382 - The Frederick Escape: The Ship that Never Was

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station was known as an inescapable hell on earth, but on the eve of its closure a group of 10 men had an audacious plan to flee not only the penal colony, but the British Empire entirely. This is a wild story, enjoy!

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 03:28 and ends around 01:58 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

The Ship That Never Was by Adam Courtenay

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/hindsight/james-porter-and-the-capture-of-the-frederick/3159086#transcript

https://realhistory.co/2022/07/27/macquarie-harbour-penal-station/

https://www.ourtasmania.com.au/northwest/sarah-isld.html

https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Langerrareroune.htm

https://tasmaniantimes.com/2020/07/macquarie-harbour-penal-station-history/

https://www.strahanvillage.com.au/blog/the-original-people-of-tasmania-s-west-coast

https://eprints.utas.edu.au/220/2/02Whole.pdf

https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1341438/The-Wonder-Weekly-June-22.pdf

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0:00.0	Hey, if you're in Melbourne or you're going to be in Melbourne around March and April 2023,
0:05.1	then maybe, in fact, definitely, you should head down to the Melbourne International
0:09.0	Comedy Festival, and we have got a bunch of shows for you to come and see.
0:13.6	We're doing a live do-go-on quiz show.
0:16.4	We did it for the first time last year, Dave, and it was a huge success if we may so-so ourselves.
0:20.8	It was so much fun and this year we're bringing you back for three nights only at the Melbourne
0:24.6	Town Hall on Monday during the Comedy Festival.
0:27.0	And in and around those shows, we are all doing solo shows.
0:30.1	My show is called Even Hotta in Real Life.
0:32.7	True.
0:33.7	Just your show.
0:35.4	My show is called almost maybe.
0:37.1	Matt's show is called Ding.
0:39.1	We're doing them across the Comedy Festival, so head over to comedyfestival.com.au to
0:44.7	grab you tickets.
1:14.7	Hello and welcome to another episode of Do-Go-One.
1:38.6	My name is Dave Warnke and I'm here with Matt's show at End Just Perkins.
1:42.2	I was all dewebber at that whole time.
1:44.0	Wow.
1:45.0	I should have kept it going.
1:46.0	I could have made you pass out.
1:47.0	And that is my goal.
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