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The Missing Australians You’ve Never Heard Of

The Missing Australians You’ve Never Heard Of

True Crime Conversations

January 21, 20261h 3m

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Show Notes

Two 15-year-olds vanish after heading to a disco in Wollongong.

An 18-year-old Belgian backpacker disappears after a night out in Byron Bay.

A 20-year-old Navy recruit vanishes from a casino lobby in a matter of minutes.

These are just a few of Australia’s missing persons cases you may never have heard of. Each year, more than 56,000 people are reported missing across the country. Most are found. But over 2,500 remain missing long-term, their names and stories slowly fading from public memory.

Nicole Morris, Director of the Australian Missing Persons Register and author of Vanished and Missing, refuses to let them be forgotten. 

Find the Australian Missing Persons Register here.

Find Nicole's books here.

CREDITS 

Guest: Nicole Morris

Host: Gemma Bath

Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

Audio Engineer: Jacob Round

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