Afternoons with Paula Kruger, ABC Radio Canberra

Today, Joe Hasham (Don Finlayson), author Nigel Giles and Number 96 Historian, Ian McLean, were interviewed by Paula Kruger for ABC Radio Canberra.

You can find the audio of the episode posted here... It’ll be up for a fortnight if you want to take a recording to keep: www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/afternoons/episodes/

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