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Escape from Iran
21 mei 2019 · 29 min
Shortly after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a young Bahai mother was smuggled out of the country on camelback with her baby daughter. Lees meer
40 years later she recounts her story.
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The unauthorised history of the sausage sizzle
14 mei 2019 · 29 min
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.
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The air of heaven - Australian women jockeys
7 mei 2019 · 28 min
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.
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A short history of political advertising
30 april 2019 · 29 min
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.
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Forgotten men of a forgotten war
23 april 2019 · 29 min
What would it take to bring home the 43 Australian servicemen still missing from the Korean War?
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Mother danced with Göring
16 april 2019 · 29 min
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.
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Blue Lake – Finding Dudley Flats
9 april 2019 · 31 min
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.
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The Bauhaus - a school, a movement, an idea
2 april 2019 · 31 min
To mark the centenary of the Bauhaus, a trip back to Weimar Germany to explore the story and legacy of the movement
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Cooking for assimilation
26 maart 2019 · 29 min
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.
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Punky Reggae Party
19 maart 2019 · 29 min
In 1970s London two unlikely parties united in a unique cultural exchange. Rastafarians and punks joined forces, creating new sounds and new friendships.
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Driven: the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon
12 maart 2019 · 29 min
In 1968 the longest, hardest and richest motor race set off from London bound for Sydney.
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The strange fate of Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle
5 maart 2019 · 29 min
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
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Shooting the Past - The Glide
26 februari 2019 · 30 min
An arresting photograph has Clare Wright duck-diving into the history of surfing in Australia.
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Shooting the Past — Roughy Justice
19 februari 2019 · 29 min
A fishy looking photograph throws Clare Wright into the deep end of the battle between industry and sustainability.
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Shooting the Past - Alien Nation
12 februari 2019 · 29 min
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.
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All Tragic to the Moon
5 februari 2019 · 29 min
Clare Wright unravels the dramatic story within a family photograph that takes us to the searing heart of an Australian summer tragedy: bushfire.
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Shooting the Past — Camp Sovereignty
29 januari 2019 · 28 min
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.
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Shooting the Past — The Ruins of Science
22 januari 2019 · 29 min
Clare Wright tries to uncover the story behind a baffling photograph, and finds herself transported back to Australia in the 1960s.
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My grandmother the spy
15 januari 2019 · 29 min
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?
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The lady of the swamp
8 januari 2019 · 29 min
The mysterious disappearance of Margaret Clement, "the lady of the swamp."
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Nobody swung harder: the jazz violin of Stuff Smith
1 januari 2019 · 29 min
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. Lees meer
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Lennie the legend
25 december 2018 · 29 min
A nine-year-old Victorian boy rides his pony alone, 600 miles to Sydney to be at opening of the new Harbour Bridge.
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Eric Rolls and the Pilliga
18 december 2018 · 29 min
Eric Rolls was a rare combination; farmer, poet, self-taught naturalist and historian. He also wrote Australia’s first true environmental history.
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The Cods
11 december 2018 · 34 min
How a bunch of manual workers from country South Australia battled their way to the Paris Olympics of 1924.
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The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia
4 december 2018 · 29 min
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. Lees meer
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The Singular Mind-a history of autism in Australia
27 november 2018 · 29 min
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. Lees meer
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The Siege of Sinatra
20 november 2018 · 29 min
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.
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Last letters
13 november 2018 · 28 min
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? Lees meer
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Let silent contemplation be your offering
6 november 2018 · 28 min
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.
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Harald Dannevig: the man who put fish on our plate
30 oktober 2018 · 28 min
The unlikely story of the Norwegian father of the Australian fishing industry and his untimely disappearance below the waves of the Southern Ocean.
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Crossing enemy lines
23 oktober 2018 · 28 min
How do you talk about your German grandfather's war story on Anzac Day?
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Douglas Grant: the skin of others
16 oktober 2018 · 47 min
A remarkable Aboriginal man who survived two wars but who many Australians at the time saw as a human experiment.
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After the wall
9 oktober 2018 · 28 min
East Germany is a country that no longer exists. What was it really like?
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Ida's road to fairyland
2 oktober 2018 · 28 min
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
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Hops in the Ovens
25 september 2018 · 28 min
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.
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Muriel Matters
18 september 2018 · 26 min
The story of Muriel Matters, a daring suffragist from South Australia who helped win the vote for British women.
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Plane Crash 1940: Living with the dead
11 september 2018 · 28 min
The personal side of an historic catastrophe.
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Plane Crash 1940: Menzies' darkest hour
4 september 2018 · 28 min
A plane falls out of the sky and wipes out half Australia's war cabinet. Then what? Does a government fall also?
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William Ah Ket: the first Chinese-Australian barrister
28 augustus 2018 · 28 min
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.
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Gone Mallee part four: into the woods
22 augustus 2018 · 30 min
The ecology of the Australian Mallee.
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Gone Mallee part three: the Mantung yearbook
21 augustus 2018 · 31 min
A year in the life of a tiny Mallee town in South Australia.
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Gone Mallee part two: Mallee voices
14 augustus 2018 · 29 min
The people who call the Mallee home.
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Gone Mallee part one: driving on an ancient sea
7 augustus 2018 · 34 min
An ode to the Australian Mallee.
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The Black-Allan Line
31 juli 2018 · 28 min
It's the straight bit of the border between NSW and Victoria. It's high altitude mathematical precision and messy politics.
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Sister Kate's: the whitewashing of black children
24 juli 2018 · 28 min
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.
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The Monstrous Worm - a myth migrates to Australia
17 juli 2018 · 28 min
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
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The Monstrous Worm - a medieval folk history
10 juli 2018 · 28 min
Dragons are back. But what are they and how have they come about? Lees meer
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.
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Beautiful Game Lucky Country
3 juli 2018 · 28 min
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.
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Mardi Gras Supernova 2002-03
26 juni 2018 · 28 min
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? Lees meer
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The Making of Mardi Gras 1979-81
19 juni 2018 · 28 min
'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. Lees meer