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Episodes

Total: 327

Think about the children’s books that you see on the selves of Australian bookstores. How many of th

In conversation with writer Chris Hammer, internationally best-selling crime writer Michael Connelly

Burbang is the Wiradjuri word for Ceremony. In a ceremony, the ritual repeats unchanged, however, th

We are despised, yet we grow. We are tortured and crucified and yet we flourish. We are hated and st

Dr Laura Millar, independent consultant and scholar in records, archives, and information management

Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Wiradjuri woman, writer, artist and activist, passed away on July 2019 shortly b

Why did Mr Chicken go to Paris? Why do two blankets change the way we see the world? Why do animals

NAIDOC Week celebrations (NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observa

NAIDOC Week celebrations (NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observa

Public Life, Private Man: Writing the Biography of Alfred Deakin The core challenge of political b

In this passionate and timely account, Emily Maguire charts a course through the history of Australi

On 24 September 1989, the Canberra Raiders defeated the Balmain Tigers in the grand final of the New

Join us for a special event to celebrate the many achievements of Alexander von Humboldt – a polymat

‘Migrant rights’ was a familiar term in the 1960s and 1970s before the introduction of a state multi

Curator Grace Blakeley-Carroll offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the exhibition

R. G. Casey, the Bengal Famine and Australia-India Diplomacy R. G. Casey’s Governorship of Bengal (

In his stunning new book, World Heritage Sites of Australia, a tribute to nature and cultural herita

Anne-Louise Willoughby worked as a journalist in a career that spanned thirty years in Western Austr

Matthew is a former chef and now farmer, so uniquely placed to write about where our food comes from

In this year’s Kenneth Myer lecture, Professor Peter Greste draws on his own experience of imprisonm