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The History Hour

Wittenoom: An Australian Tragedy

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Asbestos-related deaths in an Australian town of Wittenoom, the doctor who first described child abuse, the first warning about climate change, a revolutionary shoe maker who went global, and gay rights in the Israeli Army.

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