Episode 34 - Australia's El Dorado (1930)
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On July 21, 1930, an expedition set out from Alice Springs, NT, equipped with jeeps, camels and aircraft (a new invention at the time), in search of a gold haul...
show moreA few months later, however, the expedition returned without the guide, cranky and annoyed. Where was the gold they set out to find? And where was their guide, Mr. Harold Lasseter?
Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod
"Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeod
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Sources cited:
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 1930. "Gold and Minerals." May 17: 15. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137846460.
The Sydney Morning Herald. 1931. "Body found in Central Australia." April 29: 11. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16773293.
The Evening News. 1931. "Loneliest man in the whole of Aust. just sits and waits." January 21: 3. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201502904.
The Cairns Post. 1931. "Lure of gold in Central Australia, Explorer found dead." April 29: 5. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48702672.
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