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The grand plan to form a breakaway Aussie state
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Inside the ‘den of horrors’ at Melbourne’s first asylum
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The odd couple who led a daring military rescue
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Sole survivor of the ‘unsinkable’ ship smashed to pieces
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The notorious Aussie POW hated by his comrades
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