Seasons & Episodes
Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974
Presented with humour & verve, Australian Encounters celebrates historic encounters between a renowned Australian & an i
Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919
It was 1919 and the world's statesmen were gathered at Versailles to redraw the map of the world. Australia had sacrific
Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
In December 1914, an athletic young Hawaiian strode across the beach at Freshwater, a stretch of sand between Manly and
Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902
The imperious Australian soprano and the effusive Italian tenor had transformed La Boheme from a slow burn sleeper into
Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It w
Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958
Just before Christmas, 1958, Rupert Murdoch, then aged 27, met a sensitive young Tamil on the dodge from the immigration
George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960
In the backroom bar of the Katsikas brothers' grocery store, amid tins of olive oil and sacks of flour, a young unknown
Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987
Kylie Minogue met Michael Hutchence at a bash after the Countdown Awards in 1987. By the time their two-year affair ende
Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968
Twenty-year-old boxer Lionel Rose was in Los Angeles to defend his world bantamweight title. When he received the messag
Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880
In 1880, an unschooled Catholic bushman and a Protestant judge traded points, back and forth, neither ultimately persuad
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