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Clement Hodgkinson in was born in Southhampton, England in 1818. By the 1970's, he was had developed Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens and Flagstaff Gardens whilst advocating for Indigenous Forestry. In this episode, we look at the journey of man that would become widely known as the father of the Victorian State Forest.

On the 19th February, 1951, Jean Lee became the last woman hanged at Melbourne's Pentridge Prison. Just two years' earlier - she lived in Sydney with her husband and young child. This episode of 1000 words in Melbourne explores how Jean Lee went from house wife, to the gallows.