Self Improvement: How to Drink in the Colony of New South Wales - a podcast by ABC Radio

Were the early days of the New South Wales colony awash with rum and alcohol as it was passed around as currency? Professor Grace Karskens from the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales debunks whether or not that is entirely true in this week's Self Improvement from the history books.

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