Episode
The History of the Port Arthur Massacre | 157
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- History of the 90s
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- May 27, 2026
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- 1878
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Summary
In April 1996, a gunman killed 35 people in what was and still is Australia's worst mass shooting. The attack by Martin Bryant devasted the nation and inspired the government to quickly enact tough new gun laws that have been a model for other countries ever since. Guest info: Claire Braund, in 1996 she was a reporter for The Examiner Newspaper in Tasmania. Today she is the Executive Director of Women on Boards, an organization she co-founded in 2006 Show info: Instagram: @that90spodcast Email: [email protected] Substack: @historyofthe90s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.