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Anzac Massacre - the story of Surafend (part 2)

Anzac Massacre - the story of Surafend (part 2)

Radio New Zealand podcast Black Sheep  brings us the story of the Surafend massacre of December 1918, an event described by one historian as the worst war crime ever committed by New Zealand and Australian military personnel.

Feb 15, • 0:00

Anzac Massacre - the story of Surafend (part 1)

Anzac Massacre - the story of Surafend (part 1)

The story of the Surafend massacre of December 1918, an event described by one historian as the worst war crime ever committed by New Zealand and Australian military personnel.

Feb 8, • 28:34

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia. Was it really a victim of its' own success?

Feb 1, • 28:35

Introducing Rewind

Introducing Rewind

We''ve got news! The History Listen has been given a makeover. Our new show,  ABC Rewind,  is still your home for gripping audio storytelling, and still the podcast where you'll hear true stories told by the people who lived through them. Come on a deep dive into the past on Rewind.

Jan 31, • 0:00

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia

Jan 25, • 28:35

Sam Poo: A Chinese bushranger?

Sam Poo: A Chinese bushranger?

It's 1865 in remote central west NSW. A police office is fatally shot by a man he believes is a Chinese bushranger. The story of Sam Poo is a bushranging tale with a twist

Jan 19, • 28:33

Secrets and Lies | A year behind the Iron Curtain

Secrets and Lies | A year behind the Iron Curtain

At the height of the Cold War a New Zealand teenager is sent to a hospital in the Soviet Union to grow new fingers on her left hand. Sounds like fiction? This actually happened to Miranda Jakich and in this episode  she tells her tale.

Jan 11, • 33:48

Friedrich the Fraud

Friedrich the Fraud

Was he Australia's greatest con artist?  That was the title given to John Friedrich, the former head of the Victorian Division of National Safety Council of Australia.  Back in the 1980s, he famously made $293 million of investors’ money disappear. When his fraud was uncovered, he went missing himself for sixteen days, prompting a nationwide manhunt and a media storm that reported both facts and the fictions.Guests:Barry Whitehead - former NSCA operations managerFrank Bongiorno - professor of hi

Jan 4, • 28:36

Finding Fanny Finch

Finding Fanny Finch

When Bill Garner began exploring his family history, a puzzling gap in the family tree led him to discover a most extraordinary ancestor: Fanny Finch. Finch was a well-known and controversial figure during the Victorian gold rushes. A London-born woman of African heritage, she pushed a wheelbarrow from Melbourne to the goldfields in 1852, where she became a sly grogger and restaurateur. She actively resisted police corruption, supported women and children against domestic violence and in 1856, c

Dec 28, 2024 • 28:36

Laya's Way Home - part 2

Laya's Way Home - part 2

Laya Semler was the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany, in 1945. Her non-Jewish husband Adolf was sent to slave labour for not denouncing her.  Both survived. Now, Wennigsen has invited their Australian family back, to commemorate Laya and Adolf’s incredible story of courage and love.  In Part 1, their great-grandchildren discovered a town perhaps finally ready to accept the extent of its role in the Nazi regime. In Part 2, they will experience that history face-to-fac

Dec 22, 2024 • 28:36

Laja's Way Home part 1

Laja's Way Home part 1

In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany.  Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rather than abandon her.  They both survived. In 2022, the village of Wennigsen invited their Australian family back to commemorate Laya and Adolf’s bravery. Told by their great-grandchildren, Laya and Adolf’s story is testament to the power love has to bridge even the greatest differences.  But it’s also the story of a town only just coming to terms wit

Dec 14, 2024 • 28:36

Cyclone Tracy: survivor stories

Cyclone Tracy: survivor stories

Fifty years ago, in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy killed 66 people and decimated the city of Garramilla/Darwin. Afterwards more than 30,000 residents were evacuated, many never returning to Darwin. Writing down memories of the event helped some survivors of the cyclone process the experience. Hear a handful of these stories, set in crumbling houses, airborne cars, a busy restaurant and an overcrowded hospital, all set to the terrifying real-life soundtrack of Cyclone Tracy

Dec 7, 2024 • 28:27

The Crutchy Push

The Crutchy Push

It’s the early 1900s and a gang of men moves through the gritty streets of inner-city North Melbourne: they dress sharp and inspire fear wherever they go. This gang, the Crutchy Push ruled the streets of North Melbourne over a ten year period, from late 1890s. And the reason for their curious name? All the members of this gang were amputees: mostly one-legged, and they used a crutch - and not just for walking!To mark the International Day for People With Disability, Melbourne-based writer and di

Nov 30, 2024 • 24:03

A Good Honest Criminal

A Good Honest Criminal

It’s March 25th, 1999, and Australia’s most remarkable prison escape has just taken place, after a helicopter hovers above the recreation grounds at the Silverwater maximum security prison, in Sydney. In the blink of an eye, a prisoner runs towards the chopper, climbs onboard, and is on his way to freedom.This is the story of that airborne escapee, John Killick, a man who spent much of his life leading the authorities on a merry dance. Somehow he survived his dangerous escapades and many prison

Nov 26, 2024 • 28:36

Florence: A murder still unsolved – Part 2

Florence: A murder still unsolved – Part 2

In a shocking and brutal end to a colourful life, Australian wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst was murdered in her Paddington studio on the 15th of October, 1977. So who was suspected of this crime and why is the case still unsolved to this day? Please listen with care - this episode contains graphic content. Guests:Tony Russell – Former NSW Police officer Helen O’Neill – Journalist and author, Florence Broadhurst: her secret and extraordinary lives   Mark Whittaker – Journalist and author,

Nov 16, 2024 • 0:00

Florence: A life papered over – Part 1

Florence: A life papered over – Part 1

She’s one of Australia’s most prolific and popular designers, and yet not many people know her name, let alone her audacious life story.   Florence Broadhurst was from regional Queensland but people who met her later in life,  thought she was English aristocrat. She reinvented herself many times throughout her life.   Today she’s known for her wallpaper designs that cemented her in Australian design history. But a shadow lingers over her legacy; her unsolved murder in 1977.Guests:Helen O’Neill –

Nov 9, 2024 • 0:00

The Mavis Files

The Mavis Files

When superannuation pioneer Mavis Robertson was in her seventies, she was showered with awards and honours. But something was missing from the life story shared with the public at this time: the more than 30 years she spent as a leading member of the Communist Party of Australia. Historian Alice Garner and Mavis's son Peter Robertson delve into this part of his mother's life, including her extensive ASIO security file.

Nov 2, 2024 • 29:59

Day 9 at Wooreen: the school that was kidnapped

Day 9 at Wooreen: the school that was kidnapped

An entire school is kidnapped at gunpoint. 9 students and their teacher are taken hostage by a prison escapee who demands a ransom of 7 million dollars, the release of 17 prisoners, 100 kilos of cocaine, automatic weapons, and an escape vehicle.

Oct 26, 2024 • 30:07

My Grandmother is a Japanese war bride

My Grandmother is a Japanese war bride

After World War Two, around 650 Japanese war brides crossed once enemy lines to make a home in Australia, at a time when the  White Australia Policy still held sway. But 50 years on, how do the grandchildren of the Japanese war brides understand their family story?

Oct 19, 2024 • 28:34

The Martha Plan

The Martha Plan

The Martha Plan was a secret scheme created  in the early 1960's to bring unmarried Spanish women to Australia, in the hope that they'd stay and populate the country. Did it work?

Oct 12, 2024 • 28:35

Ep 2: The buried tea chest

Ep 2: The buried tea chest

Hidden for nearly a century, two chests of mail found under a Sydney home was declared to be one of the most important hauls in Australia’s postal history. Why the secrecy? And why has a Sydney family been so shocked by their revelations?

Oct 5, 2024 • 28:34

Ep 1: The buried tea chests

Ep 1: The buried tea chests

When journalist Annika Blau learnt of the discovery of two tea chests of very valuable mail under the floorboards of an old Sydney home, she uncovered secrets, silences and shame from a chapter of Australia's history some would prefer to forget.

Sep 28, 2024 • 28:34

A succulent Chinese meal - Part 2

A succulent Chinese meal - Part 2

Where did Jack Karlson learn the lines he delivers in his famous viral video? This moving story of the prison playwright and the performer unravels why Jack uttered those now infamous words “This is democracy manifest.”

Sep 21, 2024 • 31:25

A succulent Chinese meal - Part 1

A succulent Chinese meal - Part 1

Who is the man behind Australia’s most iconic internet meme, who famously said “This is democracy manifest”?

Sep 14, 2024 • 28:33

The strange life of Ingrid von Oelhafen - Part 2

The strange life of Ingrid von Oelhafen - Part 2

59-year-old Ingrid was in her office one day when her phone rang.  It was the German Red Cross. They asked if she was Ingrid von Oelhafen? Also known as Erika Matko? It was the call she’d waited for her whole life and it opened the door to a terrible secret from one of Nazi Germany’s sickest experiments. Who was she? And where was she from?

Sep 7, 2024 • 33:19

The strange life of Ingrid von Oelhafen - Part 1

The strange life of Ingrid von Oelhafen - Part 1

Ingrid von Oelhafen’s childhood in post-WW2 Germany was full of strange events - her mother inexplicably left her in a children’s home for five years, her doctor called her by another name. It took her decades to discover the horrific truth -  a secret that led straight back to the highest powers of the Nazi regime.

Aug 31, 2024 • 32:35

Kangaroo dog

Kangaroo dog

This mongrel hunting dog  – bred in the early days of British settlement, was the colony’s answer to feeding the hordes.But the Kangaroo dog’s talents didn’t quite harmonise with its new environment – and in some states this 'Roo dog' created utter chaos.

Aug 24, 2024 • 34:20

The paralympic journey | money, media and ethics

The paralympic journey | money, media and ethics

Swimmer Siobahn Paton won multiple medals at the Sydney 2000 games but her dreams were shattered when athletes in a different sport cheated spectacularly. Louise Sauvage delves into the controversy of classification along with the heightened visibility and respect the Games have brought to all people with disabilities.

Aug 17, 2024 • 30:01

The paralympic journey | From rehab to elite

The paralympic journey | From rehab to elite

Join wheelchair racing legend Louise Sauvage for the fascinating evolution of The Paralympics, from life-saving rehabilitation for World War 2 soldiers to today’s elite sporting event.

Aug 10, 2024 • 28:34

The Lady of the Swamp

The Lady of the Swamp

The mysterious tale of rich socialite Margaret Clement,  who lived alone in the Gippsland bush in a decaying mansion encircled by waist-deep water. She was known to locals as 'the lady of the swamp' until  one day in 1952 Margaret simply vanished.

Aug 3, 2024 • 28:35

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

The story of an epic 3300-kilometre adventure from the Australian desert to the coast.  Half way through the race, Illness, flood, fatigue and flies are all taking their toll,  as camels and riders push through to the finish line.

Jul 27, 2024 • 28:35

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

It’s April 1988, somewhere near Uluru, and the starter gun fires off one of the strangest, most audacious events to mark Australia's bicentennial year, the Great Australian Camel Race. People came from all around the world to take part in a feat which spanned over 3000km, as camels and humans endured scorching heat, flooding rains and serious sickness that almost sent the race belly-up.

Jul 20, 2024 • 26:11

Monarto | Lost city of the future

Monarto | Lost city of the future

Don Dunstan had a dream - a futuristic city to rise out of The Mallee. What went wrong? After years of planning and designing why was it never built?

Jul 13, 2024 • 28:30

Blood, prejudice and nursing | Barry’s story

Blood, prejudice and nursing | Barry’s story

It's the 1980s, and the first devastating decade of the AIDS pandemic. A young student nurse tests positive for the virus. and this information ends up on the front page of his local newspaper. A tale of fear and prejudice. but also of great courage, and love.

Jul 6, 2024 • 28:34

Great Aussie Cons | My Mother The Spy

Great Aussie Cons | My Mother The Spy

Mercia Masson, one of Australia’s longest serving undercover ASIO agents, spied on her communist friends, while her only daughter remained in the dark.

Jun 29, 2024 • 28:34

Great Aussie Cons | The Lady Imposter

Great Aussie Cons | The Lady Imposter

A clever young street urchin disguises herself as aristocracy.  She inconveniently finds herself in a convict cell in Tasmania - but only temporarily.  Then it's onto the streets of 1850’s Melbourne to continue her deception.

Jun 22, 2024 • 29:20

Great Aussie Cons | The Lady Imposter

Great Aussie Cons | The Lady Imposter

A clever young street urchin disguises herself as aristocracy.  She inconveniently finds herself in a convict cell in Tasmania - but only temporarily.  Then it's onto the streets of 1850’s Melbourne to continue her deception.

Jun 22, 2024 • 29:20

The Qantas Con

The Qantas Con

Richard Roxburgh  heads back to 1970’s Australia . And up 20,000 feet.Qantas flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong, is threatened by a terrifying phone call. The public watch the sky above Sydney as a Boeing 707 circles for hours.  Fuel running dangerously low

Jun 15, 2024 • 29:20

Great Aussie Cons | The Tichborne Claimant

Great Aussie Cons | The Tichborne Claimant

Is he a baronet or a butcher from Wagga Wagga? Can he claim the estate of an English aristocrat who has been lost at sea?

Jun 8, 2024 • 29:03

Great Aussie Cons | The Flying Forger

Great Aussie Cons | The Flying Forger

One of Australia’s craftiest counterfeiters forges two million dollars in his suburban basement in the 1950s. Richard Roxburgh, renowned for playing shady characters on screen, tells the story of Robert Baudin and his brazen ability to make fake money.

Jun 1, 2024 • 28:34

INTRODUCING — Great Aussie Cons

INTRODUCING — Great Aussie Cons

Australian history’s littered with con artists. Renowned Australian actor Richard Roxburgh tells the stories of these brazen and downright deviant identities who used their charm and smarts to spy, extort and steal. How did they get away with it?  The first episode drops on the 1st of June.

May 30, 2024 • 0:00

Fight for the forest

Fight for the forest

In an unprecedented political move, the Western Australian state government will end logging of native forest. Meet the people who have dedicated their lives to saving these incredible forests.

May 28, 2024 • 0:00

The History Listen

The History Listen

Compelling history from Australia and around the world.

May 21, 2024 • 30:14

Partition's children

Partition's children

When India was divided to create Pakistan more than a million people lost their lives. People who were there remember the chaos, violence and moments of kindness of Partition.

May 21, 2024 • 30:14

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

In the summer of 1978, Australian narcotics agents intercepted a campervan being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. What they discovered inside the van turned out to be the largest haul of an illicit substance, black hashish, to land on Australian soil at the time. The campervan belonged to two elderly American women tourists, whose overseas holiday odyssey quickly spiralled into a hellish nightmare.

May 11, 2024 • 28:51

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were these women truly drug smugglers or naive puppets in an elaborate plot masterminded by someone else?

May 4, 2024 • 28:35

Michael Mansell: a life of radical resistance

Michael Mansell: a life of radical resistance

Activist and lawyer Michael Mansell has been fighting for Aboriginal rights in Australia for over 50 years. In this episode his daughter Nala Mansell sits down with her father for a conversation about his life on the frontline, and the resilience of palawa identity in lutruwita Tasmania

Apr 27, 2024 • 29:20

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson-Green's war story

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson-Green's war story

A story of swagger, bravery, skill and ultimately, friendship, set on the frontline of war

Apr 21, 2024 • 28:35

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

In the second part of the bitter and long-running case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads all the way to the High Court.

Apr 13, 2024 • 28:36

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Ever wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian vernacular? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.

Apr 6, 2024 • 28:35

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

How much power does the federal government have to protect Australians from international threats?  Two key High Court cases, 50 years apart, which put this question to the test.

Mar 30, 2024 • 28:40

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

The High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day

Mar 23, 2024 • 28:34

Section 71 -  The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

Section 71 - The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

It might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could be jailed for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia. This is the story of the High Court case that changed that law.

Mar 16, 2024 • 28:35

Remembering Windradyne's War

Remembering Windradyne's War

In 1824, the British waged war against the Wiradjuri people of western NSW, a battle that shook the new colony.But many Australians have never heard of this conflict and  the heroic Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne. Two centuries on, this history is being remembered and retold.

Mar 12, 2024 • 28:36

In my skin

In my skin

Growing up Regina looked totally different from her brothers and sisters, she thought she was adopted. But her mother told her that was only partly true. With just a handful of letters from both her parents Regina starts to dig into her family story and finds a while lot of surprises along the way.

Mar 2, 2024 • 28:36

The medal that spoke

The medal that spoke

In 1806,  Maori chief Te Pahi  was gifted a silver medal by Sydney Governor Philip Gidley King. He had come from Aotearoa to establish trade.But  the medal then disappeared.Two centuries later, Te Pahi's medal resurfaced – in a Sydney auction house

Feb 24, 2024 • 28:36

Crossing Enemy Lines

Crossing Enemy Lines

Minna Muhlen-Schulte knew her surname came from her German grandfather who’d married her Australian grandmother in the 1930s and had lived in Berlin. But she knew very little about her grandparents’ experience during World War Two,  except that her grandfather fought on the ‘other’ side, with the German army. So Minna goes in search for her family’s wartime story.

Feb 17, 2024 • 28:36

The unspoken story of Isabel Pepper

The unspoken story of Isabel Pepper

Producer Fiona Pepper had always known her great grandmother died far too young, but until recently, she never knew the full story.

Feb 10, 2024 • 28:36

Secrets and Lies | My year behind the Iron Curtain

Secrets and Lies | My year behind the Iron Curtain

At the height of the Cold War a New Zealand teenager is sent to a hospital in the Soviet Union to grow new fingers on her left hand. Sounds like fiction? This actually happened to Miranda Jakich and she tells her tale on The History Listen.

Feb 3, 2024 • 33:44

Finding our father, Harry Valentine

Finding our father, Harry Valentine

Hidden family truths are discovered as two sisters follow the trail of their late fathers' secret life.

Jan 26, 2024 • 28:36

Green Mountain plane crash

Green Mountain plane crash

It's the 19th February 1937, and a  Stinson passenger plane leaves Brisbane for a routine flight to Sydney, but it never arrives. Instead, its disappearance sparks one of the most extensive air searches in Australia.

Jan 20, 2024 • 28:36

The Unknown Sailor - a wartime mystery

The Unknown Sailor - a wartime mystery

A lost ship, A lost sailor, a lost identity. In November 1941 as war drew closer to Australia. the HMAS Sydney and its crew of 645 sailors disappeared off the Western Australian coast after being ambushed by a German raider. Months later the body of a sailor washed up on tiny Christmas Island and was laid to rest by locals. Half a century on this unknown sailor would help unravel the mystery of how the pride of Australia’s navy just vanished.

Jan 12, 2024 • 28:40

The confidence men: conjuring up a wartime escape

The confidence men: conjuring up a wartime escape

What if the only tool you had to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in WW1 was a homemade Ouija board? The story of a wild and elegant hoax concocted by two British soldier POWs to hoodwink their captors.

Jan 5, 2024 • 28:40

Tupaia - star navigator of the Pacific

Tupaia - star navigator of the Pacific

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board. His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Dec 29, 2023 • 28:38

Retracing the sailors' walk

Retracing the sailors' walk

March 1797. Five British sailors and 12 Indian seamen are shipwrecked off the Gippsland coast in Victoria The closest settlement is the penal colony of Port Jackson, over 700 km north - the men have no choice but to walk to Sydney. Two centuries later, historian Mark McKenna and naturalist John Blay retrace the sailors' steps, to re-imagine the journey and the cultural encounters with the original inhabitants on this country. This is one of Australia's greatest survival stories

Dec 22, 2023 • 28:38

Last Light - the Valentich disappearance

Last Light - the Valentich disappearance

A young pilot. A distress call. A missing plane. What happened to Frederick Valentich in October 1978?

Dec 19, 2023 • 28:40

Friedrich the Fraud

Friedrich the Fraud

The story behind one of Australia's greatest con artists. In the late 1980s, when millions went missing from Victoria's National Safety Council, the man responsible, John Friedrich disappeared into thin air, and the media went wild.

Dec 8, 2023 • 28:36

Stories about radio  -  Listening to ghosts &  Keep them guessing

Stories about radio - Listening to ghosts & Keep them guessing

Two stories about radio. In the past, radio was the most ephemeral of all media or art-forms. It's invisible, evanescent—it passes by the ear and is gone, yet radio can leave deep sound prints - memories of listening that can reverberate over decades.Plus, trying to unravel the secret behind one of the most popular radio shows of the 20th century, as a grandson  tries to find out how his grandparents read people's minds. A story about magic,illusion and the creative power of ra

Dec 1, 2023 • 15:42

Green Skin - Aboriginal Vietnam Veterans

Green Skin - Aboriginal Vietnam Veterans

Australia’s role in the Vietnam war has been portrayed in films, music and literature since the last troops left in 1972. But there’s a part of that story which has, until recently, gone unnoticed: the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who fought in Vietnam. We hear the stories  of two 20-year-old  blokes who donned the ‘green skin’ and how it changed their lives forever.

Nov 24, 2023 • 25:00

Ep 2: Ray Denning - the stitch up

Ep 2: Ray Denning - the stitch up

With nothing to lose, Raymond Denning escapes Grafton prison in a rubbish bin. He has help from prisoner rights groups and an agenda to raise awareness about police corruption. The man-hunt for Denning turns farcical when he uses the media to make the police look foolish.

Nov 17, 2023 • 34:19

Ep 1: Ray Denning - breaking out

Ep 1: Ray Denning - breaking out

The story of one of Australia's most misunderstood criminals. After a traumatic childhood, Raymond Denning jumps from 'juvie' to jail. When an escape attempt goes wrong, a prison warder is critically injured and the finger is pointed at Denning.

Nov 10, 2023 • 28:36

Last letters - the wartime legacy of Lark Force unit

Last letters - the wartime legacy of Lark Force unit

Port Moresby 1942, and the story of the most extraordinary postal delivery, when hundreds of letters from Australian POWs of the Japanese fell from the sky .

Nov 4, 2023 • 28:36

The Benalla Experiment - a camp for mothers and children

The Benalla Experiment - a camp for mothers and children

The little known story of migrant camp that was home to over 60,000 people - single mothers and their children - in the years after World War II.

Oct 29, 2023 • 28:36

Fairlight CMI - the instrument of musical change

Fairlight CMI - the instrument of musical change

This is the story of - and the soundtrack to - one of the most influential instruments of the last 50 years. Meet the creators of the Fairlight, the super stars that used it and learn the tricks of the music production trade along the way.

Oct 21, 2023 • 31:42

Asbestos — Dusted 03 | The human cost of mining in Australia

Asbestos — Dusted 03 | The human cost of mining in Australia

Asbestos was once known as the wonder mineral. It's now banned in Australia. But before that happened, companies kept making and selling asbestos products despite mounting evidence of its deadly dust.Dusted, the human cost of mining in Australia is presented by Van Badham.

Oct 12, 2023 • 28:36

Coal — Dusted 02 | The human cost of mining in Australia

Coal — Dusted 02 | The human cost of mining in Australia

When a vast coal seam was found running through the escarpment around Wollongong it seemed that this beautiful place had got lucky. But had it? Van Badham heads back to her hometown and goes ‘on the coal’ with the miners.Dusted, the human cost of mining in Australia is presented by Van Badham.

Oct 6, 2023 • 28:36

Gold — Dusted 01 | the human cost of mining in Australia

Gold — Dusted 01 | the human cost of mining in Australia

Gold may have made Australia rich, but historians are now digging up evidence of the devastating consequences of the silica dust that surfaced with it.Dusted, the human cost of mining in Australia is presented by Van Badham.

Sep 29, 2023 • 28:36

Ep 2: The Buried Tea Chests

Ep 2: The Buried Tea Chests

Hidden for nearly a century, two chests of mail found under a Sydney home was declared to be one of the most important hauls in Australia’s postal history. Why the secrecy? And why has a Sydney family been so shocked by their revelations?

Sep 19, 2023 • 28:36

Ep 1: The Buried Tea Chests

Ep 1: The Buried Tea Chests

When journalist Annika Blau learnt of the discovery of two tea chests of very valuable mail under the floorboards of an old Sydney home, she uncovered secrets, silences and shame from a chapter of Australia's history some would prefer to forget.

Sep 15, 2023 • 28:35

The sands of Ooldea: part 4 Wankani

The sands of Ooldea: part 4 Wankani

The story of how the traditional custodians of Ooldea got their sacred water soak back and the healing of the land.

Sep 8, 2023 • 28:36

The sands of Ooldea: Part 3 Mamu

The sands of Ooldea: Part 3 Mamu

North west of Ooldea in South Australia's Great Victoria Desert is Maralinga where the British exploded seven nuclear bombs. This episode explores the Cold War politics behind the bomb tests and their ongoing impact on the traditional owners of the land, the Maralinga Tjarutja people..

Sep 1, 2023 • 32:13

The sands of Ooldea: Part 2 Kabbarli

The sands of Ooldea: Part 2 Kabbarli

Ooldea's most famous resident was Daisy Bates, also known as "Kabbarli" or grandmother. She lived at Ooldea for sixteen years in a tent, helping to feed and clothe Aboriginal people, but these days her reputation is very mixed.

Aug 25, 2023 • 42:03

The sands of Ooldea: Part 1 Yuldi

The sands of Ooldea: Part 1 Yuldi

On the edge of the Nullabor, Ooldea, with its ancient water soak "Yuldi Kapi", is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in Australia. Trading routes and dreaming stories crossed here for thousands of years, but then the transnational railway arrived in 1917.

Aug 18, 2023 • 31:35

One Tree: In Search of Stradivari's Sibling Violins

One Tree: In Search of Stradivari's Sibling Violins

Producer David Schulman has been on a quest – he’s been trying to find a single tree. David’s a violinist.  And for him, violins aren’t just boxes made of wood – they’re magical objects. With voices and spirits that can seem almost human.  Old violins even work as a sort of ‘time machine’ – by the sound they make and by their stories, they carry us back into the past.And it turns out there’s solid science behind this method of time travel.

Aug 11, 2023 • 28:07

One Tree: In Search of Stradivari's Sibling Violins

One Tree: In Search of Stradivari's Sibling Violins

Producer David Schulman has been on a quest – he’s been trying to find a single tree. David’s a violinist.  And for him, violins aren’t just boxes made of wood – they’re magical objects. With voices and spirits that can seem almost human.  Old violins even work as a sort of ‘time machine’ – by the sound they make and by their stories, they carry us back into the past.And it turns out there’s solid science behind this method of time travel.

Aug 11, 2023 • 28:07

The Missing Magdalens

The Missing Magdalens

Magdalene Laundries for "fallen women" date back to 12th century Europe. These were Catholic run institutions to reform "wayward" women known as Magdalens, through strict religious observance and hard work..

Aug 8, 2023 • 35:59

The Missing Magdalens

The Missing Magdalens

Magdalene Laundries for "fallen women" date back to 12th century Europe. These were Catholic run institutions to reform "wayward" women known as Magdalens, through strict religious observance and hard work..

Aug 8, 2023 • 28:36

A vapour of the mind: calling Sidney Jeffryes

A vapour of the mind: calling Sidney Jeffryes

The achievements of Sidney Jeffryes, a radio operator on the 1911 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, have been notably missing from the polar records. In an era that celebrated physical heroism, vulnerability was not tolerated.

Aug 1, 2023 • 29:39

A vapour of the mind: calling Sidney Jeffryes

A vapour of the mind: calling Sidney Jeffryes

The achievements of Sidney Jeffryes, a radio operator on the 1911 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, have been notably missing from the polar records. In an era that celebrated physical heroism, vulnerability was not tolerated.

Aug 1, 2023 • 29:39

Finding Fanny Finch

Finding Fanny Finch

What if the most remarkable of all your ancestors was the one left off the family tree? Historian Kacey Sinclair and two of Fanny Finch’s direct descendants reconstruct and reflect on the life and legacy of a goldfields trailblazer, a woman of colour whose story was hidden for generations.

Jul 25, 2023 • 28:42

Finding Fanny Finch

Finding Fanny Finch

What if the most remarkable of all your ancestors was the one left off the family tree? Historian Kacey Sinclair and two of Fanny Finch’s direct descendants reconstruct and reflect on the life and legacy of a goldfields trailblazer, a woman of colour whose story was hidden for generations.

Jul 25, 2023 • 28:42

Invasion 1975 - the untold story of the Chinese-Timorese

Invasion 1975 - the untold story of the Chinese-Timorese

Millie Skoko had never really thought much about her Mum’s side of the family, who are Chinese Timorese, and who came to live in Australia in the early 1970s. Until one day, when she was online, Millie discovered her Grandfather’s former home and building, Toko Lay, in stories about the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, in December 1975. This discovery leads Millie, in tandem with her mum Lorraine, on a quest to uncover the hidden history of the Chinese-Timorese community in Timor-Leste and hea

Jul 14, 2023 • 28:36

Invasion 1975 - the untold story of the Chinese-Timorese

Invasion 1975 - the untold story of the Chinese-Timorese

Millie Skoko had never really thought much about her Mum’s side of the family, who are Chinese Timorese, and who came to live in Australia in the early 1970s. Until one day, when she was online, Millie discovered her Grandfather’s former home and building, Toko Lay, in stories about the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, in December 1975. This discovery leads Millie, in tandem with her mum Lorraine, on a quest to uncover the hidden history of the Chinese-Timorese community in T

Jul 14, 2023 • 28:36

Visions of the Filipina bride

Visions of the Filipina bride

Growing up in the 1990s, Alan Weedon always wondered why he was one of many kids born to an Australian father and Filipina mother. It was a pattern replicated in the various backyard barbecues and play dates of his youth — where Filipino men were far and few between. Following the tragic death of his mother Jesusita in 2022, Alan, in his grief, decided to trace his Mum's story of coming to Australia. In doing so, he unravelled a great southern migration, where tens of thousands of Filipinas migr

Jul 10, 2023 • 28:36

Visions of the Filipina bride

Visions of the Filipina bride

Growing up in the 1990s, Alan Weedon always wondered why he was one of many kids born to an Australian father and Filipina mother. It was a pattern replicated in the various backyard barbecues and play dates of his youth — where Filipino men were far and few between.Following the tragic death of his mother Jesusita in 2022, Alan, in his grief, decided to trace his Mum's story of coming to Australia. In doing so, he unravelled a great southern migration, where tens of thousands

Jul 10, 2023 • 28:36

Fanny Smith: Icon

Fanny Smith: Icon

In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world that she was The Last Tasmanian. Far from ‘extinct’, she was a proud Aboriginal woman raising her eleven children and publicly singing and speaking her Pakana language. This is her extraordinary story.

Jul 4, 2023 • 28:36

Fanny Smith: Icon

Fanny Smith: Icon

In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world that she was The Last Tasmanian. Far from ‘extinct’, she was a proud Aboriginal woman raising her eleven children and publicly singing and speaking her Pakana language. This is her extraordinary story.

Jul 4, 2023 • 28:36

Laya's Way Home Part 2

Laya's Way Home Part 2

In 1945, Adolf Semler, a German World War One hero, was sent to a slave labour camp for refusing to denounce his Jewish wife Laya. In 2022, their great-grandchildren return to Germany to discover a town finally wrestling with the extent of its role in the Nazi regime.

Jun 23, 2023 • 28:36

Laya's Way Home Part 2

Laya's Way Home Part 2

In 1945, Adolf Semler, a German World War One hero, was sent to a slave labour camp for refusing to denounce his Jewish wife Laya. In 2022, their great-grandchildren return to Germany to discover a town finally wrestling with the extent of its role in the Nazi regime.

Jun 23, 2023 • 28:36

Laya's Way Home Part 2

Laya's Way Home Part 2

In 1945, Adolf Semler, a German World War One hero, was sent to a slave labour camp for refusing to denounce his Jewish wife Laya. In 2022, their great-grandchildren return to Germany to discover a town finally wrestling with the extent of its role in the Nazi regime.

Jun 23, 2023 • 28:36

Laya's Way Home Part 1

Laya's Way Home Part 1

In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany.  Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rather than abandon her.  Theirs is a love story for the ages.

Jun 20, 2023 • 28:38

Laya's Way Home Part 1

Laya's Way Home Part 1

In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany.  Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rather than abandon her.  Theirs is a love story for the ages.

Jun 20, 2023 • 28:00

Laya's Way Home Part 1

Laya's Way Home Part 1

In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany.  Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rather than abandon her.  Theirs is a love story for the ages.

Jun 20, 2023 • 28:00

Spies, lies and hairdryers

Spies, lies and hairdryers

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye..

Jun 13, 2023 • 28:37

Spies, lies and hairdryers

Spies, lies and hairdryers

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye..

Jun 13, 2023 • 28:37

The History Listen

The History Listen

Compelling history from Australia and around the world.

Jun 6, 2023 • 28:38

Through Samurai Eyes, ep 2

Through Samurai Eyes, ep 2

When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale of convict mutineers, samurai warriors and a hijacked ship, which sheds new light on one of the greatest escape stories in Australian history.

Jun 6, 2023 • 28:38

Through Samurai eyes:  one of Australia's greatest convict escape stories

Through Samurai eyes: one of Australia's greatest convict escape stories

A dramatic tale featuring pirates, Samurai warriors, a historical detective and a ship of escaped convicts from Australia who washed up in Japan in 1830

May 30, 2023 • 28:38

Through Samurai eyes:  one of Australia's greatest convict escape stories

Through Samurai eyes: one of Australia's greatest convict escape stories

A dramatic tale featuring pirates, Samurai warriors, a historical detective and a ship of escaped convicts from Australia who washed up in Japan in 1830

May 30, 2023 • 28:38

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism

A plant-eating sleuth uncovers the hidden history of vegetarianism in Australia - featuring spiritualists, nudists, and politicians, plus plenty of nutmeat and a vegan dish called Hampstead Cutlets

May 23, 2023 • 29:56

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism

A plant-eating sleuth uncovers the hidden history of vegetarianism in Australia - featuring spiritualists, nudists, and politicians, plus plenty of nutmeat and a vegan dish called Hampstead Cutlets

May 23, 2023 • 29:56

The Unknown Sailor

The Unknown Sailor

A lost ship, A lost sailor, a lost identity. In November 1941 as war drew closer to Australia. the HMAS Sydney and its crew of 645 sailors disappeared off the Western Australian coast after being ambushed by a German raider. Months later the body of a sailor washed up on tiny Christmas Island and was laid to rest by locals. Half a century on this unknown sailor would help unravel the mystery of how the pride of Australia’s navy just vanished.

May 16, 2023 • 30:48

The Unknown Sailor

The Unknown Sailor

A lost ship, A lost sailor, a lost identity. In November 1941 as war drew closer to Australia. the HMAS Sydney and its crew of 645 sailors disappeared off the Western Australian coast after being ambushed by a German raider. Months later the body of a sailor washed up on tiny Christmas Island and was laid to rest by locals. Half a century on this unknown sailor would help unravel the mystery of how the pride of Australia’s navy just vanished.

May 16, 2023 • 30:48

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

May 9, 2023 • 28:35

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

May 9, 2023 • 28:35

Green Mountains Plane Crash

Green Mountains Plane Crash

19th February 1937, a Stinson passenger plane leaves Brisbane for a routine flight to Sydney, but never it arrives. Instead, its disappearance sparks one of the most extensive air searches in Australia.

May 2, 2023 • 28:35

Green Mountains Plane Crash

Green Mountains Plane Crash

19th February 1937, a Stinson passenger plane leaves Brisbane for a routine flight to Sydney, but never it arrives. Instead, its disappearance sparks one of the most extensive air searches in Australia.

May 2, 2023 • 28:35

Edie's War

Edie's War

When Penny Bristol Jones inherited a battered trunk full of family documents and memorabilia, little did she know the rich wartime history she would uncover. In amongst the bounty was a collection of diaries and letters written by Penny’s great grandmother Edie Digby, during the First World War, while her husband and two sons were away at the front.

Apr 25, 2023 • 28:35

Edie's War

Edie's War

When Penny Bristol Jones inherited a battered trunk full of family documents and memorabilia, little did she know the rich wartime history she would uncover.In amongst the bounty was a collection of diaries and letters written by Penny’s great grandmother Edie Digby, during the First World War, while her husband and two sons were away at the front.

Apr 25, 2023 • 28:35

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

It’s 6 weeks into this epic 3300-kilometre adventure, and competitors face the longest leg of the race, across the Simpson Desert and into Queensland.  The stakes are high, as they battle illness, flood, fatigue and flies, in the push towards the finish line on the Gold Coast, and call themselves the winner?

Apr 18, 2023 • 28:35

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 2)

It’s 6 weeks into this epic 3300-kilometre adventure, and competitors face the longest leg of the race, across the Simpson Desert and into Queensland.  The stakes are high, as they battle illness, flood, fatigue and flies, in the push towards the finish line on the Gold Coast, and call themselves the winner?

Apr 18, 2023 • 28:35

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

It’s April 1988, somewhere near Uluru, and the starter gun kicks off one of the strangest, most audacious events to mark Australia's bicentennial year, the Great Australian Camel Race. People came from all around the world to take part in a feat which spanned over 3000km, as camels and humans endured scorching heat, flooding rains and serious sickness that almost sent the race belly-up.

Apr 11, 2023 • 26:10

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

The Great Australian Camel Race (part 1)

It’s April 1988, somewhere near Uluru, and the starter gun kicks off one of the strangest, most audacious events to mark Australia's bicentennial year, the Great Australian Camel Race. People came from all around the world to take part in a feat which spanned over 3000km, as camels and humans endured scorching heat, flooding rains and serious sickness that almost sent the race belly-up.

Apr 11, 2023 • 26:10

The Kitchen Table - Spice

The Kitchen Table - Spice

It's time to rethink the spices in your pantry. The long trade in clove and nutmeg lead to colonisation, but long before the Europeans arrived, it helped define the language, culture, religion and geography of Indonesia.

Apr 4, 2023 • 33:20

The Kitchen Table - Spice

The Kitchen Table - Spice

It's time to rethink the spices in your pantry. The long trade in clove and nutmeg lead to colonisation, but long before the Europeans arrived, it helped define the language, culture, religion and geography of Indonesia.

Apr 4, 2023 • 33:20

The Kitchen Table - Wine

The Kitchen Table - Wine

What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented drink has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purposes.

Mar 28, 2023 • 30:00

The Kitchen Table - Wine

The Kitchen Table - Wine

What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented drink has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purposes.

Mar 28, 2023 • 30:00

The Kitchen Table - Salt

The Kitchen Table - Salt

Behind your humble shaker of table salt lies a curious and industrious history

Mar 21, 2023 • 30:00

The Kitchen Table - Salt

The Kitchen Table - Salt

Behind your humble shaker of table salt lies a curious and industrious history

Mar 21, 2023 • 30:00

The kitchen table - Tea

The kitchen table - Tea

By the turn of the twentieth century Australians were the world’s most obsessive tea drinkers. Four cups with a meal wasn’t uncommon. Where did this insatiable thirst start? and did it ever really stop? A story about Australia's tea drinking history, and the beverage that keeps us brewing

Mar 14, 2023 • 30:00

The kitchen table - Tea

The kitchen table - Tea

By the turn of the twentieth century Australians were the world’s most obsessive tea drinkers. Four cups with a meal wasn’t uncommon. Where did this insatiable thirst start? and did it ever really stop? A story about Australia's tea drinking history, and the beverage that keeps us brewing

Mar 14, 2023 • 30:00

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 2

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 2

The 1970s was a decade which saw social change, that helped foster new ideas and understandings about sex, gender and identity. And much of this change was brought about by trans activists.

Mar 7, 2023 • 28:36

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 2

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 2

The 1970s was a decade which saw social change, that helped foster new ideas and understandings about sex, gender and identity. And much of this change was brought about by trans activists.

Mar 7, 2023 • 30:00

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 1

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 1

In the last few decades, there has been a huge social transformation in the way people express and talk about gender. But right across time, and here in Australia, there’ve always been people who existed outside the binary definition of male and female.Compelling history from Australia and around the world.

Feb 28, 2023 • 30:00

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 1

Crossing Time: Australia's transgender history—part 1

In the last few decades, there has been a huge social transformation in the way people express and talk about gender. But right across time, and here in Australia, there’ve always been people who existed outside the binary definition of male and female.Compelling history from Australia and around the world.

Feb 28, 2023 • 30:00

The Making of Mardi Gras: Supernova

The Making of Mardi Gras: Supernova

In 2002, after a decade of giddy expansion, the bubble burst for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. With debts mounting and creditors circling, Mardi Gras went into voluntary administration. In the new millennium, had Mardi Gras lost its relevance?

Feb 21, 2023 • 30:00

The Making of Mardi Gras: Supernova

The Making of Mardi Gras: Supernova

In 2002, after a decade of giddy expansion, the bubble burst for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. With debts mounting and creditors circling, Mardi Gras went into voluntary administration. In the new millennium, had Mardi Gras lost its relevance?

Feb 21, 2023 • 30:00

The Making of Mardi Gras (1979 -1981)

The Making of Mardi Gras (1979 -1981)

To mark 2023 World Pride, the  origin story of Sydney Mardi Gras. How did a one-off street protest on a chilly winter's night more than 40 years ago transform into the massive annual summer celebration we now know?

Feb 14, 2023 • 30:00

The Making of Mardi Gras (1979 -1981)

The Making of Mardi Gras (1979 -1981)

To mark 2023 World Pride, the  origin story of Sydney Mardi Gras. How did a one-off street protest on a chilly winter's night more than 40 years ago transform into the massive annual summer celebration we now know?

Feb 14, 2023 • 30:00

Mrs C Private Detective

Mrs C Private Detective

A journey back to the mean streets of Brisbane in the 1920s with clever and feisty private detective – Mrs Kate Condon.

Feb 7, 2023 • 30:00

Mrs C Private Detective

Mrs C Private Detective

A journey back to the mean streets of Brisbane in the 1920s with clever and feisty private detective – Mrs Kate Condon.

Feb 7, 2023 • 30:00

Partition's children

Partition's children

When India was divided to create Pakistan more than a million people lost their lives. People who were there remember the chaos, violence and moments of kindness of Partition.

Jan 31, 2023 • 30:00

Partition's children

Partition's children

When India was divided to create Pakistan more than a million people lost their lives. People who were there remember the chaos, violence and moments of kindness of Partition.

Jan 31, 2023 • 30:00

Making Manganinnie

Making Manganinnie

The story behind the 1980 Australian film Manganinne, set during the infamous Black Line violence of colonial Tasmania, and the extraordinary Yolngu actor, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy. who plays the film's central character.

Jan 24, 2023 • 30:00

Making Manganinnie

Making Manganinnie

The story behind the 1980 Australian film Manganinne, set during the infamous Black Line violence of colonial Tasmania, and the extraordinary Yolngu actor, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy. who plays the film's central character.

Jan 24, 2023 • 30:00

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

Were you at the Wanda gig in 1982? It's forty years since Triple J hosted a free outdoor concert on Sydney's Wanda Beach, when a massive crowd turned up to see the bands whose music defined an era, and who changed the sound of Australian rock forever

Jan 17, 2023 • 30:00

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

Were you at the Wanda gig in 1982? It's forty years since Triple J hosted a free outdoor concert on Sydney's Wanda Beach, when a massive crowd turned up to see the bands whose music defined an era, and who changed the sound of Australian rock forever

Jan 17, 2023 • 30:00

Play your way to happiness

Play your way to happiness

It was the Great Depression in Australia. People dreamt of a paradise, an escape from Nowheresville. And they found it, gathering on the beaches of coastal cities and crowding halls in country towns - to play Hawaiian steel guitar.  Historian Robyn Annear discovers what drove thousands of Australians to learn this unlikely instrument?

Jan 10, 2023 • 30:00

Play your way to happiness

Play your way to happiness

It was the Great Depression in Australia. People dreamt of a paradise, an escape from Nowheresville. And they found it, gathering on the beaches of coastal cities and crowding halls in country towns - to play Hawaiian steel guitar.  Historian Robyn Annear discovers what drove thousands of Australians to learn this unlikely instrument?

Jan 10, 2023 • 30:00

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

We travel to the west coast of Tasmania, to meet the mining communities who carry on a rich cultural tradition of storytelling in poetry and song.

Jan 3, 2023 • 30:00

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

We travel to the west coast of Tasmania, to meet the mining communities who carry on a rich cultural tradition of storytelling in poetry and song.

Jan 3, 2023 • 30:00

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

The Australian instrument that shaped the sound of the 1980s and forever changed how popular music was made

Dec 27, 2022 • 30:00

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

The Australian instrument that shaped the sound of the 1980s and forever changed how popular music was made. This documentary won the 2023 Prix Italia in the Radio & Podcast Music category.

Dec 27, 2022 • 30:00

Brother artist Hosea Easton

Brother artist Hosea Easton

In 1899 two thousand people attended the funeral of an African-American banjo player in Sydney.  Who was he? How did he come to be in Australia and why was he so loved? Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe tells the story of Hosea Easton, along with the history of minstrel music and the banjo, in Australia and the United States.

Dec 20, 2022 • 30:00

Brother artist Hosea Easton

Brother artist Hosea Easton

In 1899 two thousand people attended the funeral of an African-American banjo player in Sydney.  Who was he? How did he come to be in Australia and why was he so loved? Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe tells the story of Hosea Easton, along with the history of minstrel music and the banjo, in Australia and the United States.

Dec 20, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time - The Flag

An Object in Time - The Flag

The story of one of history’s most mysterious flags - the Jolly Roger. It’s the pirate flag that defined one of the world’s greatest criminal enterprises and it helps us to understand how the high seas transformed from lawlessness to order

Dec 13, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time - The Flag

An Object in Time - The Flag

The story of one of history’s most mysterious flags - the Jolly Roger. It’s the pirate flag that defined one of the world’s greatest criminal enterprises and it helps us to understand how the high seas transformed from lawlessness to order

Dec 13, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Jewel

An Object in Time | The Jewel

The story of the  diamond so infused with underhand deeds and deadly acts that it was thought to curse any male ruler who wore it..

Dec 6, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Jewel

An Object in Time | The Jewel

The story of the  diamond so infused with underhand deeds and deadly acts that it was thought to curse any male ruler who wore it..

Dec 6, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Ball

An Object in Time | The Ball

The Carbolic Smoke Ball was touted as a miracle cure for all kinds of illnesses that were rife in the 1890s. It never actually cured anything, but what it did do was change the law forever.

Nov 29, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Ball

An Object in Time | The Ball

The Carbolic Smoke Ball was touted as a miracle cure for all kinds of illnesses that were rife in the 1890s. It never actually cured anything, but what it did do was change the law forever.

Nov 29, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Potato

An Object in Time | The Potato

The humble potato is not just a lump of carbohydrate: it tells the story of how food, so essential to life, is also central to politics. This is the story of how the potato became a weapon.

Nov 22, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Potato

An Object in Time | The Potato

The humble potato is not just a lump of carbohydrate: it tells the story of how food, so essential to life, is also central to politics. This is the story of how the potato became a weapon.

Nov 22, 2022 • 30:00

An Object in Time | The Briefcase

An Object in Time | The Briefcase

The story of briefcase that almost killed Hitler in 1944, how it was stopped only by a misplaced table leg, and the fate of the man at the heart of the assassination plot.

Nov 15, 2022 • 0:00

An Object in Time | The Briefcase

An Object in Time | The Briefcase

The story of briefcase that almost killed Hitler in 1944, how it was stopped only by a misplaced table leg, and the fate of the man at the heart of the assassination plot.

Nov 15, 2022 • 0:00

Fitzroyalty — a short history of Brunswick Street

Fitzroyalty — a short history of Brunswick Street

In the 1980s & '90s, an influx of artists and creative types changed the face of Melbourne’s Brunswick Street, in inner-city Fitzroy. What was once a humble industrial shopping strip transformed into a bustling hive of creativity, full of cafes, bars, art and music.

Nov 8, 2022 • 0:00

Fitzroyalty — a short history of Brunswick Street

Fitzroyalty — a short history of Brunswick Street

In the 1980s & '90s, an influx of artists and creative types changed the face of Melbourne’s Brunswick Street, in inner-city Fitzroy. What was once a humble industrial shopping strip transformed into a bustling hive of creativity, full of cafes, bars, art and music.

Nov 8, 2022 • 0:00

Snapshots

Snapshots

A chance discovery of a bag of old photographs leads two Asian-Australian artists, Mayu Kanamori and William Yang, to explore their histories.

Oct 30, 2022 • 30:00

Snapshots

Snapshots

A chance discovery of a bag of old photographs leads two Asian-Australian artists, Mayu Kanamori and William Yang, to explore their histories.

Oct 30, 2022 • 30:00

No way back - the coolies of Christmas Island

No way back - the coolies of Christmas Island

In the early years of the twentieth century thousands of poor Chinese workers crossed the seas to a tiny dot in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Christmas Island was rich in phosphate, and when a British owned mine company set up on the island it needed workers. They came to seek their fortune and instead struck tragedy, as most of these men would never return home to China.

Oct 25, 2022 • 30:00

No way back - the coolies of Christmas Island

No way back - the coolies of Christmas Island

In the early years of the twentieth century thousands of poor Chinese workers crossed the seas to a tiny dot in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Christmas Island was rich in phosphate, and when a British owned mine company set up on the island it needed workers. They came to seek their fortune and instead struck tragedy, as most of these men would never return home to China.

Oct 25, 2022 • 30:00

Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

In 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell with 6 convicts began an expedition south-west of Sydney into the unknown. Governor Brisbane wanted to find an inland route from Sydney all the way to Bass Strait. The country however was neither unknown nor uninhabited. Hamilton Hume's friendship with and assistance from local Aboriginal groups throughout the journey enabled the opening up of some of the most pristine land in New South Wales and Victoria

Oct 18, 2022 • 0:00

Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

Hume and Hovell and the pathfinders

In 1824 Hamilton Hume and William Hovell with 6 convicts began an expedition south-west of Sydney into the unknown. Governor Brisbane wanted to find an inland route from Sydney all the way to Bass Strait.The country however was neither unknown nor uninhabited. Hamilton Hume's friendship with and assistance from local Aboriginal groups throughout the journey enabled the opening up of some of the most pristine land in New South Wales and Victoria

Oct 18, 2022 • 0:00

Operation Copperhead or ' I was Monty's Double'

Operation Copperhead or ' I was Monty's Double'

The D-Day landings in 1944 involved a lot of planning, deception, and in one case as comedic as it was dangerous, a bloke from Perth. An outlandish wartime caper that ended up on the silver screen.

Oct 11, 2022 • 30:00

Operation Copperhead or ' I was Monty's Double'

Operation Copperhead or ' I was Monty's Double'

The D-Day landings in 1944 involved a lot of planning, deception, and in one case as comedic as it was dangerous, a bloke from Perth. An outlandish wartime caper that ended up on the silver screen.

Oct 11, 2022 • 30:00

Impostors: If it's endangered, we want it

Impostors: If it's endangered, we want it

Ecology didn’t exist in the nineteenth century. So, when, where, and how did it first begin in Australia?

Oct 4, 2022 • 0:00

Impostors: If it's endangered, we want it

Impostors: If it's endangered, we want it

Ecology didn’t exist in the nineteenth century. So, when, where, and how did it first begin in Australia?

Oct 4, 2022 • 0:00

Impostors: If it lives, we want it

Impostors: If it lives, we want it

In the 1860s, a group of well-intentioned settlers introduced animals from overseas, hoping they would thrive in Australia. Many did. Too many.

Sep 27, 2022 • 28:42

Impostors: If it lives, we want it

Impostors: If it lives, we want it

In the 1860s, a group of well-intentioned settlers introduced animals from overseas, hoping they would thrive in Australia. Many did. Too many.

Sep 27, 2022 • 28:42

Play your way to happiness

Play your way to happiness

It was the Great Depression in Australia. People dreamt of a paradise, an escape from Nowheresville. And they found it, gathering on the beaches of coastal cities and crowding halls in country towns - to play Hawaiian steel guitar.  Historian Robyn Annear discovers what drove thousands of Australians to learn this unlikely instrument?

Sep 20, 2022 • 0:00

Play your way to happiness

Play your way to happiness

It was the Great Depression in Australia. People dreamt of a paradise, an escape from Nowheresville. And they found it, gathering on the beaches of coastal cities and crowding halls in country towns - to play Hawaiian steel guitar.  Historian Robyn Annear discovers what drove thousands of Australians to learn this unlikely instrument?

Sep 20, 2022 • 0:00

The Confidence Men

The Confidence Men

What if the only tool you had to escape from a WWI Turkish prison camp was a homemade Ouija board?

Sep 13, 2022 • 0:00

The Confidence Men

The Confidence Men

What if the only tool you had to escape from a WWI Turkish prison camp was a homemade Ouija board?

Sep 13, 2022 • 0:00

Queen Elizabeth II and Australians

Queen Elizabeth II and Australians

Daniel Browning presents this special tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, looking at the relationship she had with Australians; from the adoration she was shown in the 1954 tour to her extensive Aboriginal art collection and the way so many Australian women saw her as a role model. Guests: Jane Connors, Historian. Juliet Rieden, Editor-at-large of The Australian Women's Weekly

Sep 9, 2022 • 32:00

Queen Elizabeth II and Australians

Queen Elizabeth II and Australians

Daniel Browning presents this special tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, looking at the relationship she had with Australians; from the adoration she was shown in the 1954 tour to her extensive Aboriginal art collection and the way so many Australian women saw her as a role model.Guests: Jane Connors, Historian. Juliet Rieden, Editor-at-large of The Australian Women's Weekly

Sep 9, 2022 • 32:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 3 | Miyakatsu Koike

The Loveday Trilogy Part 3 | Miyakatsu Koike

The story of a stoic, humane and wise man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Sep 6, 2022 • 0:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 3 | Miyakatsu Koike

The Loveday Trilogy Part 3 | Miyakatsu Koike

The story of a stoic, humane and wise man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Sep 6, 2022 • 0:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 2 | Francesco Fantin

The Loveday Trilogy Part 2 | Francesco Fantin

The tragic tale of a man sent to a detention camp where he was surrounded by his political enemies.

Aug 30, 2022 • 0:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 2 | Francesco Fantin

The Loveday Trilogy Part 2 | Francesco Fantin

The tragic tale of a man sent to a detention camp where he was surrounded by his political enemies.

Aug 30, 2022 • 0:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 1 | Oskar Speck

The Loveday Trilogy Part 1 | Oskar Speck

The story of one man's mind-bendingly long kayak journey that lead to an Australian Detention camp in World War 2.

Aug 23, 2022 • 0:00

The Loveday Trilogy Part 1 | Oskar Speck

The Loveday Trilogy Part 1 | Oskar Speck

The story of one man's mind-bendingly long kayak journey that lead to an Australian Detention camp in World War 2.

Aug 23, 2022 • 0:00

Maiden's Eucalypts

Maiden's Eucalypts

This story is set on Worimi and Biripi country in the year 1894 The avid colonial botanist Joseph Maiden is making a trip through the forests around the NSW towns of Stroud and Gloucester, recording every tree, leaf, and plant he encounters in meticulous detail in his journal. 130 years later historian Jodi Frawley re-traces Maiden's journey, using his original records as a guide.

Aug 16, 2022 • 0:00

Maiden's Eucalypts

Maiden's Eucalypts

This story is set on Worimi and Biripi country in the year 1894 The avid colonial botanist Joseph Maiden is making a trip through the forests around the NSW towns of Stroud and Gloucester, recording every tree, leaf, and plant he encounters in meticulous detail in his journal. 130 years later historian Jodi Frawley re-traces Maiden's journey, using his original records as a guide.

Aug 16, 2022 • 0:00

Maiden's Eucalypts

Maiden's Eucalypts

This story is set on Worimi and Biripi country in the year 1894 The avid colonial botanist Joseph Maiden is making a trip through the forests around the NSW towns of Stroud and Gloucester, recording every tree, leaf, and plant he encounters in meticulous detail in his journal. 130 years later historian Jodi Frawley re-traces Maiden's journey, using his original records as a guide.

Aug 16, 2022 • 0:00

Inexpressible Island

Inexpressible Island

The little known story of perhaps the greatest endurance feat in Antarctic history. The survival of Robert Falcon Scott's Northern Party in the winter of 1912.

Aug 9, 2022 • 28:20

Inexpressible Island

Inexpressible Island

The little known story of perhaps the greatest endurance feat in Antarctic history. The survival of Robert Falcon Scott's Northern Party in the winter of 1912.

Aug 9, 2022 • 28:20

The man with the wooden shotgun

The man with the wooden shotgun

Britta Jorgensen grew up hearing many tales about her great Uncle Keith Byson, whose life sounded like something out of a children's story book - that he was a hermit who lived in a shack on a deserted island in the Great Barrier Reef, warding off strangers with a wooden shotgun, and who got around in his underwear. Years after his death Britta heads to her uncle's island home, to try and sort out the truth from the tall tales

Aug 2, 2022 • 26:13

The man with the wooden shotgun

The man with the wooden shotgun

Britta Jorgensen grew up hearing many tales about her great Uncle Keith Byson, whose life sounded like something out of a children's story book - that he was a hermit who lived in a shack on a deserted island in the Great Barrier Reef, warding off strangers with a wooden shotgun, and who got around in his underwear. Years after his death Britta heads to her uncle's island home, to try and sort out the truth from the tall tales

Aug 2, 2022 • 26:13

Finding Harry Valentine

Finding Harry Valentine

Hidden family truths are discovered as two sisters follow the trail of their late fathers' secret life.

Jul 26, 2022 • 28:35

Finding Harry Valentine

Finding Harry Valentine

Hidden family truths are discovered as two sisters follow the trail of their late fathers' secret life.

Jul 26, 2022 • 28:35

First port of asylum

First port of asylum

On the night Dai Le was elected to Federal Parliament as an Independent she was remembering being a frightened 10 years old, out in the open sea, escaping Vietnam in a boat.  For The History Listen Dai returns to the place she first landed, Hong Kong, looking for traces of the refugee camp where she lived, worked in factories and like so many thousands, waited for a visa to The West.

Jul 19, 2022 • 28:35

First port of asylum

First port of asylum

On the night Dai Le was elected to Federal Parliament as an Independent she was remembering being a frightened 10 years old, out in the open sea, escaping Vietnam in a boat.  For The History Listen Dai returns to the place she first landed, Hong Kong, looking for traces of the refugee camp where she lived, worked in factories and like so many thousands, waited for a visa to The West.

Jul 19, 2022 • 28:35

Fanny Smith: Icon

Fanny Smith: Icon

In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world that she was The Last Tasmanian. Far from ‘extinct’, she was a proud Aboriginal woman raising her eleven children and publicly singing and speaking her Pakana language. This is her extraordinary story.

Jul 12, 2022 • 28:35

Fanny Smith: Icon

Fanny Smith: Icon

In 1899, twenty-three years after her people were declared ‘extinct’, Fanny Smith made a revolutionary recording where she announced to the world that she was The Last Tasmanian. Far from ‘extinct’, she was a proud Aboriginal woman raising her eleven children and publicly singing and speaking her Pakana language. This is her extraordinary story.

Jul 12, 2022 • 28:35

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson Green's WW2 story

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson Green's WW2 story

A story of swagger, bravery, skill and ultimately, friendship, set on the frontline of war

Jul 5, 2022 • 28:35

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson Green's WW2 story

The Friendship Spitfire: Jack Dawson Green's WW2 story

A story of swagger, bravery, skill and ultimately, friendship, set on the frontline of war

Jul 5, 2022 • 28:35

Acting on a High Wire - a short history of television drama

Acting on a High Wire - a short history of television drama

From the very first night that ABC television beamed into loungerooms around Australia, it offered audiences live drama, initially plays and then serials. The story of the generation of pioneers who helped to create a new art form, shake off the cultural shackles of England, and pave the way for the Australian television which went on to conquer the world.

Jun 28, 2022 • 28:38

Acting on a High Wire - a short history of television drama

Acting on a High Wire - a short history of television drama

From the very first night that ABC television beamed into loungerooms around Australia, it offered audiences live drama, initially plays and then serials. The story of the generation of pioneers who helped to create a new art form, shake off the cultural shackles of England, and pave the way for the Australian television which went on to conquer the world.

Jun 28, 2022 • 28:38

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

In the summer of 1978, Australian narcotics agents intercepted a campervan being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. What they discovered inside the van turned out to be the largest haul of an illicit substance, black hashish, to land on Australian soil at the time. The campervan belonged to two elderly American women tourists, whose overseas holiday odyssey quickly spiralled into a hellish nightmare.

Jun 21, 2022 • 28:35

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

In the summer of 1978, Australian narcotics agents intercepted a campervan being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. What they discovered inside the van turned out to be the largest haul of an illicit substance, black hashish, to land on Australian soil at the time. The campervan belonged to two elderly American women tourists, whose overseas holiday odyssey quickly spiralled into a hellish nightmare.

Jun 21, 2022 • 28:35

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 2

In the summer of 1978, Australian narcotics agents intercepted a campervan being unloaded on the Melbourne docks. What they discovered inside the van turned out to be the largest haul of an illicit substance, black hashish, to land on Australian soil at the time. The campervan belonged to two elderly American women tourists, whose overseas holiday odyssey quickly spiralled into a hellish nightmare.

Jun 21, 2022 • 28:35

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were these women truly drug smugglers or naive puppets in an elaborate plot masterminded by someone else?

Jun 14, 2022 • 28:37

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

Too Old To Run - the Drug Grannies ep 1

In the summer of 1978, narcotics agents discovered the largest ever haul of illicit drugs to land in Australia, stashed inside a campervan belonging to two elderly American women tourists. But were these women truly drug smugglers or naive puppets in an elaborate plot masterminded by someone else?

Jun 14, 2022 • 28:37

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

Were you at the Wanda gig in 1982? It's forty years since Triple J hosted a free outdoor concert on Sydney's Wanda Beach, where a massive crowd turned up to see the bands whose music defined an era, and who changed the sound of Australian rock forever

Jun 7, 2022 • 29:04

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

A Day at the Beach - Wanda 1982

Were you at the Wanda gig in 1982? It's forty years since Triple J hosted a free outdoor concert on Sydney's Wanda Beach, where a massive crowd turned up to see the bands whose music defined an era, and who changed the sound of Australian rock forever

Jun 7, 2022 • 29:04

Rottnest Island: White playground

Rottnest Island: White playground

How did the largest deaths in custody site in Australia become a tourist mecca?

May 31, 2022 • 28:48

Rottnest Island: White playground

Rottnest Island: White playground

How did the largest deaths in custody site in Australia become a tourist mecca?

May 31, 2022 • 28:48

Rottnest Island: Black prison

Rottnest Island: Black prison

The dark history of Western Australia’s idyllic holiday playground.

May 24, 2022 • 28:35

Rottnest Island: Black prison

Rottnest Island: Black prison

The dark history of Western Australia’s idyllic holiday playground.

May 24, 2022 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

In 1979 a man named Vico Virkez gave a surprise tip off that would lead to one of the longest criminal trials, and some say, the greatest miscarriage of justice, in Australian history.

May 17, 2022 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

In 1979 a man named Vico Virkez gave a surprise tip off that would lead to one of the longest criminal trials, and some say, the greatest miscarriage of justice, in Australian history.

May 17, 2022 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six  - part one

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part one

The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed. 40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

May 10, 2022 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six  - part one

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part one

The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed.40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

May 10, 2022 • 28:35

Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine

Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine

Diaries from two voyages to Sydney aboard the famous Scottish clipper, Samuel Plimsoll.It was a perilous time to be at sea. Disease and fever spread through the ship.Both journeys ended prematurely at Sydney's North Head quarantine station.

May 3, 2022 • 28:35

Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine

Samuel Plimsoll sails to quarantine

Diaries from two voyages to Sydney aboard the famous Scottish clipper, Samuel Plimsoll. It was a perilous time to be at sea. Disease and fever spread through the ship. Both journeys ended prematurely at Sydney's North Head quarantine station.

May 3, 2022 • 28:35

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

The Australian instrument that shaped the sound of the 1980s and forever changed how popular music was made

Apr 26, 2022 • 31:39

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

Fairlight CMI - the sound you've never heard of

The Australian instrument that shaped the sound of the 1980s and forever changed how popular music was made

Apr 26, 2022 • 31:39

Sister Edith Blake WW I

Sister Edith Blake WW I

Sister Edith Blake’s gripping story, from her training in Sydney to nursing Australian soldiers in Gallipoli, to her tragic death in English waters where Germany had promised the safe passage of hospital ships.

Apr 19, 2022 • 36:06

Sister Edith Blake WW I

Sister Edith Blake WW I

Sister Edith Blake’s gripping story, from her training in Sydney to nursing Australian soldiers in Gallipoli, to her tragic death in English waters where Germany had promised the safe passage of hospital ships.

Apr 19, 2022 • 36:06

Buried Treasure - the story of Lake Pedder

Buried Treasure - the story of Lake Pedder

Lake Pedder, in Tasmania’s vast south-west region, was known for its pink quartzite beach, its pristine waters, and its rugged beauty. 50 years ago, it became the site for one of the fiercest conservation battles ever seen in Australia

Apr 12, 2022 • 28:35

Buried Treasure - the story of Lake Pedder

Buried Treasure - the story of Lake Pedder

Lake Pedder, in Tasmania’s vast south-west region, was known for its pink quartzite beach, its pristine waters, and its rugged beauty. 50 years ago, it became the site for one of the fiercest conservation battles ever seen in Australia

Apr 12, 2022 • 28:35

The Benalla Experiment

The Benalla Experiment

Australia's least remembered migrant camp for 'unsupported' mothers.

Apr 5, 2022 • 28:35

The Benalla Experiment

The Benalla Experiment

Australia's least remembered migrant camp for 'unsupported' mothers.

Apr 5, 2022 • 28:35

The job with the best view in the world

The job with the best view in the world

Working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge isn't for the fainthearted.  Angela Heathcote’s dad Kelly told her adventurous tales of working up high on the famous arches. Years after his passing she meets more of the men and women who brave; the elements, the larrikinism, the fireworks and the brushes with death to maintain this Sydney icon.

Mar 29, 2022 • 34:02

The job with the best view in the world

The job with the best view in the world

Working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge isn't for the fainthearted.  Angela Heathcote’s dad Kelly told her adventurous tales of working up high on the famous arches. Years after his passing she meets more of the men and women who brave; the elements, the larrikinism, the fireworks and the brushes with death to maintain this Sydney icon.

Mar 29, 2022 • 34:02

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

In 1904, William Ah Ket became Australia’s first Chinese barrister. He went on to fight racist laws and social prejudice in and out of court.

Mar 22, 2022 • 34:27

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

In 1904, William Ah Ket became Australia’s first Chinese barrister. He went on to fight racist laws and social prejudice in and out of court.

Mar 22, 2022 • 34:27

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

In 1904, William Ah Ket became Australia’s first Chinese barrister. He went on to fight racist laws and social prejudice in and out of court.

Mar 22, 2022 • 34:27

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story tells of a life that was lost and found; a life that spanned the entire 19th century and bore witness to the colonisation of Australia. It is also a story of love, loss and one woman’s tenacity to die on the land on which she was born.

Mar 15, 2022 • 28:35

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story tells of a life that was lost and found; a life that spanned the entire 19th century and bore witness to the colonisation of Australia. It is also a story of love, loss and one woman’s tenacity to die on the land on which she was born.

Mar 15, 2022 • 28:35

Steely women

Steely women

Forty years ago Australian women weren't fighting for equal pay, they were fighting for an equal right to work. This is the story of our nation's largest class action claim, instigated by a group of blue-collar women against the company known as The Big Australian.

Mar 8, 2022 • 28:35

Steely women

Steely women

Forty years ago Australian women weren't fighting for equal pay, they were fighting for an equal right to work. This is the story of our nation's largest class action claim, instigated by a group of blue-collar women against the company known as The Big Australian.

Mar 8, 2022 • 28:35

The bay leaves of West Terrace cemetery

The bay leaves of West Terrace cemetery

The uplifting story of the Baby Memorial at Adelaide's West Terrace cemetery.

Mar 1, 2022 • 33:21

The bay leaves of West Terrace cemetery

The bay leaves of West Terrace cemetery

The uplifting story of the Baby Memorial at Adelaide's West Terrace cemetery.

Mar 1, 2022 • 33:21

Only Joking

Only Joking

Comedian David Rose digs into the archives and discovers a very personal story: about a life lived on stage, the parallels of history, and a surprising family legacy which dates all the way back to the music hall era

Feb 22, 2022 • 28:35

Only Joking

Only Joking

Comedian David Rose digs into the archives and discovers a very personal story: about a life lived on stage, the parallels of history, and a surprising family legacy which dates all the way back to the music hall era

Feb 22, 2022 • 28:35

Fight for the Forest

Fight for the Forest

In an unprecedented political move, the Western Australian state government will end logging of native forest. Meet the people who have dedicated their lives to saving these incredible forests.

Feb 15, 2022 • 28:35

Fight for the Forest

Fight for the Forest

In an unprecedented political move, the Western Australian state government will end logging of native forest. Meet the people who have dedicated their lives to saving these incredible forests.

Feb 15, 2022 • 28:35

Mrs C private detective

Mrs C private detective

A journey back to the mean streets of Brisbane in the 1920’s with feisty private detective – Mrs Kate Condon.

Feb 8, 2022 • 27:35

Mrs C private detective

Mrs C private detective

A journey back to the mean streets of Brisbane in the 1920’s with feisty private detective – Mrs Kate Condon.

Feb 8, 2022 • 27:35

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 2

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 2

The continuation of the amazing story of the first woman to sail around the world.

Feb 1, 2022 • 30:34

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 2

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 2

The continuation of the amazing story of the first woman to sail around the world.

Feb 1, 2022 • 30:34

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 1

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 1

The amazing story of the first woman to sail around the world.

Jan 25, 2022 • 30:14

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 1

The lost journal of Jeanne Barret: Part 1

The amazing story of the first woman to sail around the world.

Jan 25, 2022 • 30:14

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner tells the tale of two men from the opposite ends of Adelaide society at the turn of the twentieth century. The fates of fringe-dweller Tommy Walker and State Coroner William Ramsay Smith entwined and ultimately exposed what was really going on in the mortuaries, gaols, medical schools and graveyards of South Australia at that time.

Jan 18, 2022 • 28:36

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner tells the tale of two men from the opposite ends of Adelaide society at the turn of the twentieth century. The fates of fringe-dweller Tommy Walker and State Coroner William Ramsay Smith entwined and ultimately exposed what was really going on in the mortuaries, gaols, medical schools and graveyards of South Australia at that time.

Jan 18, 2022 • 28:36

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

In the early 1950s Adelaide housewife Anne Neill made a life-changing decision: she joined the Communist Party of Australia, and ended up travelling behind the Iron Curtain and befriending KGB spy Vladimir Petrov. But what did this extraordinary woman truly believe in?

Jan 11, 2022 • 28:36

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

In the early 1950s Adelaide housewife Anne Neill made a life-changing decision: she joined the Communist Party of Australia, and ended up travelling behind the Iron Curtain and befriending KGB spy Vladimir Petrov. But what did this extraordinary woman truly believe in?

Jan 11, 2022 • 28:36

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Jan 4, 2022 • 28:36

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Jan 4, 2022 • 28:36

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

Dec 28, 2021 • 28:36

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

Dec 28, 2021 • 28:36

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

Dec 21, 2021 • 28:36

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

Dec 21, 2021 • 28:36

Finding Eve Langley, writing a life

Finding Eve Langley, writing a life

Where does the life of Australian poet and writer Eve Langley end and her fiction begin?

Dec 14, 2021 • 34:55

Finding Eve Langley, writing a life

Finding Eve Langley, writing a life

Where does the life of Australian poet and writer Eve Langley end and her fiction begin?

Dec 14, 2021 • 34:55

Commemorating James Stirling?

Commemorating James Stirling?

The statue of Western Australia's first governor, Captain James Stirling, in central Perth is hard to miss; there's also a mountain range, a suburban municipality and even a school named after him. But as the state looks towards its bicentenary in 2029, new questions are being asked about James Stirling, including his involvement in frontier violence and in the British slave trade. How should he be remembered?

Dec 7, 2021 • 29:21

Commemorating James Stirling?

Commemorating James Stirling?

The statue of Western Australia's first governor, Captain James Stirling, in central Perth is hard to miss; there's also a mountain range, a suburban municipality and even a school named after him. But as the state looks towards its bicentenary in 2029, new questions are being asked about James Stirling, including his involvement in frontier violence and in the British slave trade. How should he be remembered?

Dec 7, 2021 • 29:21

Caribbean Convicts in Australia

Caribbean Convicts in Australia

In 1836, the convict ship the Moffatt left Portsmouth harbour in England to travel halfway around the world to the colony of NSW. On board were eighteen convicts from the West Indies, including former slaves William Buchanan and Richard Holt. Jamaica born, Sydney based author Sienna Brown goes on a deep dive into the archives to uncover the little known history of these men, and their lives in Australia.

Nov 30, 2021 • 28:35

Caribbean Convicts in Australia

Caribbean Convicts in Australia

In 1836, the convict ship the Moffatt left Portsmouth harbour in England to travel halfway around the world to the colony of NSW. On board were eighteen convicts from the West Indies, including former slaves William Buchanan and Richard Holt.Jamaica born, Sydney based author Sienna Brown goes on a deep dive into the archives to uncover the little known history of these men, and their lives in Australia.

Nov 30, 2021 • 28:35

Respect! - the 1986 Nurses Strike

Respect! - the 1986 Nurses Strike

In the lead up to Christmas 1986, a battle was fought on the streets, in the hospital wards, and on the tram lines around Melbourne. Nurses, trained to care for the sick with no complaint or question, had had enough. Tired of overcrowded wards, poor pay and lack of career opportunity, they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Nov 23, 2021 • 28:35

Respect! - the 1986 Nurses Strike

Respect! - the 1986 Nurses Strike

In the lead up to Christmas 1986, a battle was fought on the streets, in the hospital wards, and on the tram lines around Melbourne. Nurses, trained to care for the sick with no complaint or question, had had enough. Tired of overcrowded wards, poor pay and lack of career opportunity, they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Nov 23, 2021 • 28:35

150 years at the Art Gallery of NSW

150 years at the Art Gallery of NSW

For most of its life, the Art Gallery of NSW was dank and dingy. In the 1970s, there was no air conditioning or electric lights in its exhibition spaces. A short history of this institutions' amazing transformation.

Nov 16, 2021 • 28:35

150 years at the Art Gallery of NSW

150 years at the Art Gallery of NSW

For most of its life, the Art Gallery of NSW was dank and dingy. In the 1970s, there was no air conditioning or electric lights in its exhibition spaces. A short history of this institutions' amazing transformation.

Nov 16, 2021 • 28:35

Resonate

Resonate

Nazi collaborator is a label that still resonates in Belgium 75 years after the end of the Second World War.  Peter Lenaerts grew up listening to his grandmother’s stories, about her brother Paul and how, one night in September 1944, he was dragged out of bed and nearly killed by an angry mob, about her brother Bert, who volunteered and fought in the horrors of the Eastern Front.  Peter’s intrigued and goes digging in the archives to understand why his family took one side in the war and what ha

Nov 9, 2021 • 29:12

Resonate

Resonate

Nazi collaborator is a label that still resonates in Belgium 75 years after the end of the Second World War.  Peter Lenaerts grew up listening to his grandmother’s stories, about her brother Paul and how, one night in September 1944, he was dragged out of bed and nearly killed by an angry mob, about her brother Bert, who volunteered and fought in the horrors of the Eastern Front.  Peter’s intrigued and goes digging in the archives to understand why his family took one side in t

Nov 9, 2021 • 29:12

Brother artist Hosea Easton

Brother artist Hosea Easton

In 1899 two thousand people attended the funeral of an African-American banjo player in Sydney.  Who was he? How did he come to be in Australia and why was he so loved? Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe tells the story of Hosea Easton, along with the history of minstrel music and the banjo, in Australia and the United States.

Nov 2, 2021 • 36:48

Brother artist Hosea Easton

Brother artist Hosea Easton

In 1899 two thousand people attended the funeral of an African-American banjo player in Sydney.  Who was he? How did he come to be in Australia and why was he so loved? Stéphanie Kabanyana Kanyandekwe tells the story of Hosea Easton, along with the history of minstrel music and the banjo, in Australia and the United States.

Nov 2, 2021 • 36:48

Henson Park: the eighth wonder

Henson Park: the eighth wonder

History, tragedy, and triumph. Marrickville’s Henson Park is an icon of Sydney's inner west. But before the unshakable Newtown Jets footy fans called it home, the community oval was a giant hole in the ground supplying Sydney's building boom.When at least nine children drowned at the site, council took charge and began to dream big. It paid off for them when their hidden suburban park wound up on the world stage.

Oct 26, 2021 • 28:35

Henson Park: the eighth wonder

Henson Park: the eighth wonder

History, tragedy, and triumph. Marrickville’s Henson Park is an icon of Sydney's inner west. But before the unshakable Newtown Jets footy fans called it home, the community oval was a giant hole in the ground supplying Sydney's building boom. When at least nine children drowned at the site, council took charge and began to dream big. It paid off for them when their hidden suburban park wound up on the world stage.

Oct 26, 2021 • 28:35

May Wirth: bareback riding queen

May Wirth: bareback riding queen

'I can do things no woman ever did before in the history of the circus business.' May Wirth

Oct 19, 2021 • 28:35

May Wirth: bareback riding queen

May Wirth: bareback riding queen

'I can do things no woman ever did before in the history of the circus business.' May Wirth

Oct 19, 2021 • 28:35

Pentridge prison: a violent past and complicated present

Pentridge prison: a violent past and complicated present

There's a brutal history behind the imposing walls of Melbourne's Pentridge prison, stretching from 1851 right up until its closure in 1997. Today there's a playground, supermarket, cinema and apartments on site – but not everyone's happy about it. Those who know Pentridge best offer their answers to a difficult question: how should you treat a site with such a violent past?

Oct 12, 2021 • 28:36

Pentridge prison: a violent past and complicated present

Pentridge prison: a violent past and complicated present

There's a brutal history behind the imposing walls of Melbourne's Pentridge prison, stretching from 1851 right up until its closure in 1997. Today there's a playground, supermarket, cinema and apartments on site – but not everyone's happy about it. Those who know Pentridge best offer their answers to a difficult question: how should you treat a site with such a violent past?

Oct 12, 2021 • 28:36

The illusory life of magician Esme Levante

The illusory life of magician Esme Levante

Underwater escapes, padlocked trunks and a magic trick featuring a wallaby called JoJo - the story of Esme Levante has it all. Yet for decades the life of this remarkable woman has been overshadowed by her more famous father, the Great Levante, one of Australia’s greatest magicians. So, who was Esme Levante, “the most daring girl in the world”?

Oct 5, 2021 • 28:37

Ray Denning part 2: stitch up

Ray Denning part 2: stitch up

With nothing to lose, Raymond Denning escapes Grafton prison in a rubbish bin.He has help from prisoner rights groups and an agenda to raise awareness about police corruption.The man-hunt for Denning turns farcical when he uses the media to make the police look foolish.

Sep 28, 2021 • 34:18

Ray Denning part 2: stitch up

Ray Denning part 2: stitch up

With nothing to lose, Raymond Denning escapes Grafton prison in a rubbish bin. He has help from prisoner rights groups and an agenda to raise awareness about police corruption. The man-hunt for Denning turns farcical when he uses the media to make the police look foolish.

Sep 28, 2021 • 34:18

Ray Denning part 1: breaking out

Ray Denning part 1: breaking out

The story of one of Australia's most misunderstood criminals.After a traumatic childhood, Raymond Denning jumps from juvenile detention to jail.When an escape attempt goes wrong, a prison warder is critically injured and the finger is pointed at Denning.As his treatment within the correctional system deteriorates Denning begins to find his voice.

Sep 21, 2021 • 28:26

Ray Denning part 1: breaking out

Ray Denning part 1: breaking out

The story of one of Australia's most misunderstood criminals. After a traumatic childhood, Raymond Denning jumps from juvenile detention to jail. When an escape attempt goes wrong, a prison warder is critically injured and the finger is pointed at Denning. As his treatment within the correctional system deteriorates Denning begins to find his voice.

Sep 21, 2021 • 28:26

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 2

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 2

Have writers been imprisoned in Australia for their work?  Most definitely and PEN has worked to have them freed.  In this history of PEN in Australia Arnold Zable tells the story of Cheikh Kone, a journalist from the Ivory Coast who was detained in Port Hedland and writer Behrouz Boochani detained on Manus Island. As well as the letters members of PEN have written to imprisoned writers around the world, like those in Myanmar, to tell them that they are not alone.I am a strange

Sep 14, 2021 • 28:35

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 2

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 2

Have writers been imprisoned in Australia for their work?  Most definitely and PEN has worked to have them freed.  In this history of PEN in Australia Arnold Zable tells the story of Cheikh Kone, a journalist from the Ivory Coast who was detained in Port Hedland and writer Behrouz Boochani detained on Manus Island. As well as the letters members of PEN have written to imprisoned writers around the world, like those in Myanmar, to tell them that they are not alone. I am a stranger to you but plea

Sep 14, 2021 • 28:35

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 1

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 1

Writers go to prison for the courageous pursuit of their craft and PEN has been working to get them out.  Melbourne writer Arnold Zable tells the story of PEN International - from its creation out of the scars of World War 1 to bring societies together through their literature, to its growing human rights work across the globe, protecting freedom of speech and supporting imprisoned writers. If you don’t know the truth you can’t act – Jennifer Clements - President of PEN Interna

Sep 7, 2021 • 28:35

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 1

You are not alone: 100 years of PEN International Part 1

Writers go to prison for the courageous pursuit of their craft and PEN has been working to get them out.  Melbourne writer Arnold Zable tells the story of PEN International - from its creation out of the scars of World War 1 to bring societies together through their literature, to its growing human rights work across the globe, protecting freedom of speech and supporting imprisoned writers. If you don’t know the truth you can’t act – Jennifer Clements - President of PEN International

Sep 7, 2021 • 28:35

The curious geologist

The curious geologist

How a South Australian geologist named Reg Sprigg helped solve Charles Darwin's dilemma

Aug 31, 2021 • 30:09

The curious geologist

The curious geologist

How a South Australian geologist named Reg Sprigg helped solve Charles Darwin's dilemma

Aug 31, 2021 • 30:09

Seachange: 20 years on from the Tampa Affair

Seachange: 20 years on from the Tampa Affair

When a Norwegian container ship - the MV Tampa – rescued 438 asylum seekers from a sinking boat on August 26, 2001 who was to know the political fallout it would leave in its wake?

Aug 24, 2021 • 53:30

Seachange: 20 years on from the Tampa Affair

Seachange: 20 years on from the Tampa Affair

When a Norwegian container ship - the MV Tampa – rescued 438 asylum seekers from a sinking boat on August 26, 2001 who was to know the political fallout it would leave in its wake?

Aug 24, 2021 • 53:30

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

We travel to the west coast of Tasmania, to meet the mining communities who carry on a rich cultural tradition of storytelling in poetry and song.

Aug 17, 2021 • 28:35

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

Miner Poets - songs and verse from the west coast of Tasmania

We travel to the west coast of Tasmania, to meet the mining communities who carry on a rich cultural tradition of storytelling in poetry and song.

Aug 17, 2021 • 28:35

Stories from the Archibald

Stories from the Archibald

On the 100th anniversary of Sydney's Archibald portrait prize, artist Wendy Sharpe takes a look at some its most controversial moments.

Aug 10, 2021 • 28:35

Stories from the Archibald

Stories from the Archibald

On the 100th anniversary of Sydney's Archibald portrait prize, artist Wendy Sharpe takes a look at some its most controversial moments.

Aug 10, 2021 • 28:35

Stories from the Archibald

Stories from the Archibald

On the 100th anniversary of Sydney's Archibald portrait prize, artist Wendy Sharpe takes a look at some its most controversial moments.

Aug 10, 2021 • 28:35

Alone with J.S. Bach

Alone with J.S. Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. These pieces are spiritual, virtuosic, joyful - and enigmatic.

Aug 3, 2021 • 31:41

Alone with J.S. Bach

Alone with J.S. Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. These pieces are spiritual, virtuosic, joyful - and enigmatic.

Aug 3, 2021 • 31:41

Whitlam's China chance: the origins of the Australia-China relationship

Whitlam's China chance: the origins of the Australia-China relationship

In the Cold War winter of July 1971 ALP leader Gough Whitlam made an audacious trip to Beijing. This is the story of the events, 50 years ago, that turned Australia towards communist China.

Jul 27, 2021 • 32:47

Whitlam's China chance: the origins of the Australia-China relationship

Whitlam's China chance: the origins of the Australia-China relationship

In the Cold War winter of July 1971 ALP leader Gough Whitlam made an audacious trip to Beijing. This is the story of the events, 50 years ago, that turned Australia towards communist China.

Jul 27, 2021 • 32:47

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia

Early in 2020, a vegetarian version of the iconic Four’N Twenty meat pie hit service stations around the country. For lifelong vego Carly Godden, this re-imagining of an Aussie classic was a sign - vegetarianism had finally gone mainstream.

Jul 20, 2021 • 29:57

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia

Those Bloody Vegos - a short history of vegetarianism in Australia

Early in 2020, a vegetarian version of the iconic Four’N Twenty meat pie hit service stations around the country. For lifelong vego Carly Godden, this re-imagining of an Aussie classic was a sign - vegetarianism had finally gone mainstream.

Jul 20, 2021 • 29:57

Escape from Greece 1941

Escape from Greece 1941

One soldier's incredible World War II escape story through southern Europe. Why haven't Australian's heard more about the heroic ANZAC campaign in Greece?ON the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tempe Gorge, the story is revealed.

Jul 13, 2021 • 28:35

Escape from Greece 1941

Escape from Greece 1941

One soldier's incredible World War II escape story through southern Europe. Why haven't Australian's heard more about the heroic ANZAC campaign in Greece? ON the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Tempe Gorge, the story is revealed.

Jul 13, 2021 • 28:35

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Jul 6, 2021 • 30:54

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Yarramundi and the people of Dyarubbin

Dyarubbin, the mighty Hawkesbury River, winds its way along the foot of the Blue Mountains, around the north western rim of Sydney’s Cumberland Plain. Settlement along the river, like much of Australia’s history, has been told from a colonial perspective. We hear from Darug knowledge holders about their long and enduring relationship with this country, and the river they know as Dyarubbin

Jul 6, 2021 • 30:54

How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia

How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia

Martin Orne was one of the leading psychologists of the 20th century, his specialty was the science of hypnosis. In the 1960s, his scientific method brought him to the University of Sydney, and it's world respected psychology faculty. Unbeknownst to his Australian researchers, however, Professor Orne was being secretly funded by the CIA, in their Cold War quest to control the human mind.

Jun 29, 2021 • 28:35

How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia

How hypnosis brought the CIA to Australia

Martin Orne was one of the leading psychologists of the 20th century, his specialty was the science of hypnosis. In the 1960s, his scientific method brought him to the University of Sydney, and it's world respected psychology faculty. Unbeknownst to his Australian researchers, however, Professor Orne was being secretly funded by the CIA, in their Cold War quest to control the human mind.

Jun 29, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Whip

An Object in Time - The Whip

The whip played a central role in the development of Australia. What can it tell us about our society today?

Jun 22, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Whip

An Object in Time - The Whip

The whip played a central role in the development of Australia. What can it tell us about our society today?

Jun 22, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Whip

An Object in Time - The Whip

The whip played a central role in the development of Australia. What can it tell us about our society today?

Jun 22, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

The refreshing beverage that revolutionised the law.

Jun 15, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

The refreshing beverage that revolutionised the law.

Jun 15, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

An Object in Time - The Ginger Beer

The refreshing beverage that revolutionised the law.

Jun 15, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An envelope is a humdrum communications device – except when it’s full of misinformation, tucked into the pocket of a dead man, and dropped by a submarine off the coast of wartime Spain.

Jun 8, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An envelope is a humdrum communications device – except when it’s full of misinformation, tucked into the pocket of a dead man, and dropped by a submarine off the coast of wartime Spain.

Jun 8, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An Object in Time - The Envelope

An envelope is a humdrum communications device – except when it’s full of misinformation, tucked into the pocket of a dead man, and dropped by a submarine off the coast of wartime Spain.

Jun 8, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea

An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea

The story of how the humble cup of tea came to represent a ruthless British Empire.

Jun 1, 2021 • 28:37

An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea

An Object in Time - The Cup of Tea

The story of how the humble cup of tea came to represent a ruthless British Empire.

Jun 1, 2021 • 28:37

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

How did one long, skinny strip of paper plunge the world into the worst global economic downturn history had ever seen?

May 25, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

How did one long, skinny strip of paper plunge the world into the worst global economic downturn history had ever seen?

May 25, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

An Object in Time - The Ticker Tape

How did one long, skinny strip of paper plunge the world into the worst global economic downturn history had ever seen?

May 25, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

The story of the train carriage which propelled the globe from WWI, straight into WWII.

May 18, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

The story of the train carriage which propelled the globe from WWI, straight into WWII.

May 18, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

An Object in Time - The Train Carriage

The story of the train carriage which propelled the globe from WWI, straight into WWII.

May 18, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Telephone

An Object in Time - The Telephone

This special podcast extra episode tells the story of the world's most powerful, imaginary telephone.

May 13, 2021 • 17:17

An Object in Time - The Telephone

An Object in Time - The Telephone

This special podcast extra episode tells the story of the world's most powerful, imaginary telephone.

May 13, 2021 • 17:17

An Object in Time - The Telephone

An Object in Time - The Telephone

This special podcast extra episode tells the story of the world's most powerful, imaginary telephone.

May 13, 2021 • 17:17

An Object in Time - The Pistol

An Object in Time - The Pistol

This pistol lies at the centre of one of history's most famous duels - Hamilton Vs. Burr.

May 11, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Pistol

An Object in Time - The Pistol

This pistol lies at the centre of one of history's most famous duels - Hamilton Vs. Burr.

May 11, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Pistol

An Object in Time - The Pistol

This pistol lies at the centre of one of history's most famous duels - Hamilton Vs. Burr.

May 11, 2021 • 28:36

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

Umbrellas aren't known for being dangerous, but this one is famous for being deadly.

May 4, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

Umbrellas aren't known for being dangerous, but this one is famous for being deadly.

May 4, 2021 • 28:35

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

An Object in Time - The Umbrella

Umbrellas aren't known for being dangerous, but this one is famous for being deadly.

May 4, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table — Spice

The Kitchen Table — Spice

The clove and nutmeg trade not only lead to colonisation, but long before the Europeans arrived, it helped define the language, culture, religion and geographic spread of Indonesia.

Apr 27, 2021 • 33:25

The Kitchen Table — Spice

The Kitchen Table — Spice

The clove and nutmeg trade not only lead to colonisation, but long before the Europeans arrived, it helped define the language, culture, religion and geographic spread of Indonesia.

Apr 27, 2021 • 33:25

The Kitchen Table - Wine

The Kitchen Table - Wine

What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented beverage has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purposes.

Apr 20, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table - Wine

The Kitchen Table - Wine

What's the story behind your favourite wine? This fermented beverage has long been an important part of Australia's social and cultural history, used for ceremonial, medicinal and celebratory purposes.

Apr 20, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table —  Salt

The Kitchen Table — Salt

Behind your humble shaker of table salt lies a curious and industrious history

Apr 13, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table —  Salt

The Kitchen Table — Salt

Behind your humble shaker of table salt lies a curious and industrious history

Apr 13, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table -  Tea

The Kitchen Table - Tea

By the turn of the twentieth century Australians were the world’s most obsessive tea drinkers. Four cups with a meal wasn’t uncommon. Where did this insatiable thirst start? and did it ever really stop? A story about Australia's tea drinking history, and the beverage that keeps us brewing

Apr 6, 2021 • 28:35

The Kitchen Table -  Tea

The Kitchen Table - Tea

By the turn of the twentieth century Australians were the world’s most obsessive tea drinkers. Four cups with a meal wasn’t uncommon. Where did this insatiable thirst start? and did it ever really stop? A story about Australia's tea drinking history, and the beverage that keeps us brewing

Apr 6, 2021 • 28:35

The kitchen table - a taste of the past. Ep 1: Tea

The kitchen table - a taste of the past. Ep 1: Tea

By the turn of the twentieth century Australians were the world’s most obsessive tea drinkers. Four cups with a meal wasn’t uncommon. Where did this insatiable thirst start? and did it ever really stop? A story about Australia's tea drinking history, and the beverage that keeps us brewing

Apr 6, 2021 • 28:35

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

In the early 1950s Adelaide housewife Anne Neill made a life-changing decision: she joined the Communist Party of Australia, and ended up travelling behind the Iron Curtain and befriending KGB spy Vladimir Petrov. But what did this extraordinary woman truly believe in?

Mar 30, 2021 • 28:35

The Sparrow - a Cold War story

The Sparrow - a Cold War story

In the early 1950s Adelaide housewife Anne Neill made a life-changing decision: she joined the Communist Party of Australia, and ended up travelling behind the Iron Curtain and befriending KGB spy Vladimir Petrov. But what did this extraordinary woman truly believe in?

Mar 30, 2021 • 28:35

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

The Little Sparrow - the ASIO spy inside the Communist Party

In the early 1950s Adelaide housewife Anne Neill made a life-changing decision: she joined the Communist Party of Australia, and ended up travelling behind the Iron Curtain and befriending KGB spy Vladimir Petrov. But what did this extraordinary woman truly believe in?

Mar 30, 2021 • 28:35

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of 1960s surfing legend Kevin Brennan charts a young man's path to fame and to premature obscurity set against the backdrop of Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Mar 23, 2021 • 28:35

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of 1960s surfing legend Kevin Brennan charts a young man's path to fame and to premature obscurity set against the backdrop of Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Mar 23, 2021 • 28:35

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of Kevin 'the Head' Brennan: Bondi surfing legend

The story of 1960s surfing legend Kevin Brennan charts a young man's path to fame and to premature obscurity set against the backdrop of Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Mar 23, 2021 • 28:35

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

Mar 16, 2021 • 28:35

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

Mar 16, 2021 • 28:35

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

The Lost Boys of Daylesford

On a clear cold Sunday morning in June 1867, three little boys wandered away from their home near the town of Daylesford, on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria. Over the next six weeks the boys’ story gripped the colony.

Mar 16, 2021 • 28:35

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

Immerse yourself in the sounds and histories of the old growth forests; from logging to woodchipping, protesting and preserving.

Mar 9, 2021 • 35:25

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

Immerse yourself in the sounds and histories of the old growth forests; from logging to woodchipping, protesting and preserving.

Mar 9, 2021 • 35:25

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

The harder they fall - stories of life and death in the South East Forests of NSW

Immerse yourself in the sounds and histories of the old growth forests; from logging to woodchipping, protesting and preserving.

Mar 9, 2021 • 35:25

The Train is Back

The Train is Back

The Overland is a train whose tracks were once plagued by both squabbling and pandemic. But it is back, although both the plague and the squabbling still exist.

Mar 2, 2021 • 28:33

The Train is Back

The Train is Back

The Overland is a train whose tracks were once plagued by both squabbling and pandemic. But it is back, although both the plague and the squabbling still exist.

Mar 2, 2021 • 28:33

The Train is Back

The Train is Back

The Overland is a train whose tracks were once plagued by both squabbling and pandemic. But it is back, although both the plague and the squabbling still exist.

Mar 2, 2021 • 28:33

Who was Jimmy Possum?

Who was Jimmy Possum?

There’s a mystery surrounding the elegant and ingenious Jimmy Possum chairs that were made 130 years ago in Tasmania. Did their maker live in a tree trunk?  Did he even exist?  Claudia Taranto goes in search of the real Jimmy Possum and learns about the enduring power of a good story.

Feb 23, 2021 • 28:35

Who was Jimmy Possum?

Who was Jimmy Possum?

There’s a mystery surrounding the elegant and ingenious Jimmy Possum chairs that were made 130 years ago in Tasmania. Did their maker live in a tree trunk?  Did he even exist?  Claudia Taranto goes in search of the real Jimmy Possum and learns about the enduring power of a good story.

Feb 23, 2021 • 28:35

Who was Jimmy Possum?

Who was Jimmy Possum?

There’s a mystery surrounding the elegant and ingenious Jimmy Possum chairs that were made 130 years ago in Tasmania. Did their maker live in a tree trunk?  Did he even exist?  Claudia Taranto goes in search of the real Jimmy Possum and learns about the enduring power of a good story.

Feb 23, 2021 • 28:35

Windradyne's forgotten war

Windradyne's forgotten war

In 1824, the British waged war against the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. It was known as the Bathurst War and it shook the new colony. But many Australians have never heard of it, or of the heroic Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne. The town is now remembering this history.

Feb 16, 2021 • 28:35

Windradyne's forgotten war

Windradyne's forgotten war

In 1824, the British waged war against the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. It was known as the Bathurst War and it shook the new colony. But many Australians have never heard of it, or of the heroic Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne. The town is now remembering this history.

Feb 16, 2021 • 28:35

Windradyne's forgotten war

Windradyne's forgotten war

In 1824, the British waged war against the Wiradjuri people of western NSW. It was known as the Bathurst War and it shook the new colony. But many Australians have never heard of it, or of the heroic Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne. The town is now remembering this history.

Feb 16, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

In 1979 a man named Vico Virkez gave a surprise tip off that would lead to one of the longest criminal trials, and some say, the greatest miscarriage of justice, in Australian history.

Feb 9, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

In 1979 a man named Vico Virkez gave a surprise tip off that would lead to one of the longest criminal trials, and some say, the greatest miscarriage of justice, in Australian history.

Feb 9, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part two

In 1979 a man named Vico Virkez gave a surprise tip off that would lead to one of the longest criminal trials, and some say, the greatest miscarriage of justice, in Australian history.

Feb 9, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six  - part one

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part one

The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed.40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

Feb 2, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six  - part one

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part one

The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed. 40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

Feb 2, 2021 • 28:35

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six  - part one

Australia's greatest miscarriage of justice? The Croatian Six - part one

The story of six Croatian Australian men who were incarcerated for 15 years for crimes they say they never committed. 40 years later, new evidence has been found in their favour.

Feb 2, 2021 • 28:35

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

Jan 26, 2021 • 31:05

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

Jan 26, 2021 • 31:05

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

Diamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan

A wild ride involving a Russian flying ace, an escape from Java in World War 2, and a missing package of diamonds.

Jan 26, 2021 • 31:05

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Jan 19, 2021 • 28:32

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Jan 19, 2021 • 28:32

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition by a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Jan 19, 2021 • 28:32

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It's become a cult classic, inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones. Find out why.

Jan 12, 2021 • 28:34

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It's become a cult classic, inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones. Find out why.

Jan 12, 2021 • 28:34

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It's become a cult classic, inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones. Find out why.

Jan 12, 2021 • 28:34

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been reviled and outlawed.

Jan 5, 2021 • 28:34

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been reviled and outlawed.

Jan 5, 2021 • 28:34

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been reviled and outlawed.

Jan 5, 2021 • 28:34

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Dec 29, 2020 • 28:35

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Dec 29, 2020 • 28:35

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Dec 29, 2020 • 28:35

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board. His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Dec 22, 2020 • 28:33

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board. His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Dec 22, 2020 • 28:33

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board.His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Dec 22, 2020 • 28:33

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Dec 15, 2020 • 29:34

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Dec 15, 2020 • 29:34

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Dec 15, 2020 • 29:34

Silence at the sugar mill

Silence at the sugar mill

Every family has a secret, the saying goes. But the Ninnes family had a big one. It wasn't until eldest daughter Mae was 80 years old that she began to talk. And the skeletons came out of the cupboard. In this program Mae's daughter Lesley searches for answers to the silence and the secrecy of her mother's childhood.

Dec 8, 2020 • 28:34

Silence at the sugar mill

Silence at the sugar mill

Every family has a secret, the saying goes. But the Ninnes family had a big one. It wasn't until eldest daughter Mae was 80 years old that she began to talk. And the skeletons came out of the cupboard.In this program Mae's daughter Lesley searches for answers to the silence and the secrecy of her mother's childhood.

Dec 8, 2020 • 28:34

Silence at the sugar mill

Silence at the sugar mill

Every family has a secret, the saying goes. But the Ninnes family had a big one. It wasn't until eldest daughter Mae was 80 years old that she began to talk. And the skeletons came out of the cupboard. In this program Mae's daughter Lesley searches for answers to the silence and the secrecy of her mother's childhood.

Dec 8, 2020 • 28:34

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

A huge coal project by a foreign company. Environmentalists concerned about the impacts. A government talking about jobs. Sound familiar? But this battle happened 50 years ago, when a small group waged a David–and-Goliath campaign against a coal terminal planned for the coast south of Sydney.

Dec 1, 2020 • 28:35

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

A huge coal project by a foreign company. Environmentalists concerned about the impacts. A government talking about jobs. Sound familiar?But this battle happened 50 years ago, when a small group waged a David–and-Goliath campaign against a coal terminal planned for the coast south of Sydney.

Dec 1, 2020 • 28:35

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

Clutha 1970 - the biggest battle over coal you’ve never heard of

A huge coal project by a foreign company. Environmentalists concerned about the impacts. A government talking about jobs. Sound familiar? But this battle happened 50 years ago, when a small group waged a David–and-Goliath campaign against a coal terminal planned for the coast south of Sydney.

Dec 1, 2020 • 28:35

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

The September 11th attacks in the United States by Al Qaeda changed the way western countries perceived the threat of terrorism. Before the events of 2001, Australia had no national terrorism laws. But fifteen years later it would have more terror-related laws in place than any other comparable nation.

Nov 24, 2020 • 32:49

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

The September 11th attacks in the United States by Al Qaeda changed the way western countries perceived the threat of terrorism. Before the events of 2001, Australia had no national terrorism laws. But fifteen years later it would have more terror-related laws in place than any other comparable nation.

Nov 24, 2020 • 32:49

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

Australia and the rise of terrorism; a tale of this century

The September 11th attacks in the United States by Al Qaeda changed the way western countries perceived the threat of terrorism. Before the events of 2001, Australia had no national terrorism laws. But fifteen years later it would have more terror-related laws in place than any other comparable nation.

Nov 24, 2020 • 32:49

A picturesque colonial landscape

A picturesque colonial landscape

A radio journey into John Glover's 1835 painting A view of the artist's house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen's Land.

Nov 17, 2020 • 39:29

A picturesque colonial landscape

A picturesque colonial landscape

A radio journey into John Glover's 1835 painting A view of the artist's house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen's Land.

Nov 17, 2020 • 39:29

A picturesque colonial landscape

A picturesque colonial landscape

A radio journey into John Glover's 1835 painting A view of the artist's house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen's Land.

Nov 17, 2020 • 39:29

The Scholar's Hut

The Scholar's Hut

In 1881, an extraordinary teacher arrived at Maloga Aboriginal mission. His students changed Australian history. Great great grandson and Yorta Yorta man Daniel James tells the story of Thomas Shadrach James.

Nov 10, 2020 • 28:35

The Scholar's Hut

The Scholar's Hut

In 1881, an extraordinary teacher arrived at Maloga Aboriginal mission. His students changed Australian history. Great great grandson and Yorta Yorta man Daniel James tells the story of Thomas Shadrach James.

Nov 10, 2020 • 28:35

The Scholar's Hut

The Scholar's Hut

In 1881, an extraordinary teacher arrived at Maloga Aboriginal mission. His students changed Australian history. Great great grandson and Yorta Yorta man Daniel James tells the story of Thomas Shadrach James.

Nov 10, 2020 • 28:35

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

When Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 there were three female jockeys who were with her in spirit. They all challenged the male-dominated racing industry, pushed on by the air of heaven.

Nov 3, 2020 • 28:35

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

When Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 there were three female jockeys who were with her in spirit. They all challenged the male-dominated racing industry, pushed on by the air of heaven.

Nov 3, 2020 • 28:35

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

When Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 there were three female jockeys who were with her in spirit. They all challenged the male-dominated racing industry, pushed on by the air of heaven.

Nov 3, 2020 • 28:35

Songs of the last convict ship

Songs of the last convict ship

In January 1868, the last convict ship to Australia, The Hougoumont, docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, off-loading its' human cargo, including a group of Irish political prisoners. This is the story of the long sea journey told through the diaries kept by some of the Irishmen and the songs and music they played on board.

Oct 27, 2020 • 35:46

Songs of the last convict ship

Songs of the last convict ship

In January 1868, the last convict ship to Australia, The Hougoumont, docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, off-loading its' human cargo, including a group of Irish political prisoners. This is the story of the long sea journey told through the diaries kept by some of the Irishmen and the songs and music they played on board.

Oct 27, 2020 • 35:46

Songs of the last convict ship

Songs of the last convict ship

In January 1868, the last convict ship to Australia, The Hougoumont, docked in Fremantle, Western Australia, off-loading its' human cargo, including a group of Irish political prisoners. This is the story of the long sea journey told through the diaries kept by some of the Irishmen and the songs and music they played on board.

Oct 27, 2020 • 35:46

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner tells the tale of two men from the opposite ends of Adelaide society at the turn of the twentieth century. The fates of fringe-dweller Tommy Walker and State Coroner William Ramsay Smith entwined and ultimately exposed what was really going on in the mortuaries, gaols, medical schools and graveyards of South Australia at that time.

Oct 20, 2020 • 34:21

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner tells the tale of two men from the opposite ends of Adelaide society at the turn of the twentieth century. The fates of fringe-dweller Tommy Walker and State Coroner William Ramsay Smith entwined and ultimately exposed what was really going on in the mortuaries, gaols, medical schools and graveyards of South Australia at that time.

Oct 20, 2020 • 34:21

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Tommy Walker and the bone collector

Ngarrindjeri elder Major Sumner tells the tale of two men from the opposite ends of Adelaide society at the turn of the twentieth century. The fates of fringe-dweller Tommy Walker and State Coroner William Ramsay Smith entwined and ultimately exposed what was really going on in the mortuaries, gaols, medical schools and graveyards of South Australia at that time.

Oct 20, 2020 • 34:21

The Black-Allan Line

The Black-Allan Line

Australia's state borders have taken on new significance in this pandemic year. The history of the border between NSW and Victoria is full of strange twists and turns, a murder and some very messy politics.

Oct 13, 2020 • 28:35

The Black-Allan Line

The Black-Allan Line

Australia's state borders have taken on new significance in this pandemic year. The history of the border between NSW and Victoria is full of strange twists and turns, a murder and some very messy politics.

Oct 13, 2020 • 28:35

The Black-Allan Line

The Black-Allan Line

Australia's state borders have taken on new significance in this pandemic year. The history of the border between NSW and Victoria is full of strange twists and turns, a murder and some very messy politics.

Oct 13, 2020 • 28:35

Only Joking

Only Joking

Comedian David Rose digs into the archives and discovers a very personal story; one about a life lived on stage, the parallels of history, and a surprising family legacy which dates all the way back to the music hall era

Oct 6, 2020 • 28:35

Only Joking

Only Joking

Comedian David Rose digs into the archives and discovers a very personal story; one about a life lived on stage, the parallels of history, and a surprising family legacy which dates all the way back to the music hall era

Oct 6, 2020 • 28:35

Only Joking

Only Joking

Comedian David Rose digs into the archives and discovers a very personal story; one about a life lived on stage, the parallels of history, and a surprising family legacy which dates all the way back to the music hall era

Oct 6, 2020 • 28:35

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Malaysian poet and writer Salleh Ben Joned is an incendiary critic with satirical wit, and at nearly 80 he’s become a bit of an underground ‘legend’. Eldest daughter Anna charts the highs and lows of her father’s return to Malaysia after an influential decade in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sep 29, 2020 • 35:17

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Malaysian poet and writer Salleh Ben Joned is an incendiary critic with satirical wit, and at nearly 80 he’s become a bit of an underground ‘legend’. Eldest daughter Anna charts the highs and lows of her father’s return to Malaysia after an influential decade in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sep 29, 2020 • 35:17

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 2 of 2)

Malaysian poet and writer Salleh Ben Joned is an incendiary critic with satirical wit, and at nearly 80 he’s become a bit of an underground ‘legend’. Eldest daughter Anna charts the highs and lows of her father’s return to Malaysia after an influential decade in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sep 29, 2020 • 35:17

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned is a witty, fearless and charismatic poet and writer that some have called the ‘bad boy of Malaysian literature’. Come on a wild ride through his life and times with his eldest daughter Anna, starting with the influential decade he spent in Australia as a young Colombo Plan scholar.

Sep 22, 2020 • 32:22

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned is a witty, fearless and charismatic poet and writer that some have called the ‘bad boy of Malaysian literature’. Come on a wild ride through his life and times with his eldest daughter Anna, starting with the influential decade he spent in Australia as a young Colombo Plan scholar.

Sep 22, 2020 • 32:22

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned: A Most Unlikely Malay (Part 1 of 2)

Salleh Ben Joned is a witty, fearless and charismatic poet and writer that some have called the ‘bad boy of Malaysian literature’. Come on a wild ride through his life and times with his eldest daughter Anna, starting with the influential decade he spent in Australia as a young Colombo Plan scholar.

Sep 22, 2020 • 32:22

Follow the Flame

Follow the Flame

It's 20 years since Sydney hosted the Olympics, and one of the most memorable parts of the 2000 games was the torch relay. This story follows the journey of the flame, from the red dirt country of Uluru to the suburbs of Sydney, hearing the tales and memories that it fuelled along the way.

Sep 15, 2020 • 28:35

Follow the Flame

Follow the Flame

It's 20 years since Sydney hosted the Olympics, and one of the most memorable parts of the 2000 games was the torch relay. This story follows the journey of the flame, from the red dirt country of Uluru to the suburbs of Sydney, hearing the tales and memories that it fuelled along the way.

Sep 15, 2020 • 28:35

Follow the Flame

Follow the Flame

It's 20 years since Sydney hosted the Olympics, and one of the most memorable parts of the 2000 games was the torch relay. This story follows the journey of the flame, from the red dirt country of Uluru to the suburbs of Sydney, hearing the tales and memories that it fuelled along the way.

Sep 15, 2020 • 28:35

Alone with J.S. Bach

Alone with J.S. Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. These pieces are spiritual, virtuosic, joyful - and enigmatic.

Sep 8, 2020 • 30:34

Alone with J.S. Bach

Alone with J.S. Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. These pieces are spiritual, virtuosic, joyful - and enigmatic.

Sep 8, 2020 • 30:34

Alone with J.S. Bach

Alone with J.S. Bach

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach is a lifetime companion for many violinists. And in our time of Covid-19 isolation, his Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin have taken on a new resonance. These pieces are spiritual, virtuosic, joyful - and enigmatic.

Sep 8, 2020 • 30:34

2025: The end of tape

2025: The end of tape

There’s a number going around audio-visual archivist circles, that has many of them worried: 2025. Magnetic tape — from reel-to-reel, to cassettes and VHS — that is not digitised by 2025 might be lost forever.

Sep 1, 2020 • 33:55

2025: The end of tape

2025: The end of tape

There’s a number going around audio-visual archivist circles, that has many of them worried: 2025. Magnetic tape — from reel-to-reel, to cassettes and VHS — that is not digitised by 2025 might be lost forever.

Sep 1, 2020 • 33:55

2025: The end of tape

2025: The end of tape

There’s a number going around audio-visual archivist circles, that has many of them worried: 2025. Magnetic tape — from reel-to-reel, to cassettes and VHS — that is not digitised by 2025 might be lost forever.

Sep 1, 2020 • 33:55

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Through the chance finding of an old German book in an antiquarian bookshop we discover the life and work of Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow, an artist and ethnographer who explored New Ireland in 1908.

Aug 25, 2020 • 47:23

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Through the chance finding of an old German book in an antiquarian bookshop we discover the life and work of Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow, an artist and ethnographer who explored New Ireland in 1908.

Aug 25, 2020 • 47:23

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Through the chance finding of an old German book in an antiquarian bookshop we discover the life and work of Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow, an artist and ethnographer who explored New Ireland in 1908.

Aug 25, 2020 • 47:23

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow: a portrait of the artist in New Ireland

Through the chance finding of an old German book in an antiquarian bookshop we discover the life and work of Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow, an artist and ethnographer who explored New Ireland in 1908.

Aug 25, 2020 • 47:23

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

A cavalcade of Japanese Prisoners of War, in makeshift 'cages' on the back of utes and small trucks, makes its way across dusty western NSW. Tension in Hay ramps up, peaking on one long night of drama when it appears the POWs are making another escape attempt.

Aug 18, 2020 • 29:04

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

A cavalcade of Japanese Prisoners of War, in makeshift 'cages' on the back of utes and small trucks, makes its way across dusty western NSW. Tension in Hay ramps up, peaking on one long night of drama when it appears the POWs are making another escape attempt.

Aug 18, 2020 • 29:04

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

Hay's war: when the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 2

A cavalcade of Japanese Prisoners of War, in makeshift 'cages' on the back of utes and small trucks, makes its way across dusty western NSW. Tension in Hay ramps up, peaking on one long night of drama when it appears the POWs are making another escape attempt.

Aug 18, 2020 • 29:04

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

The mysterious war-time drowning of a young woman in the Murrumbidgee River leads Ann Arnold on a trail of drama and suspense, from the Torres Strait to the outback.

Aug 11, 2020 • 28:35

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

The mysterious war-time drowning of a young woman in the Murrumbidgee River leads Ann Arnold on a trail of drama and suspense, from the Torres Strait to the outback.

Aug 11, 2020 • 28:35

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

Hay's war: When the Japanese came to inland Australia Part 1

The mysterious war-time drowning of a young woman in the Murrumbidgee River leads Ann Arnold on a trail of drama and suspense, from the Torres Strait to the outback.

Aug 11, 2020 • 28:35

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition from a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Aug 4, 2020 • 28:35

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition from a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Aug 4, 2020 • 28:35

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

Spies, lies and hairdryers - How a single mum became a double agent in Cold War Australia

In the 1950s a romantic proposition from a Russian diplomat transformed Kay Marshall from an admin worker into one of Australia’s most important double agents. It was the beginning of a four-year intelligence operation which revealed that there was more going on at the Soviet Embassy than met the eye.

Aug 4, 2020 • 28:35

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Jul 28, 2020 • 28:26

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Jul 28, 2020 • 28:26

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

Two spoons — the general who plotted to kill Hitler

A little known assassination attempt against Hitler cast its shadow over a family in Sweden. Johan Gabrielsson digs deep into the family vault and discovers the complicated truth about one of his distant relatives.

Jul 28, 2020 • 28:26

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story tells of a life that was lost and found; a life that spanned the entire 19th century and bore witness to the colonisation of Australia. It is also a story of love, loss and one woman’s tenacity to die on the land on which she was born.

Jul 21, 2020 • 28:35

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story tells of a life that was lost and found; a life that spanned the entire 19th century and bore witness to the colonisation of Australia. It is also a story of love, loss and one woman’s tenacity to die on the land on which she was born.

Jul 21, 2020 • 28:35

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story

Nah Doongh's story tells of a life that was lost and found; a life that spanned the entire 19th century and bore witness to the colonisation of Australia. It is also a story of love, loss and one woman’s tenacity to die on the land on which she was born.

Jul 21, 2020 • 28:35

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

In 1977, the New Zealand government passed the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act which made it virtually impossible for a woman to legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Enter the group known as the Sisters Overseas Service (SOS); this is their little known story.

Jul 14, 2020 • 28:35

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

In 1977, the New Zealand government passed the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act which made it virtually impossible for a woman to legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Enter the group known as the Sisters Overseas Service (SOS); this is their little known story.

Jul 14, 2020 • 28:35

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

The Sisters Overseas Service (SOS)

In 1977, the New Zealand government passed the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act which made it virtually impossible for a woman to legally terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Enter the group known as the Sisters Overseas Service (SOS); this is their little known story.

Jul 14, 2020 • 28:35

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

Jul 7, 2020 • 28:35

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

Jul 7, 2020 • 28:35

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

Jul 7, 2020 • 28:35

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It has become a cult classic; inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones we ask why.

Jun 30, 2020 • 30:36

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It has become a cult classic; inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones we ask why.

Jun 30, 2020 • 30:36

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Manuscripts Don't Burn: The Master and Margarita

Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s most famous novel, The Master and Margarita, was written during the brutal 1930s Stalinist purges. It has become a cult classic; inspiring artists like Patti Smith and the Rolling Stones we ask why.

Jun 30, 2020 • 30:36

The Ferry Plot

The Ferry Plot

Cold war Australia 1949. The enemy was everywhere, and according to many the country was in extreme danger. Enter Diver Dobson, and a drama that entertained and enthralled Australians as they navigated an uncertain decade.

Jun 23, 2020 • 28:30

The Ferry Plot

The Ferry Plot

Cold war Australia 1949. The enemy was everywhere, and according to many the country was in extreme danger. Enter Diver Dobson, and a drama that entertained and enthralled Australians as they navigated an uncertain decade.

Jun 23, 2020 • 28:30

The Ferry Plot

The Ferry Plot

Cold war Australia 1949. The enemy was everywhere, and according to many the country was in extreme danger. Enter Diver Dobson, and a drama that entertained and enthralled Australians as they navigated an uncertain decade.

Jun 23, 2020 • 28:30

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?

Jun 16, 2020 • 28:35

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?

Jun 16, 2020 • 28:35

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?

Jun 16, 2020 • 28:35

A Short History of Soap

A Short History of Soap

A soap opera about soap starring the Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

Jun 9, 2020 • 28:35

A Short History of Soap

A Short History of Soap

A soap opera about soap starring the Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

Jun 9, 2020 • 28:35

A Short History of Soap

A Short History of Soap

A soap opera about soap starring the Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis.

Jun 9, 2020 • 28:35

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

An extra episode in the series about High Court cases which have changed Australia. Series producer Jane Lee unpicks the origins and uses of Section 51(26) of the Australian Constitution, which gives the federal parliament the power to make special laws for a particular race of people.

Jun 4, 2020 • 11:41

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

An extra episode in the series about High Court cases which have changed Australia. Series producer Jane Lee unpicks the origins and uses of Section 51(26) of the Australian Constitution, which gives the federal parliament the power to make special laws for a particular race of people.

Jun 4, 2020 • 11:41

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

Section 71 - the Race Power bonus episode

An extra episode in the series about High Court cases which have changed Australia. Series producer Jane Lee unpicks the origins and uses of Section 51(26) of the Australian Constitution, which gives the federal parliament the power to make special laws for a particular race of people.

Jun 4, 2020 • 11:41

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

In the second part of the long running and divisive case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads inside the High Court.

Jun 2, 2020 • 27:53

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

In the second part of the long running and divisive case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads inside the High Court.

Jun 2, 2020 • 27:53

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

In the second part of the long running and divisive case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads inside the High Court.

Jun 2, 2020 • 27:53

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 2)

In the second part of the long running and divisive case known as the Hindmarsh Island bridge affair, the battle heads inside the High Court.

Jun 2, 2020 • 27:53

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Ever wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian lexicon? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.

May 26, 2020 • 28:36

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Ever wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian lexicon? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.

May 26, 2020 • 28:36

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Ever wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian lexicon? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.

May 26, 2020 • 28:36

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Section 71: The Hindmarsh Island Bridge Affair (Part 1)

Ever wondered how the term "secret women's business" entered the Australian lexicon? It's part of a bitter legal battle over land, culture and history in South Australia.

May 26, 2020 • 28:36

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

How much power does the federal government have to protect Australians from international threats?

May 19, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

How much power does the federal government have to protect Australians from international threats?

May 19, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

How much power does the federal government have to protect Australians from international threats?

May 19, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

Section 71: Communists, Terrorists and the High Court

How much power does the federal government have to protect Australians from international threats?

May 19, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

The High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day.

May 12, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

The High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day.

May 12, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

The High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day.

May 12, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

Section 71: The High Court Dog-Fight on Schools Funding

The High Court showdown over religious freedom that could help you understand how schools are funded to this day.

May 12, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

It might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could go to jail for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia.

May 5, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

It might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could go to jail for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia.

May 5, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

It might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could go to jail for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia.

May 5, 2020 • 28:38

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

Section 71: The Tasmanian crime of gay sex

It might surprise you to learn that until 1997, a man could go to jail for up to 21 years for having sex with another man in Australia.

May 5, 2020 • 28:38

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Colleagues called him maestro, visionary, experimenter, radio magic man. To long-time close friend, John Bell, he was “Merry Andrew”. This is the story of an unsung legend in Australian broadcasting and radio as you may not have heard it. Andrew McLennan's friends and collaborators speak up.

Apr 28, 2020 • 40:16

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Colleagues called him maestro, visionary, experimenter, radio magic man. To long-time close friend, John Bell, he was “Merry Andrew”. This is the story of an unsung legend in Australian broadcasting and radio as you may not have heard it.Andrew McLennan's friends and collaborators speak up.

Apr 28, 2020 • 40:16

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Never M.O.R.. the audacious audio of Andrew McLennan

Colleagues called him maestro, visionary, experimenter, radio magic man. To long-time close friend, John Bell, he was “Merry Andrew”. This is the story of an unsung legend in Australian broadcasting and radio as you may not have heard it. Andrew McLennan's friends and collaborators speak up.

Apr 28, 2020 • 40:16

Edie's War

Edie's War

When Penny Bristol Jones inherited a battered trunk full of family objects, she uncovered a rich wartime history in the collection of letters written by her great grandmother Edie Digby, whose husband and two sons were away fighting in World War One

Apr 21, 2020 • 28:35

Edie's War

Edie's War

When Penny Bristol Jones inherited a battered trunk full of family objects, she uncovered a rich wartime history in the collection of letters written by her great grandmother Edie Digby, whose husband and two sons were away fighting in World War One

Apr 21, 2020 • 28:35

Edie's War

Edie's War

When Penny Bristol Jones inherited a battered trunk full of family objects, she uncovered a rich wartime history in the collection of letters written by her great grandmother Edie Digby, whose husband and two sons were away fighting in World War One

Apr 21, 2020 • 28:35

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Journalist Fiona Gruber goes on a very personal journey in the footsteps of her great grandfather, Victorian music hall comedian Walter Groves, to uncover his career and his hidden link with the greatest comedian of them all, Charlie Chaplin.

Apr 14, 2020 • 28:36

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Journalist Fiona Gruber goes on a very personal journey in the footsteps of her great grandfather, Victorian music hall comedian Walter Groves, to uncover his career and his hidden link with the greatest comedian of them all, Charlie Chaplin.

Apr 14, 2020 • 28:36

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Charlie Chaplin’s Funny Walk and Other Music Hall Mysteries

Journalist Fiona Gruber goes on a very personal journey in the footsteps of her great grandfather, Victorian music hall comedian Walter Groves, to uncover his career and his hidden link with the greatest comedian of them all, Charlie Chaplin.

Apr 14, 2020 • 28:36

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board. His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Apr 7, 2020 • 28:35

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board.His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Apr 7, 2020 • 28:35

Tupaia, star navigator

Tupaia, star navigator

In 1768 when James Cook sailed from Tahiti looking for the great southern land, Tupaia, a traditional Polynesia navigator was on board. His knowledge proved invaluable to Cook and his sailing skills astounded the crew. What role did Tupaia actually play in the voyage and why haven't we heard heard about him?

Apr 7, 2020 • 28:35

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The story of how the traditional custodians of Ooldea got their sacred water soak back and the healing of the land.

Mar 31, 2020 • 28:35

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The story of how the traditional custodians of Ooldea got their sacred water soak back and the healing of the land.

Mar 31, 2020 • 28:35

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The sands of Ooldea — Part 4 Wankani

The story of how the traditional custodians of Ooldea got their sacred water soak back and the healing of the land.

Mar 31, 2020 • 28:35

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

North west of Ooldea in South Australia's Great Victoria Desert is Maralinga where the British exploded seven nuclear bombs. This episode explores the Cold War politics behind the bomb tests and their ongoing impact on the traditional owners of the land, the Maralinga Tjarutja people.

Mar 24, 2020 • 32:16

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

North west of Ooldea in South Australia's Great Victoria Desert is Maralinga where the British exploded seven nuclear bombs. This episode explores the Cold War politics behind the bomb tests and their ongoing impact on the traditional owners of the land, the Maralinga Tjarutja people.

Mar 24, 2020 • 32:16

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

The sands of Ooldea — Part 3 Mamu

North west of Ooldea in South Australia's Great Victoria Desert is Maralinga where the British exploded seven nuclear bombs. This episode explores the Cold War politics behind the bomb tests and their ongoing impact on the traditional owners of the land, the Maralinga Tjarutja people.

Mar 24, 2020 • 32:16

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 2 Kabbarli

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

Ooldea's most famous resident was Daisy Bates, also known as "Kabbarli" or grandmother. She lived at Ooldea for sixteen years in a tent, helping to feed and clothe Aboriginal people, but these days her reputation is very mixed.

Mar 17, 2020 • 42:06

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 2 Kabbarli

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

Ooldea's most famous resident was Daisy Bates, also known as "Kabbarli" or grandmother. She lived at Ooldea for sixteen years in a tent, helping to feed and clothe Aboriginal people, but these days her reputation is very mixed.

Mar 17, 2020 • 42:06

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

Ooldea's most famous resident was Daisy Bates, also known as "Kabbarli" or grandmother. She lived at Ooldea for sixteen years in a tent, helping to feed and clothe Aboriginal people, but these days her reputation is very mixed.

Mar 17, 2020 • 42:06

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

The sands of Ooldea — Part 2 Kabbarli

Ooldea's most famous resident was Daisy Bates, also known as "Kabbarli" or grandmother. She lived at Ooldea for sixteen years in a tent, helping to feed and clothe Aboriginal people, but these days her reputation is very mixed.

Mar 17, 2020 • 42:06

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 1 Yuldi

The sands of Ooldea — Part 1 Yuldi

On the edge of the Nullabor, Ooldea, with its ancient water soak "Yuldi Kapi", is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in Australia. Trading routes and dreaming stories crossed here for thousands of years, but then the transnational railway arrived in 1917.

Mar 10, 2020 • 31:35

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 1 Yuldi

The sands of Ooldea — Part 1 Yuldi

On the edge of the Nullabor, Ooldea, with its ancient water soak "Yuldi Kapi", is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in Australia. Trading routes and dreaming stories crossed here for thousands of years, but then the transnational railway arrived in 1917.

Mar 10, 2020 • 31:35

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 1 Yuldi

The sands of Ooldea — Part 1 Yuldi

On the edge of the Nullabor, Ooldea, with its ancient water soak "Yuldi Kapi", is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in Australia. Trading routes and dreaming stories crossed here for thousands of years, but then the transnational railway arrived in 1917.

Mar 10, 2020 • 31:35

The sands of Ooldea —  Part 1 Yuldi

The sands of Ooldea — Part 1 Yuldi

On the edge of the Nullabor, Ooldea, with its ancient water soak "Yuldi Kapi", is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in Australia. Trading routes and dreaming stories crossed here for thousands of years, but then the transnational railway arrived in 1917.

Mar 10, 2020 • 31:35

Steely women

Steely women

Forty years ago Australian women weren't fighting for equal pay, they were fighting for an equal right to work.This is the story of our nation's biggest class action suit, instigated by a group of blue-collar women against the company known in those days as The Big Australian.

Mar 3, 2020 • 28:39

Steely women

Steely women

Forty years ago Australian women weren't fighting for equal pay, they were fighting for an equal right to work. This is the story of our nation's biggest class action suit, instigated by a group of blue-collar women against the company known in those days as The Big Australian.

Mar 3, 2020 • 28:39

Steely women

Steely women

Forty years ago Australian women weren't fighting for equal pay, they were fighting for an equal right to work. This is the story of our nation's biggest class action suit, instigated by a group of blue-collar women against the company known in those days as The Big Australian.

Mar 3, 2020 • 28:39

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been put down, shunned and outlawed.

Feb 25, 2020 • 28:36

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Heavenly and demonic: the story of the saxophone

Find out why, in its relatively short history, one instrument has offended ideologues, drawn the ire of dictators, and been put down, shunned and outlawed.

Feb 25, 2020 • 28:36

Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

In part 2, we trace the growing discontent in East Germany in the 1980s. An Indigenous Australian rock band tours East Germany while anti-government protests are brewing, and just like the Berlin Wall, one person’s dedication to communism will come crashing down.

Feb 18, 2020 • 29:06

Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

Dissent and disillusionment: Australians in East Germany

In part 2, we trace the growing discontent in East Germany in the 1980s. An Indigenous Australian rock band tours East Germany while anti-government protests are brewing, and just like the Berlin Wall, one person’s dedication to communism will come crashing down.

Feb 18, 2020 • 29:06

Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

A Cold War tale of spies, diplomacy and secret police, from Indigenous communities in the Top End to the opera houses of Berlin.

Feb 11, 2020 • 28:35

Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

Friends and foes: Australians in East Germany

A Cold War tale of spies, diplomacy and secret police, from Indigenous communities in the Top End to the opera houses of Berlin.

Feb 11, 2020 • 28:35

Carving up the Country

Carving up the Country

Gamilaraay woman Marika Duczynski travels to the Gulf country of north west QLD, then across the Blue Mountains, to western NSW, looking for trees that have become symbols of our contested history, but also markers of a culture bound in deep time.

Feb 4, 2020 • 28:35

Carving up the Country

Carving up the Country

Gamilaraay woman Marika Duczynski travels to the Gulf country of north west QLD, then across the Blue Mountains, to western NSW, looking for trees that have become symbols of our contested history, but also markers of a culture bound in deep time.

Feb 4, 2020 • 28:35

Stamp of war — the end of Yugoslavia

Stamp of war — the end of Yugoslavia

Three teenage girls — a Muslim, a Serb and a Croatian all from Bosnia Herzegovina, are drawn into one of the bloodiest conflicts in post war Europe. 30 years later they find their voice.

Jan 28, 2020 • 28:35

Stamp of war — the end of Yugoslavia

Stamp of war — the end of Yugoslavia

Three teenage girls — a Muslim, a Serb and a Croatian all from Bosnia Herzegovina, are drawn into one of the bloodiest conflicts in post war Europe. 30 years later they find their voice.

Jan 28, 2020 • 28:35

Guide Alice

Guide Alice

Gifted naturalist, ground-breaking photographer and early feminist figure. Guide Alice was Mount Buffalo's most sought after mountain guide.

Jan 21, 2020 • 29:10

Guide Alice

Guide Alice

Gifted naturalist, ground-breaking photographer and early feminist figure. Guide Alice was Mount Buffalo's most sought after mountain guide.

Jan 21, 2020 • 29:10

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Jan 14, 2020 • 28:35

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Jan 14, 2020 • 28:35

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Jan 14, 2020 • 28:35

Cooking for assimilation

Cooking for assimilation

The discovery of an old recipe book of her Hungarian grandmother's sets Ruth Balint on a family investigation. Between the pages, she uncovers more than just the instructions for her beloved margosh beigli.

Jan 7, 2020 • 28:35

Cooking for assimilation

Cooking for assimilation

The discovery of an old recipe book of her Hungarian grandmother's sets Ruth Balint on a family investigation. Between the pages, she uncovers more than just the instructions for her beloved margosh beigli.

Jan 7, 2020 • 28:35

Amazon Acres — girls' own adventure

Amazon Acres — girls' own adventure

A women-only utopia deep in the Australian bush — no men, no meat, no machines. It was a wild ride, complete with rainbows and tiger snakes, sisterly joy and un-sisterly tensions.

Dec 31, 2019 • 28:35

Amazon Acres — girls' own adventure

Amazon Acres — girls' own adventure

A women-only utopia deep in the Australian bush — no men, no meat, no machines. It was a wild ride, complete with rainbows and tiger snakes, sisterly joy and un-sisterly tensions.

Dec 31, 2019 • 28:35

Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her baby daughter.40 years later she recounts her story.

Dec 24, 2019 • 28:35

Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her baby daughter. 40 years later she recounts her story.

Dec 24, 2019 • 28:35

Blue Lake – finding Dudley Flats

Blue Lake – finding Dudley Flats

On the western edge of central Melbourne lies a blind spot: the now industrialised zone was once home to the shanty town called Dudley Flats. Writer David Sornig has been walking the area re-imagining its residents.

Dec 17, 2019 • 28:36

Blue Lake – finding Dudley Flats

Blue Lake – finding Dudley Flats

On the western edge of central Melbourne lies a blind spot: the now industrialised zone was once home to the shanty town called Dudley Flats. Writer David Sornig has been walking the area re-imagining its residents.

Dec 17, 2019 • 28:36

Who Killed the Kangaroo King?

Who Killed the Kangaroo King?

Andy Komarnicki disappeared without a trace from the south west Queensland town of St George in January 1980. What happened to him?

Dec 10, 2019 • 28:35

Who Killed the Kangaroo King?

Who Killed the Kangaroo King?

Andy Komarnicki disappeared without a trace from the south west Queensland town of St George in January 1980. What happened to him?

Dec 10, 2019 • 28:35

Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as much as for her paintings of sensual flowers.

Dec 3, 2019 • 30:20

Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

Dreams of New Mexico - in the footprints of Georgia O’Keeffe

American artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is an icon, much loved today for her un-conformist spirit and beauty, as much as for her paintings of sensual flowers.

Dec 3, 2019 • 30:20

The brazen women of silent film

The brazen women of silent film

The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian stars of silent film defied most of them.

Nov 26, 2019 • 37:03

The brazen women of silent film

The brazen women of silent film

The lives of women at the turn of the 20th century were bound by strict social conventions and rules. These Australian stars of silent film defied most of them.

Nov 26, 2019 • 37:03

Port Essington, World's End

Port Essington, World's End

Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the British to settle northern Australia. The settlement lasted 11 years, from 1838 to 1849, and sparked an intriguing cultural exchange between the British settlers and the local Indigenous people.

Nov 19, 2019 • 28:35

Port Essington, World's End

Port Essington, World's End

Dubbed “World’s End” by its inhabitants, Port Essington in western Arnhem Land was the third failed attempt by the British to settle northern Australia. The settlement lasted 11 years, from 1838 to 1849, and sparked an intriguing cultural exchange between the British settlers and the local Indigenous people.

Nov 19, 2019 • 28:35

The great air race

The great air race

The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.

Nov 12, 2019 • 28:35

The great air race

The great air race

The amazing story of the 1919 pioneering air race from England to Australia.

Nov 12, 2019 • 28:35

War recipes

War recipes

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people  - but the hunger suffered by the prisoners of War was on a whole different level.

Nov 5, 2019 • 28:35

Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whole different level.

Nov 5, 2019 • 28:35

Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

Two stories that weave together war, food and the power of memory

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people, but the hunger suffered by prisoners was on a whole different level.

Nov 5, 2019 • 28:35

War recipes

War recipes

During War time food shortages and rationing preoccupied most people  - but the hunger suffered by the prisoners of War was on a whole different level.

Nov 5, 2019 • 28:35

The Bomb Lobby

The Bomb Lobby

In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms race, by manufacturing a bomb

Oct 29, 2019 • 28:35

The Bomb Lobby

The Bomb Lobby

In the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, Australia made a brief but audacious bid to enter the nuclear arms race, by manufacturing a bomb

Oct 29, 2019 • 28:35

Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth

Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth

Every era, every city has a crime that defines it. For Perth it was the Claremont serial killings.

Oct 22, 2019 • 39:08

Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth

Claremont: the murders that rocked Perth

Every era, every city has a crime that defines it. For Perth it was the Claremont serial killings.

Oct 22, 2019 • 39:08

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia. Was it really a victim of its' own success?

Oct 15, 2019 • 31:00

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Inside the Big day Out: flying too close to the sun

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia. Was it really a victim of its' own success?

Oct 15, 2019 • 31:00

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia

Oct 8, 2019 • 32:30

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Inside the Big Day Out: from Nirvana to nightmare

Come on a wild ride through the extraordinary story of the Big Day Out; the festival which, for over two decades, was a summertime rite of passage for music lovers around Australia

Oct 8, 2019 • 32:30

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Oct 1, 2019 • 28:35

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

Experiment street — the true history of a city lane

It's the early 1900's in Sydney. Fictional Pyrmont resident and neighbourhood gossip Lizzie Absalom tells what really went on in those back lanes.

Oct 1, 2019 • 28:35

Who was Jimmy Possum?

Who was Jimmy Possum?

There’s a mystery surrounding the elegant and ingenious Jimmy Possum chairs that were made 130 years ago in Tasmania. Did their maker live in a tree trunk?  Did he even exist?  Claudia Taranto goes in search of the real Jimmy Possum and learns about the enduring power of a good story.

Sep 24, 2019 • 32:22

Who was Jimmy Possum?

Who was Jimmy Possum?

There’s a mystery surrounding the elegant and ingenious Jimmy Possum chairs that were made 130 years ago in Tasmania. Did their maker live in a tree trunk?  Did he even exist?  Claudia Taranto goes in search of the real Jimmy Possum and learns about the enduring power of a good story.

Sep 24, 2019 • 32:22

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

Three Western journalists and a UN employee ignored advice to leave East Timor after the country's independence vote in 1999. They recount the most fearful week of their lives.

Sep 17, 2019 • 28:36

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

Three Western journalists and a UN employee ignored advice to leave East Timor after the country's independence vote in 1999. They recount the most fearful week of their lives.

Sep 17, 2019 • 28:36

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

The Compound — trapped in a UN safehaven

Three Western journalists and a UN employee ignored advice to leave East Timor after the country's independence vote in 1999. They recount the most fearful week of their lives.

Sep 17, 2019 • 28:36

Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale of convict mutineers, samurai warriors and a hijacked ship, which sheds new light on one of the greatest escape stories in Australian history.

Sep 10, 2019 • 28:36

Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

Through Samurai Eyes: solving the mystery surrounding one of Australia's great convict escape stories

When amateur historian Nick Russell stumbled across a set of very old Japanese manuscripts, he unearthed a dramatic tale of convict mutineers, samurai warriors and a hijacked ship, which sheds new light on one of the greatest escape stories in Australian history.

Sep 10, 2019 • 28:36

Through Samurai eyes: shedding new light on Australia's greatest convict escape story

Through Samurai eyes: shedding new light on Australia's greatest convict escape story

A dramatic tale featuring pirates, Samurai warriors, a historical detective and a ship of escaped convicts from Australia who washed up in Japan in 1830

Sep 3, 2019 • 28:36

Through Samurai eyes: shedding new light on Australia's greatest convict escape story

Through Samurai eyes: shedding new light on Australia's greatest convict escape story

A dramatic tale featuring pirates, Samurai warriors, a historical detective and a ship of escaped convicts from Australia who washed up in Japan in 1830

Sep 3, 2019 • 28:36

Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

An idyllic town with a hidden surveillance bunker and a secret past. A ruined RAAF base comes to life to tell its story.

Aug 27, 2019 • 28:36

Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

Secrets of the Mallacoota Bunker

An idyllic town with a hidden surveillance bunker and a secret past. A ruined RAAF base comes to life to tell its story.

Aug 27, 2019 • 28:36

Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

In these remote islands we uncover a history of whalers, abducted Aboriginal women, and a mysterious human skeleton found on Franklin Island. There’s even a connection to Gulliver’s Travels.

Aug 20, 2019 • 32:36

Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

Tales from the Nuyts Archipelago

In these remote islands we uncover a history of whalers, abducted Aboriginal women, and a mysterious human skeleton found on Franklin Island. There’s even a connection to Gulliver’s Travels.

Aug 20, 2019 • 32:36

Narjong means fresh water

Narjong means fresh water

Aboriginal people from the Murray-Darling Basin’s waterways come together to raise awareness and speak up for their country.

Aug 13, 2019 • 28:36

Narjong means fresh water

Narjong means fresh water

Aboriginal people from the Murray-Darling Basin’s waterways come together to raise awareness and speak up for their country.

Aug 13, 2019 • 28:36

Amazon Acres —  Sisterhood under siege

Amazon Acres — Sisterhood under siege

When a group of newcomers set up a women-only community in the bush, the neighbours were scandalised. It wasn't long before hostility turned into drastic action.  Could the community survive?

Aug 6, 2019 • 28:36

Amazon Acres —  Sisterhood under siege

Amazon Acres — Sisterhood under siege

When a group of newcomers set up a women-only community in the bush, the neighbours were scandalised. It wasn't long before hostility turned into drastic action.  Could the community survive?

Aug 6, 2019 • 28:36

Amazon Acres — Girls' own adventure

Amazon Acres — Girls' own adventure

A women-only utopia deep in the Australian bush — no men, no meat, no machines — was a wild ride, complete with rainbows and tiger snakes, sisterly joy and un-sisterly tensions.

Jul 30, 2019 • 28:36

Amazon Acres — Girls' own adventure

Amazon Acres — Girls' own adventure

A women-only utopia deep in the Australian bush — no men, no meat, no machines — was a wild ride, complete with rainbows and tiger snakes, sisterly joy and un-sisterly tensions.

Jul 30, 2019 • 28:36

Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Anonymous threats in the mail and a homemade bomb. International networks of misinformation. A young girl with the gift of song. Three stories that share a common thread: water fluoridation.

Jul 23, 2019 • 28:36

Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Something in the water — the bitter struggle over fluoride in Australia

Anonymous threats in the mail and a homemade bomb. International networks of misinformation. A young girl with the gift of song. Three stories that share a common thread: water fluoridation.

Jul 23, 2019 • 28:36

The Wardian Case - the box that changed the world

The Wardian Case - the box that changed the world

Have you ever wondered where the plants in your garden originally came from? They were probably transported in a Wardian case. Discover the story of this remarkable object, whose lasting impact on the natural world remains evident today.

Jul 16, 2019 • 28:46

The Wardian Case - the box that changed the world

The Wardian Case - the box that changed the world

Have you ever wondered where the plants in your garden originally came from? They were probably transported in a Wardian case. Discover the story of this remarkable object, whose lasting impact on the natural world remains evident today.

Jul 16, 2019 • 28:46

Queensland’s Native Police – grappling with the gaps

Queensland’s Native Police – grappling with the gaps

The Queensland Native Police had a devastating impact on Indigenous people across the state. We look at how Indigenous families deal with the unknowns in their family history – unknowns caused by the violence of the Native Police.

Jul 9, 2019 • 28:36

Queensland’s Native Police – grappling with the gaps

Queensland’s Native Police – grappling with the gaps

The Queensland Native Police had a devastating impact on Indigenous people across the state. We look at how Indigenous families deal with the unknowns in their family history – unknowns caused by the violence of the Native Police.

Jul 9, 2019 • 28:36

Queensland’s Native Police – the frontier in my family

Queensland’s Native Police – the frontier in my family

Queensland’s Native Police was notorious for its violence against Indigenous people on the colonial frontier. How do descendants of Aboriginal troopers in the Native Police, and descendants of massacre survivors, make sense of this history?

Jul 2, 2019 • 28:36

Queensland’s Native Police – the frontier in my family

Queensland’s Native Police – the frontier in my family

Queensland’s Native Police was notorious for its violence against Indigenous people on the colonial frontier. How do descendants of Aboriginal troopers in the Native Police, and descendants of massacre survivors, make sense of this history?

Jul 2, 2019 • 28:36

The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

In the early 1800s, on the remote East coast of Iceland in a small fishing village, a young man stepped ashore. He was escapee from the Danish slave trade and is said to be Iceland’s first black settler.

Jun 25, 2019 • 28:57

The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

The blue man was black: Hans Jonathan's slave saga

In the early 1800s, on the remote East coast of Iceland in a small fishing village, a young man stepped ashore. He was escapee from the Danish slave trade and is said to be Iceland’s first black settler.

Jun 25, 2019 • 28:57

The War We Forgot

The War We Forgot

How does a nation forget a wartime catastrophe? When Japan invaded Australian territory in January 1942, hundreds of civilians were left behind to die. Nearly 80 years later, their families are still traumatised.

Jun 18, 2019 • 28:35

The War We Forgot

The War We Forgot

How does a nation forget a wartime catastrophe? When Japan invaded Australian territory in January 1942, hundreds of civilians were left behind to die. Nearly 80 years later, their families are still traumatised.

Jun 18, 2019 • 28:35

The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The discovery of the first Chinese story written in Australia gives a fascinating and new insight into the early Chinese immigrants of Victoria. The anonymous author is also uncovered, and revealed to his Australian grandchildren..

Jun 11, 2019 • 28:35

The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping

The discovery of the first Chinese story written in Australia gives a fascinating and new insight into the early Chinese immigrants of Victoria. The anonymous author is also uncovered, and revealed to his Australian grandchildren..

Jun 11, 2019 • 28:35

Last Light: the Valentich Mystery

Last Light: the Valentich Mystery

A young pilot. A distress call. A missing plane. What happened to Frederick Valentich in October 1978?

Jun 4, 2019 • 28:35

Last Light: the Valentich Mystery

Last Light: the Valentich Mystery

A young pilot. A distress call. A missing plane. What happened to Frederick Valentich in October 1978?

Jun 4, 2019 • 28:35

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

May 28, 2019 • 30:58

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

Waterloo Bay: that word "massacre"

What happens when a small town puts the word "massacre" on an historical monument?

May 28, 2019 • 30:58

Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her baby daughter. 40 years later she recounts her story.

May 21, 2019 • 28:35

Escape from Iran

Escape from Iran

Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her baby daughter. 40 years later she recounts her story.

May 21, 2019 • 28:35

The unauthorised history of the sausage sizzle

The unauthorised history of the sausage sizzle

The ritual of the sausage sizzle soaks deep into the Australian identity. This is the unlikely true story of an Aussie battler that became a hero in the mouths of millions.

May 14, 2019 • 28:35

The unauthorised history of the sausage sizzle

The unauthorised history of the sausage sizzle

The ritual of the sausage sizzle soaks deep into the Australian identity. This is the unlikely true story of an Aussie battler that became a hero in the mouths of millions.

May 14, 2019 • 28:35

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

When Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 there were three female jockeys who were with her in spirit. They all challenged the male-dominated racing industry, pushed on by the air of heaven.

May 7, 2019 • 28:27

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys

When Michelle Payne won the Melbourne Cup in 2015 there were three female jockeys who were with her in spirit. They all challenged the male-dominated racing industry, pushed on by the air of heaven.

May 7, 2019 • 28:27

A short history of political advertising

A short history of political advertising

As the federal election machine goes into full swing, putting the art of persuasion to the test, a timely look back at one of Australia’s most significant political advertising campaigns.

Apr 30, 2019 • 28:36

A short history of political advertising

A short history of political advertising

As the federal election machine goes into full swing, putting the art of persuasion to the test, a timely look back at one of Australia’s most significant political advertising campaigns.

Apr 30, 2019 • 28:36

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?

Apr 23, 2019 • 28:35

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

Forgotten men of a forgotten war

What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?

Apr 23, 2019 • 28:35

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Apr 16, 2019 • 28:35

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Apr 16, 2019 • 28:35

Mother danced with Göring

Mother danced with Göring

A glimpse into the 1930's and 40's through the fragments that remain of one woman's story – socialite, swordswoman, actress and the first woman to read the ABC national news.

Apr 16, 2019 • 28:35

Blue Lake – Finding Dudley Flats

Blue Lake – Finding Dudley Flats

On the western edge of central Melbourne lies a blind spot: the now industrialised zone was once home to the shanty town called Dudley Flats. Writer David Sornig has been walking the area re-imagining its residents.

Apr 9, 2019 • 30:35

Blue Lake – Finding Dudley Flats

Blue Lake – Finding Dudley Flats

On the western edge of central Melbourne lies a blind spot: the now industrialised zone was once home to the shanty town called Dudley Flats. Writer David Sornig has been walking the area re-imagining its residents.

Apr 9, 2019 • 30:35

The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea

The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea

To mark the centenary of the Bauhaus, a trip back to Weimar Germany to explore the story and legacy of the movement

Apr 2, 2019 • 31:21

The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea

The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea

To mark the centenary of the Bauhaus, a trip back to Weimar Germany to explore the story and legacy of the movement

Apr 2, 2019 • 31:21

Cooking for assimilation

Cooking for assimilation

The discovery of an old recipe book of her Hungarian grandmother's sets Ruth Balint on a family investigation. Between the pages, she uncovers more than just the instructions for her beloved margosh beigli.

Mar 26, 2019 • 28:36

Cooking for assimilation

Cooking for assimilation

The discovery of an old recipe book of her Hungarian grandmother's sets Ruth Balint on a family investigation. Between the pages, she uncovers more than just the instructions for her beloved margosh beigli.

Mar 26, 2019 • 28:36

Punky Reggae Party

Punky Reggae Party

In 1970s London two unlikely parties united in a unique cultural exchange. Rastafarians and punks joined forces, creating new sounds and new friendships.

Mar 19, 2019 • 28:36

Punky Reggae Party

Punky Reggae Party

In 1970s London two unlikely parties united in a unique cultural exchange. Rastafarians and punks joined forces, creating new sounds and new friendships.

Mar 19, 2019 • 28:36

Driven: the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon

Driven: the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon

In 1968 the longest, hardest and richest motor race set off from London bound for Sydney.

Mar 12, 2019 • 28:35

The strange fate of Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle

The strange fate of Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle

Whatever happened to Charles Darwin's famous ship HMS Beagle? A tale of of sleuthing, smugglers, and barrels of rum, set on the Essex coast in England

Mar 5, 2019 • 28:36

Shooting the Past - The Glide

Shooting the Past - The Glide

An arresting photograph has Clare Wright duck-diving into the history of surfing in Australia.

Feb 26, 2019 • 30:13

Shooting the Past — Roughy Justice

Shooting the Past — Roughy Justice

A fishy looking photograph throws Clare Wright into the deep end of the battle between industry and sustainability.

Feb 19, 2019 • 28:35

Shooting the Past - Alien Nation

Shooting the Past - Alien Nation

Clare Wright explores the history behind a studio portrait of an Edwardian family, which raises some tricky questions about citizenship, the Australian constitution and the subtle art of belonging.

Feb 12, 2019 • 28:35

All Tragic to the Moon

All Tragic to the Moon

Clare Wright unravels the dramatic story within a family photograph that takes us to the searing heart of an Australian summer tragedy: bushfire.

Feb 5, 2019 • 28:44

Shooting the Past — Camp Sovereignty

Shooting the Past — Camp Sovereignty

A photograph of two men — one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous — holding hands, leads Clare Wright to investigate the history of Aboriginal resistance in Australia.

Jan 29, 2019 • 27:32

Shooting the Past — The Ruins of Science

Shooting the Past — The Ruins of Science

Clare Wright tries to uncover the story behind a baffling photograph, and finds herself transported back to Australia in the 1960s.

Jan 22, 2019 • 28:35

My grandmother the spy

My grandmother the spy

Chana Salman was born to a poor family in Poland, the only one of six children sent to Paris to study medicine in 1930's Europe. Why did she risk everything for a brutal regime she had no connection to?

Jan 15, 2019 • 28:35

The lady of the swamp

The lady of the swamp

The mysterious disappearance of Margaret Clement, "the lady of the swamp."

Jan 8, 2019 • 28:35

Nobody swung harder: the jazz violin of Stuff Smith

Nobody swung harder: the jazz violin of Stuff Smith

The story of extraordinary jazz violinist Stuff Smith, who recorded with many musical greats, including Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson. When Stuff Smith died in 1967, he left behind a rich catalogue of recordings, along with some tantalising mysteries.

Jan 1, 2019 • 28:35

Lennie the legend

Lennie the legend

A nine-year-old Victorian boy rides his pony alone, 600 miles to Sydney to be at opening of the new Harbour Bridge.

Dec 25, 2018 • 28:35

Eric Rolls and the Pilliga

Eric Rolls and the Pilliga

Eric Rolls was a rare combination; farmer, poet, self-taught naturalist and historian. He also wrote Australia’s first true environmental history.

Dec 18, 2018 • 28:34

The Cods

The Cods

How a bunch of manual workers from country South Australia battled their way to the Paris Olympics of 1924.

Dec 11, 2018 • 33:59

The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia

The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia

In 1989 the film "Rain Man" hit Australian cinema screens and introduced autism to a mainstream audience. But over the coming decades a narrow notion of what autism was would be challenged with the advent of the autism spectrum and the idea of neurodiversity.

Dec 4, 2018 • 28:35

The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia

The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia

In the 1960s very few people had heard of the word autism, and even fewer knew what it was. In this first episode of a two part series on the history of autism in Australia, we explore how families fought for a place for their children and made a case for change.

Nov 27, 2018 • 28:35

The Siege of Sinatra

The Siege of Sinatra

In 1974, when the star entertainer Frank Sinatra said the wrong things at the wrong time to the wrong people, a tall poppy was cut down to size in true Australian style.

Nov 20, 2018 • 28:35

Last letters

Last letters

In April 1942 a Japanese bomber dropped four large mail bags on Port Moresby. They contained nearly 400 letters written by Australian POWs imprisoned in Rabaul. Why did the Japanese make this mail drop?  And what happened to the men after they wrote them?

Nov 13, 2018 • 28:26

Let silent contemplation be your offering

Let silent contemplation be your offering

Nearly one hundred years after it was created, the minute's silence is still used to mark tragedies from war to celebrity death. But few know it was an Australian soldier's idea.

Nov 6, 2018 • 28:26

Harald Dannevig: the man who put fish on our plate

Harald Dannevig: the man who put fish on our plate

The unlikely story of the Norwegian father of the Australian fishing industry and his untimely disappearance below the waves of the Southern Ocean.

Oct 30, 2018 • 28:26

Crossing enemy lines

Crossing enemy lines

How do you talk about your German grandfather's war story on Anzac Day?

Oct 23, 2018 • 28:26

Douglas Grant: the skin of others

Douglas Grant: the skin of others

A remarkable Aboriginal man who survived two wars but who many Australians at the time saw as a human experiment.

Oct 16, 2018 • 46:46

After the wall

After the wall

East Germany is a country that no longer exists. What was it really like?

Oct 9, 2018 • 28:26

Ida's road to fairyland

Ida's road to fairyland

In the early 1900s, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's fairy illustrations made her famous in Australia and abroad. Now her timeless artwork is being re-discovered

Oct 2, 2018 • 28:26

Hops in the Ovens

Hops in the Ovens

The Panlooks, an influential family of north-east Victoria, were nearly wiped out in Australia's first anti-Chinese race riot. But they would go on to build an empire with one of our favourite beverages, beer.

Sep 25, 2018 • 28:26

Muriel Matters

Muriel Matters

The story of Muriel Matters, a daring suffragist from South Australia who helped win the vote for British women.

Sep 18, 2018 • 26:29

Plane Crash 1940: Living with the dead

Plane Crash 1940: Living with the dead

The personal side of an historic catastrophe.

Sep 11, 2018 • 28:26

Plane Crash 1940: Menzies' darkest hour

Plane Crash 1940: Menzies' darkest hour

A plane falls out of the sky and wipes out half Australia's war cabinet. Then what? Does a government fall also?

Sep 4, 2018 • 28:26

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister

In 1904, William Ah Ket became Australia’s first Chinese barrister. He went on to fight racist laws and social prejudice in and out of court.

Aug 28, 2018 • 28:26

Gone Mallee part four: into the woods

Gone Mallee part four: into the woods

The ecology of the Australian Mallee.

Aug 22, 2018 • 30:06

Gone Mallee part three: the Mantung yearbook

Gone Mallee part three: the Mantung yearbook

A year in the life of a tiny Mallee town in South Australia.

Aug 21, 2018 • 31:21

Gone Mallee part two: Mallee voices

Gone Mallee part two: Mallee voices

The people who call the Mallee home.

Aug 14, 2018 • 29:08

Gone Mallee part one: driving on an ancient sea

Gone Mallee part one: driving on an ancient sea

An ode to the Australian Mallee.

Aug 7, 2018 • 33:59

The Black-Allan Line

The Black-Allan Line

It's the straight bit of the border between NSW and Victoria. It's high altitude mathematical precision and messy politics.

Jul 31, 2018 • 28:26

Sister Kate's: the whitewashing of black children

Sister Kate's: the whitewashing of black children

What started out in the 1930s as a home for “half-caste” children under the loving guidance of Sister Kate became a hotbed of abuse and negligence after her death.

Jul 24, 2018 • 28:26

The Monstrous Worm - a myth migrates to Australia

The Monstrous Worm - a myth migrates to Australia

The fascinating history of a mythic creature from the North-East of England that seemed to travel to Australia in the nineteenth century. What our Monsters tell us about our culture and our times

Jul 17, 2018 • 28:26

The Monstrous Worm - a medieval folk history

The Monstrous Worm - a medieval folk history

Dragons are back. But what are they and how have they come about? For centuries a mythical dragon worm has terrorised the northeast of England, and it continues on its merry path today. A journey back in time reveals some startling stories.

Jul 10, 2018 • 28:26

Beautiful Game Lucky Country

Beautiful Game Lucky Country

As the Socceroos play on the grand stage of the 2018 World Cup, we take a look back at the role European migrants played in the evolution of the round-ball game in Australia.

Jul 3, 2018 • 28:29

Mardi Gras Supernova 2002-03

Mardi Gras Supernova 2002-03

In 2002, after a decade of giddy expansion, the bubble burst for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. With debts mounting and creditors circling, Mardi Gras went into voluntary administration. In the new millennium, had Mardi Gras lost its relevance?

Jun 26, 2018 • 28:27

The Making of Mardi Gras 1979-81

The Making of Mardi Gras 1979-81

'Do we dare do it again?' That was the question Sydney’s gay and lesbian activists faced as the first anniversary of the riot in Kings Cross in June 1978 approached. By answering YES they set the pattern for our world-famous annual parade that turns 40 this week.

Jun 19, 2018 • 28:26

Cabin crew-prepare for landing

Cabin crew-prepare for landing

Step into the glamorous world of long haul flying in the 1970s; cocktails, attentive service from the "hosties" and lots of legroom. Flying today is cheap and not nearly as cheerful.

Jun 12, 2018 • 28:22

Peat Island - a place of asylum

Peat Island - a place of asylum

Peat Island is located 50 kilometres north of Sydney. In 1911 it was designated a 'hospital for the insane'. At its peak in the 1960's, it housed over 600 men and boys. And was often referred to as the island of forgotten children.

Jun 5, 2018 • 28:27

The Ring Cycle, part two

The Ring Cycle, part two

Now that de facto couples are almost the same as couples who marry, in the eyes of the law, why put a ring on it at all?

May 29, 2018 • 28:22

The Ring Cycle, part one

The Ring Cycle, part one

Times have changed yet many couples are still choosing to tie the knot. With same-sex couples now having the right to marry in Australia, marriage as an institution is back under the spotlight. In an age of divorce, de factos and LGBTQI people, what does marriage mean now?

May 22, 2018 • 28:22

A short history of the nuclear bunker

A short history of the nuclear bunker

As the doomsday clock is ticking, now is a good time to review your options should nuclear disaster come to pass.

May 15, 2018 • 28:22

My '68

My '68

The student and worker protests that erupted in Paris, London, New York and San Francisco in May 1968 are narrated in music and memory. Archival recordings and reflections from protesters bring the mood and ideals of the time to life.

May 8, 2018 • 28:22

The Somerton Man: a mystery in four acts

The Somerton Man: a mystery in four acts

In 1948, a dead man was discovered lying propped up against the seawall of Somerton Beach in Adelaide His identity has remained unknown for 70 years. His death was determined, 'not natural'. Historian Ruth Balint revisits the mystery.

May 1, 2018 • 28:22

My grandmother the spy

My grandmother the spy

Chana Salman was born to a poor family in Poland, the only one of six children sent to Paris to study medicine in 1930s Europe. Why did she risk everything for a brutal regime she had no connection to?

Apr 24, 2018 • 28:22

Lennie the legend

Lennie the legend

A nine-year-old boy rides his pony alone, 600 miles to Sydney to be at opening of the new Harbour Bridge. When he gets there he's a hero.

Apr 17, 2018 • 28:22

Seoul City Sue

Seoul City Sue

How did a Methodist missionary from Middle America end up broadcasting wartime propaganda for North Korea? In search of the woman known as Seoul City Sue.

Apr 10, 2018 • 28:31

Louis Pasteur and Australia's war on rabbits

Louis Pasteur and Australia's war on rabbits

This is the strange story of Australia's rabbit plague, biological warfare, the great scientist Louis Pasteur, a world-famous actress and ten million dollars.

Apr 3, 2018 • 28:22

Elizabeth the Great

Elizabeth the Great

A portrait of Australian performer, choreographer and teacher Elizabeth Langley, who's internationally recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary dance movement

Mar 27, 2018 • 28:22

The Boat: The untold story of a murder

The Boat: The untold story of a murder

Follow John Connell as he uncovers the story of a brutal murder that happened 97 years ago in his home village in Ireland. All is not as it seems as Connell digs into the history of the Irish War of independence and discovers a story far closer to him than he ever believed.

Mar 20, 2018 • 28:22

Mimesis: Greek cinema in Australia

Mimesis: Greek cinema in Australia

At its peak, in post-war Australia, the Greek cinema circuit boasted up to forty cinemas in Melbourne alone. For the newly arrived Greek community, these cinemas offered entertainment, a place to share language and customs, and even a place to find love.

Mar 13, 2018 • 28:22

Old Nick

Old Nick

Old Nick is of one of the Northern Territory's great characters. His riches to rags tale is like no other.

Mar 6, 2018 • 28:22

Last voyage of the Southern Quest

Last voyage of the Southern Quest

An Antarctic winter hits an ice wall

Feb 27, 2018 • 28:22

Rottnest Island: White playground

Rottnest Island: White playground

How did the largest deaths in custody site in Australia become a tourist mecca?

Feb 20, 2018 • 28:22

Rottnest Island: Black prison

Rottnest Island: Black prison

The dark history of Western Australia’s idyllic holiday playground.

Feb 13, 2018 • 28:22

Nobody Swung Harder: The Jazz Violin of Stuff Smith

Nobody Swung Harder: The Jazz Violin of Stuff Smith

The story of extraordinary jazz violinist Stuff Smith, who recorded with many musical greats, including Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson. When Stuff Smith died in 1967, he left behind a rich catalogue of recordings, along with some tantalising mysteries.

Feb 6, 2018 • 28:22

The Sailors' Walk

The Sailors' Walk

A remarkable story of survival in 18th century Australia.

Jan 30, 2018 • 28:22

Fairy Investigation Society

Fairy Investigation Society

Are fairies really at the bottom of the garden? A fairy society in Ireland long thought dead has come back to life.

Jan 23, 2018 • 28:22

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