, for women” in Melbourne.  With support from her doctor husband, her sister Clara and a team of young women doctors, she founded the Queen Victoria Hospital for Women. Further Reading: The Life of Dr Constance Stone Australian Dictionary of Biography - Constance Stone The Australian Women's Register You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dr Constance Stone – Australia’s First Female Doctor

David Garland was the driving force behind Anzac Day commemorations.  Garland was a minister and volunteer military chaplain who served in the Middle East during the first world war. His love for the service men and women of the first world war led him to campaign for public recognition of their service and sacrifices.  He initiated many of the common elements of Anzac Day commemorations such as marches, wreath-laying and observing 2 minutes silence.  Further Reading: Australian Dictionary of Biography - David Garland David Garland Restoration Memorial to David Garland Moses, John. George F. Davis. Anzac Day Origins: Canon DJ Garland and Trans-Tasman Commemoration, Barton Books, 2013. You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Garland: The Architect of Anzac Day

An orchardist, trader, midwife and mother, Maria Ann ‘Granny’ Smith was highly regarded in her community, as were her distinctive green apples. After her passing, her popular apple became famous around the globe. However, behind this well-known apple is a lesser-known message, for everyone who has ever felt discarded.  Further Reading: Ryde Government Website Granny Smith Apple Australian Food Timeline You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria Ann Smith: The Sweetest Granny

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Betty Cuthbert was a Sydney girl, who went on to become one of Australia’s Greatest Athletes. She was the first Australian Olympian to win 3 gold medals at the one games, taking the gold in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in 1956. In 1969 she learned she had developed multiple sclerosis and became an important advocate for the disease and campaigner for national awareness.   Further Reading: https://www.athletics.com.au/hall-of-fame-directory/betty-cuthbert/ https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/betty-cuthbert/ Autobiography – Golden Girl: An Autobiography Betty Cuthbert You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Betty Cuthbert - Australia's Golden Girl

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Florence Young was a New Zealand-born farm girl who sought to better the lives of Pacific Islander farm labourers who had been blackbirded into the Queensland sugar industry. She taught them to read, preached the Christian gospel and started church communities in Queensland and the Solomon Islands. Further Reading: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/young-florence-selina-9214 https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/it-happened-today/5/28 Autobiography - Pearls From the Pacific by Florence S. H. Young https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Pearls-Pacific-Young-Florence-S-H/30951770486/bd Biography - Florence Young - Mission Accomplished by Janet and Geoff Benge https://www.koorong.com/product/florence-young-mission-accomplished-christian-heroes-then-now_1576583139 You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Florence Young - From farm girl to fearless missionary

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Hester Hornbrook was a big-hearted woman who was moved by the plight of kids in poverty in Melbourne in the 1850s.  At the age of 74, she launched her first ragged school to care for these kids. Further reading: https://myplace.edu.au/decades_timeline/1850/decade_landing_15_1.html?tabRank=3&subTabRank=2 https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2015/squalor-and-vice-virtue-and-knowledge https://www.hhacademy.vic.edu.au/ You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hester Hornbrook - The Street School Saint

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate In this episode, we meet an adventurous bush nurse who dedicated her life to helping people in the outback. Further reading: Flynn’s Outback Angels – Vol 2, by Ivan Rudolph https://www.booktopia.com.au/flynn-s-outback-angels-volume-2-fulfilling-the-vision-ivan-rudolph/book/9781922109477.html Listen to Meg’s oral history interview with the National Library of Australia, recorded in 1988 https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1603343 https://vimeo.com/14178295 You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meg McKay: Outback Angel

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Fighting McKenzie: The Salvation Army Chaplain who became a legend at Gallipoli. Further reading: The Man the Anzacs Revered by Daniel Reynaud Fighting McKenzie: Anzac Chaplain by Col Stringer. Both available from koorong.com This article is well worth a read.  https://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/story/3365864/the-legendary-fighting-mac/ The Australian Dictionary of Biography: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mckenzie-william-7391   You can find Paul Roe online at The Outback Historian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fighting McKenzie: Anzac Legend

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate RBS Hammond started caring for unemployed people in inner Sydney during the Great Depression. Known as a 'Mender of Broken Men', he was also a committed social reformer who aimed to restore hope, dignity and self-esteem to the destitute. He promoted affordable housing for Sydney's unemployed.  To view images of RBS Hammond visit: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/hammond_rbs Further Reading: Faith in Action: HammondCare by Meredith Lake You can also read Meredith Lake’s entry on Dictionary of Sydney: https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/hammond_robert_brodribb_stewart Australian Dictionary of Biography by Joan Mansfield https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hammond-robert-brodribb-6543 And the history of Hammond Care: https://www.hammond.com.au/about/history You can find Paul Roe online at TheOutbackHistorian.com.au Thanks for listening - please subscribe and let your friends know about Australia's Invisible History.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RBS Hammond - Mender of Broken Men

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Meet the inspiring founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service – John Flynn.   Ivan Rudolph wrote a comprehensive biography of John Flynn. Https://www.booktopia.com.au/john-flynn-ivan-rudolph/book/9781921920752.html   And there is some good information on the Flying Doctor Website. https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/about-the-rfds/history/john-flynn-bio/   You can find Paul Roe online at theoutbackhistorian.com.au   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Flynn - Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Meet the two nursing sisters who headed bush in 1946 in a touring ambulance that came to be known as Augustus.  You can read more about Marjorie Wilkinson and Ethel Helyar in the book Angels of Augustus.  Katrina would love to hear from you over at hopepodcasts.com.au. And you can find out more about Paul, The Outback Historian, on his website. For more info on this episode: Angels of Augustus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marjorie Wilkinson and Ethel Helyar - The Angels of Augustus

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate Meet Australia’s Martin Luther King - the founder of The Civil Rights Movement in Australia. Bill Ferguson was an Aboriginal leader who fought for equal rights for Australia’s indigenous peoples. Katrina would love to hear from you over at hopepodcasts.com.au. And you can find out more about Paul, The Outback Historian, on his website. More info about this episode: aiatsis.gov.au/explore/william-bill-ferguson dailyliberal.com.au/story/6106700/proud-day-bronze-statue-immortalises-icon-william-bill-ferguson-photos/ abc.net.au/news/2019-05-04/indigenous-rights-activist-bill-ferguson-immortalized-in-bronze/10966570   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Ferguson - The Man Who Launched The Civil Rights Movement in Australia

Donate to our November Appeal. Click here http://hope1032.com.au/donate In today’s episode we’re travelling to a small town called Jerilderie in the southern Riverina of NSW, just north of the Victorian border. It’s the place where Ned Kelly wrote his infamous Jerilderie letter. There we will meet the minister and missionary who stood up to Ned Kelly. Katrina would love to hear from you over at hopepodcasts.com.au. And you can find out more about Paul, The Outback Historian, on his website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Gribble - The Man Who Stood Up To Ned Kelly

Starting July 5. So many of us in Australia don’t know our own history. Many of the stories of Australia’s heroes, pioneers and visionaries have been buried. We don’t know their stories, we don’t even know their names. In this podcast, we want to dig up their stories, and light up their names – make them visible again. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So many of us Australians don’t know our own history. But that can all change. Join Sydney-based broadcaster and author Katrina Roe and The Outback Historian Paul Roe as they make the "invisible" visible by digging up the buried stories of Australia’s heroes, pioneers and visionaries. Here, you'll meet Australians from every corner of the country, the city and the bush including migrants and Indigenous Australians, men and women, nurses, doctors, activists, boxers, athletes, missionaries and ministers. The one thing they all have in common is that their faith inspired them to work for the greater good and put others before themselves. Listen to more from our Hope Podcasts collection at hopepodcasts.com.au. And send the team a message via Hope 103.2’s app, Facebook or Instagram.

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