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	Podcast:		Earshot - ABC RN
	Episode:		Banaba: The island Australia ate
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:28:25
	Publish Date:		2019-05-31 22:30:13
	Description:		100 years ago the Banaban people had no idea they were living on the richest natural resource in the Pacific- one the world was desperate to get its hands on. The first they heard of it was when a mysterious visitor arrived, wanting signatures. That was the beginning of the end of their time on their island home, and the start of a superbly rich period in Australia’s history.
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