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Wait... They Did What!? · August 2 · 7 min

Wait... they used encyclopaedias?

Before the internet, many Australian families owned a set of encyclopaedias... and they bought them from door-to-door salesmen. This episode will answer questions like: What is an encyclopaedia? Do encyclopaedias still exist? What is better: the internet or encyclopaedias? What is an encyclopaedia salesman? 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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Before the internet, many Australian families owned a set of encyclopaedias... and they bought them from door-to-door salesmen. 

This episode will answer questions like: 

  • What is an encyclopaedia?
  • Do encyclopaedias still exist?
  • What is better: the internet or encyclopaedias?
  • What is an encyclopaedia salesman? 

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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