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Wait... They Did What!? · June 7 · 8 min

Wait... they built toilets outside?

Every Aussie home used to have an outdoor dunny... some people even protested when toilets started moving indoors. This episode will answer questions like: What is an outdoor dunny? What is a night soil man? Why did toilets used to be outside? Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen. 

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Every Aussie home used to have an outdoor dunny... some people even protested when toilets started moving indoors. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

  • What is an outdoor dunny? 
  • What is a night soil man? 
  • Why did toilets used to be outside? 

Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.   

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