Nothing on TV

Robyn Annear ransacks Trove Newspapers for stories from an era when there was – literally – nothing on TV.

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The Suburban Ghost – ep. 7 (season finale)

Posted August 5, 2018 • 00:30:51

Wherein we encounter a ‘phosphorescent charmer’ in fin de siècle Melbourne . Herald (Melbourne), 8 August 1892, p. 2, col. 8 See it on the page, here. Did...

The Hatpin Menace – ep. 6

Posted July 6, 2018 • 00:34:33

Wherein we consider the point of hatpins. Argus (Melbourne), 9 August 1911, p. 14, col. 4 Or read the whole page here A comic postcard from 1907. I...