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.