Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Hugh ‘Huge Deal’ McIntosh.

Hugh Donald “Huge Deal” McIntosh was born September 10, 1876 in Sydney, Australia. Armed with an entrepreneurial spirit from a young age, during his colorful life McIntosh worked as a silversmith apprentice, silver ore picker, medical student, rural laborer, pie salesman at sporting venues, racing cyclist, newspaper publisher, Member of Parliament and boxing promoter.

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