A Chat with Des Tobin
For decades many forms of entertainment across the Sunraysia district have relied on Des Tobin for his skill in delivering world class sound and lighting. In this episode we chat with Des about how he got started, learn about the early days of his business and find out that he really has no plans other […]
Mildura Day 2023
Celebrations to mark the signing of the indenture granting land to the Chaffey’s in 1887, were once again held on May 31st for Mildura Day. As part of the event, Frames of History conducted a film night to a packed house at Langtree Hall, screening new material including a wonderful film on the beginning of […]
Bill Sauer & Sunraysia Footy
Our guest this week has been informing Sunraysia on the topic of sport for years right up until when he moved to Tasmania in mid 2022. We catch up with Bill Sauer and chat about the early days growing up in Mildura. Bill then has all the details on just how football started in the […]
The McLaren Traction Engine
As the Chaffey Brothers set about clearing the land to develop the Mildura Colony, they were able to employee the latest equipment available at the time – the Traction Engine. In this episode we find out how they were able to achieve this. In our video clip, Alan Whyte recalls the time that Demon was […]
Cal Briant
Briants TV Sales and Service was a well known business in Mildura. The arrival of television in Sunraysia in 1965 had brought a career change for Cal Briant, who’d arrived in the area years before as a lecturer at the Mildura campus of Melbourne University. In this episode we talk to Cals’ son Garry about […]
Brian Hunt
Part of the Frames of History Project, is interviewing people from the Sunraysia area on camera and archiving their life stories and experiences. Recently Brian Hunt told his story and he’s our special guest on the podcast this week. Moving down from Bourke as young men, Brian and his brother were well known entertainers around […]
3MA & STV8 – the Early Days
Isolated from metropolitan media, local radio and television were treasured institutions in years gone by in Mildura and surrounding areas. In this episode, Bruce McLean joins the show, full of information about the golden era of radio and television in Sunraysia. To wrap up, we hear some “on air” segments of Barrie Hanson from back […]
Switching on the Lights
In this episode we follow the story of the generation and supply of electricity to Sunraysia. Thoughts of supplying electricity were obviously in the minds of the founding fathers but it took quite a few years before a reliable supply was available across the district. With the Power House recently having been renovated and turned […]
Frank Zaetta
On mantle pieces, in cabinets and albums, photographs from Frank Zaettas’ Studios recall our family history. Weddings groups, family portraits and events from the lives of the people of Sunraysia were captured and framed by Franks’ studios. In this episode we speak with his daughter Julia to find out that Frank was more than a […]
The Red Cliffs Pumping Station
Recently there’s been an increased interest in the narrow gauge train line that fed coal to the Red Cliffs Pumping Station. One or two movies have surfaced from collections such as Frank Jenners’ but in general information and photos have been scarce. In this episode, we hear from an authority on this topic Mike McCarthy, […]