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Retracing the sailors' walk

Retracing the sailors' walk

ABC Rewind vor 2 Jahren

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A deep dive into the past told by the people who lived through it. The Rewind podcast interrogates the events and characters that have shaped our world and revisits history through archives, interviews, and compelling storytelling.

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March 1797. Five British sailors and 12 Indian seamen are
shipwrecked off the Gippsland coast in Victoria The closest
settlement is the penal colony of Port Jackson, over 700 km north
- the men have no choice but to walk to Sydney. Two centuries
later, historian Mark McKenna and naturalist John Blay retrace
the sailors' steps, to re-imagine the journey and the
cultural encounters with the original inhabitants on this
country.

This is one of Australia's greatest survival stories and cross
cultural encounters.

Two centuries later, historian Mark McKenna and naturalist John
Blay retrace the sailors' steps.