The Deadly Homophobia of Colonial Australia

Australian True Crime

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True Crime

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This is a truly heartbreaking case from Melbourne's gold rush heyday.

Although Australia is considered a youthful and progressive nation, we didn't start decriminalising homosexual acts until 1975.

On this episode, we travel back to the 1870s, when Melbourne was blossoming. Shaking off her convict roots and making her mark on the world stage as a prosperous European-inspired capital.

She could still be pretty inhospitable though, for anyone who didn't fit the mould...

Michael Adams' 4-part series on Edward Feeney and Charles Marks, and all of his other episodes of "Forgotten Australia", can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Michael Adams

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.5	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bizina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night, but you have to book quickly.
0:29.0	Western Australia, over a million square miles of picture perfect landscapes, and just 2.5 people per square mile to have to share it with.
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0:58.0	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests so please consider this your
1:05.1	warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will contain
1:08.8	content that may be triggering to some people also it's an Australian true crime podcast so Australian
1:14.9	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be aware it may contain
1:18.6	the voices of deceased people.
1:25.0	The producers of this podcast
1:28.0	recognise the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
1:32.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those
1:39.1	emerging. Homosexuality was not an offense itself. If you were homosexual and did nothing about it, you were
1:48.0	fine. Homosexual acts were a capital offense. you could be hanged. We are joined by the host of one of my favorite podcasts,
2:01.2	forgotten Australia, Michael Adams. This time he brings us a truly
2:06.0	heartbreaking case from Melbourne's Gold Rush Hayday. As I record this, there are 65 jurisdictions around the world in which consensual gay sex is illegal
2:16.7	and 12 countries in which it's punishable by death. You can find more information about that at human dignity trust.org.
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