The Burial Files
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The Burial Files
Thousands of people travel through Sydney’s Central Station every day, but how many know what once lay beneath it? This nine-part series will take you on a journey back to 19th century Sydney, to rediscover a place you thought you knew.
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10 épisodesTRAILER: The Gatherings Order
In 1918–19 an influenza pandemic took an estimated 15,000 Australian lives, and millions more around the world. One hundred years on, as we grapple wi...
Episode 9: What Remains
Archaeologists unearth more bones at the Sydney Metro site.
Music provided by Jamendo: Passando-Mattia Vlad Morleo, Sur le fil-Eracilon,...
Episode 8: Murder and Madness
Sydney’s struggle with the 'unsound mind'.
Music provided by Jamendo: Funeral piano melody-Nerevarin, Mirage-Ad Libitum, Cellomane-Eracil...
Episode 7: News of a Monstrous Deed
A bold plan, a printing press and a violent murder: the rise and fall of Dr Robert Wardell.
Music provided by Jamendo: Perpetuum II-Ad Li...
Episode 6: Digging Up the Dead
How thousands of human remains were exhumed and moved.
Music provided by Jamendo: Passando-Mattia Vlad Morleo, Cellofan-Eracilon, Mirage-...
Episode 5: Crime and Punishment
The gruesome story behind the murder of Samuel and Esther Bradley.
Music provided by Jamendo: Ad Libitum-Color Blue, Szymon Pytel-Strings...
Episode 4: A Station for a City
As Sydney’s population explodes, the cemetery has to go.
Music provided by Jamendo: Waiting-DDmyzik, Sad Piano-DDmyzik, Etincelle-Eracilo...
Episode 3: The Moment of Death
What the headstones from the Devonshire Street Cemetery can tell us about life and death in 19th century Sydney.
Music: J.S.Bach Partita...
Episode 2: Burial Grounds
From a peaceful resting place to an abandoned wasteland.
Music: Cellofan-Eracilon, Cellendade-Eracilon, Sad Piano-DDmyzik, Cellomane-Erac...
Episode 1: Hidden History
Human remains were recently discovered at Central Station. How long have they been there?