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Australian Encounters
Season 1 · Episode 5
Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
0.03mAugust 27, 2013
Herr Hitler was busy in the Rhineland, so Joseph Aloysius Lyons decided to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini instead. It was 1935 and collecting dictators was de rigueur for Australian politicians on visits to Europe.
Episodes
- Episode 1Bob Hawke and Frank Sinatra 1974
- Episode 2Billy Hughes and Woodrow Wilson 1919
- Episode 3Isabel Letham and Duke Kahanamoku 1914
- Episode 4Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso 1902
- Episode 5Joe Lyons and Benito Mussolini 1935 and 1937
- Episode 6Rupert Murdoch and Kamahl 1958
- Episode 7George Johnston and Leonard Cohen 1960
- Episode 8Kylie Minogue and Michael Hutchence 1987
- Episode 9Lionel Rose and Elvis Presley 1968
- Episode 10Edward Kelly and Redmond Barry 1880