Podcast one: Harry Houdini

podcast one

Harry Houdini

 

Photos courtesy State Library of Victoria

Newspaper articles

The Handcuff King: Perth Daily News 1 February 1910

New Opera House 'Turn': The Argus 8 February 1910

Out of the Straight Jacket: The Adelaide Advertiser 10 February 1910

A Daring Feat: The Hobart Mercury 18 February 1910

In Full Flight: The Argus 21 March 1910

Cycling Notes: Adelaide Chronicle 26 March 1910

A Timely and Practical Suggestion: Sydney Watchman 10 March 1910

Links

Houdini's birth and death

http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/03/happy-birthday-houdini-2012.html
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0324.html

The Melbourne Opera House

http://www.hat-archive.com/noh.htm

Fred Custance
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/custance_bio.html

6 degrees of Australian Connection

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - degree rating = 1

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Platypus: The Monthly May 2011 - Shane Maloney

Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand prepares to battle feathery and furry foes