Royally Peeved and The Long Run
In this episode Suzie looks at an Australian anti royal plot and Trevor follows the adventures of Shizo Kanakuri. What the history?
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
HENRY JAMES O’FARRELL
Algate J 2017, ‘Prince and the Assassin: Australia’s first royal tour; portent of terror’ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/prince-and-the-assassin-australias-first-royal-tour-portent-of-terror/news-story/2496e2f3a6e47cc4b7fec9c91160c8df
Gibbney H J 1972, ‘Edinburgh, Duke of (1844–1900)’ Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/edinburgh-duke-of-3467
Harris S 2017, ‘The Irishman who shot Queen Victoria’s son and heir’ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-irishman-who-shot-queen-victoria-s-son-and-heir-1.3179202
Webb C 2017, ‘The Duke is shot!’ The day a royal was gunned down in Sydney’ https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-duke-is-shot-the-day-a-royal-was-gunned-down-in-sydney-20170705-gx4srj.html
Wotherspoon G 2008, ‘Assassination attempt on Prince Alfred 1868’ https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/assassination_attempt_on_prince_alfred_1868
SHIZO KANAKURI
The Curious Case of Shizo Kanakuri’s 1912 Olympic Marathon Run – Today I Found Out
Better late than never for Japan’s first, “slowest” Olympian – The Japan Times
The World’s Longest Marathon – Running Heroes
Shizo Kanakuri – Sports Reference
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Runnin Down a Dream – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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