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Can colonial depictions of Indigenous people tell us anything useful about the past?

How do Indigenous people today feel about these enduring images?

Unsettling Portraits is a three-part series exploring the history of portraiture and colonialism, alongside contemporary First Nations responses.

Indigenous artists and historians in Australia, the Pacific and North America discuss the practice of colonial portraiture, including Daniel Browning, Jo Rey, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Gordon Henry and Joseph Pierce.

And you'll hear about the ways in which contemporary artists like Daniel Boyd, Michel Tuffery and the late Destiny Deacon have turned back the gaze on settlers with their art.

Join acclaimed historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell as they and their collaborators wrestle with the portraits of our colonial past in History Lab Season 6: Unsettling Portraits.

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History Lab is a UTS Impact Studios production.

Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas.
Story Consultant: Siobhan McHugh
Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta
Production support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey
Additional tile design and podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris
Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert

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History Lab

S6 EP0 Introducing: Unsettling Portraits

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Can colonial depictions of Indigenous people tell us anything useful about the past?

How do Indigenous people today feel about these enduring images?

Unsettling Portraits is a three-part series exploring the history of portraiture and colonialism, alongside contemporary First Nations responses.

And you'll hear about the ways in which contemporary artists like Daniel Boyd, Michel Tuffery and the late Destiny Deacon have turned back the gaze on settlers with their art.

Join acclaimed historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell as they and their collaborators wrestle with the portraits of our colonial past in History Lab Season 6: Unsettling Portraits.

Credits

History Lab is a UTS Impact Studios production.

Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas.
Story Consultant: Siobhan McHugh
Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta
Production support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey
Additional tile design and podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris
Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert

36 episodes

#2SER 107.3FM #History #Society #Podcasting Education

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S6 EP3 Faces Today: Indigenous Artists Return the Gaze 41:36

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Colonial portraits have long dictated how Indigenous people were seen. But Indigenous artists continue to challenge that power. Through satire, reinterpretation, and resistance, they’re using art to question history—and reshape the future. In this episode, historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell speak with contemporary Indigenous artists who are confronting the legacy of empire. Michel Tuffery , a New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Tahitian, and Cook Islander heritage, reimagines Captain Cook through the eyes of those he encountered. Daniel Boyd , one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary artists, subverts colonial iconography, turning figures like Cook into symbols of piracy and exploitation. Daniel Browning , an Aboriginal journalist and art critic, reflects on the power—and the lies—embedded in colonial paintings. Can art break the cycle of representation, or does it always carry the weight of its past? Join us on this final episode of Unsettling Portraits to find out. Episode images Cookie in the Islands This representation of Captain James Cook belongs to a narrative series titled ‘First Contact’. The series retells the story of James Cook’s Pacific voyages from a Polynesian perspective, focusing on the profound way in which Cook himself was altered through his experiences in the Pacific. His identity is altered, as marked by hibiscus flowers, hei-tiki around his neck and his Polynesian features. The name Cookie is not only a more familiar name for Captain Cook but it is also a nickname for a Cook Islander. (Curator's comments) By Michel Tuffery. 2009. British Museum. Portrait of Captain James Cook RN By John Webber, 1782. National Portrait Gallery Australia Captain No Beard By Daniel Boyd, Kudjla/Gangalu/Kuku Yalanji/Jagara/Wangerriburra/Bandjalung peoples, 2005. National Gallery of Australia. Nannultera, a young Poonindie cricketer By J.M. Crossland, 1854. National Gallery of Australia. Portrait - Eva Johnson, writer By Destiny Deacon, 1994. Queensland Art Gallery. Guests Michel Tuffery , a New Zealand-based artist of Samoan, Rarotongan, and Ma’ohi Tahitian heritage, creates work that bridges environmental, cultural, and historical divides. Known for his role as a connector between people and places, he engages communities through exhibitions, research, and residencies across the Pacific and beyond. A passionate educator, he shares his kaupapa and knowledge with young people through workshops in New Zealand and abroad. Appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2008 for his contributions to art, he continues to enrich communities through his creative practice. Daniel Boyd , one of Australia’s leading artists, is a Kudjala, Ghungalu, Wangerriburra, Wakka Wakka, Gubbi Gubbi, Kuku Yalanji, Bundjalung, and Yuggera man with ni-Vanuatu heritage. Based on Gadigal/Wangal Country, his work reinterprets Eurocentric histories through historic photographs, art references, and personal narratives. He first gained recognition in 2005 with his No Beard series, challenging colonial iconography, and later developed his signature ‘lens’ technique—clear dots that fragment the image plane, exploring perception and hidden histories. In 2014, he became the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist to win the Bulgari Art Prize, further cementing his impact on contemporary art. Daniel Browning is an award-winning Bundjalung and Kullilli writer, journalist, and radio broadcaster. Currently serving as the ABC's Editor of Indigenous Radio, he presents The Art Show and Arts in 30 podcasts. His debut book, Close to the Subject: Selected Works , was hailed as "an outstanding contribution to arts journalism," winning the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the Indigenous Writing Prize at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and was also shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Beyond his literary achievements, Browning is a sound artist and documentary maker, known for curating Blak Box, an award-winning sound pavilion amplifying First Nations voices. He is also a widely published freelance writer on arts and culture, with a particular focus on Australian Indigenous art. Credits Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas. Story Editor: Siobhan McHugh Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta Additional production and editorial support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey Additional Tile Design and Podcast Artwork: Alexandra Morris Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert To cite this episode Fullagar, K (researcher and host), Freyne, C (producer), McDonnell, M (researcher and host), Thomas, H (producer) (2025), 'Unsettling Portraits' Episode 3. In History Lab by Impact Studios, https://impactstudios.edu.au/podcasts/history-lab/s6/ and 10.5281/zenodo.15086322…

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S6 EP2 Facing Off: From Botany Bay to Aotearoa 37:07

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In this episode, historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell revisit Bennelong’s portraits to examine how colonial art encountered Indigenous identity. Indigenous scholar Jo Rey , a Dharug woman, challenges these depictions, questioning their accuracy and impact. The conversation then expands to the Pacific, where Māori scholar Alice Te Punga Somerville discusses the story of Tupaia, a Polynesian navigator and artist who traveled with Captain Cook. His illustrations of first contact tell a different story—one of Indigenous agency, not just European discovery. What do we see when we look at these portraits today? And more importantly, what do they obscure? Join us on Unsettling Portraits to find out. Episode images Ben-nel-long By the Port Jackson Painter, c. 1790. Watling, Thomas. Courtesy of the Natural History Museum, London. Ben-nil-long By James Neagle, 1798. Courtesy National Library of Australia. Australian Aborigines paddling bark canoes and spear fishing DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770. This may record the fishing party observed by Joseph Banks at Botany Bay on 26 April 1770. By A. Buchan, John F. Miller, and others. Courtesy British Library. A Maori bartering a crayfish with an English naval officer DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand. By A. Buchan, John F. Miller, and others. Courtesy British Library. Guests Jo Rey is a Dharug scholar and Macquarie University Fellow for Indigenous Researchers in the Department of Indigenous Studies. Her research focuses on Dharug Ngurra/Country, which spans much of the Sydney metropolitan area, examining key cultural sites, including Shaw’s Creek Aboriginal Place and the Blacktown Native Institution. Building on her doctoral research on Dharug cultural continuity, her post-doctoral work explores Indigenous cultural agency through the concept of ‘Living Law’—a framework of sustainable relationality based on Recognition, Respect, Rights, Responsibility, and Reciprocity. Alice Te Punga Somerville (Māori – Te Āti Awa, Taranaki) , professor of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, is a poet, scholar, and irredentist whose work explores Indigenous connections, colonial histories, and the power of language. She is the author of Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania , 250 Ways to Write an Essay about Captain Cook , and the poetry collection Always Italicise: How to Write While Colonised , each challenging dominant narratives and centering Indigenous perspectives. Credits Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas. Story Editor: Siobhan McHugh Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta Additional production and editorial support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey Additional tile design and podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert To cite this episode Fullagar, K (researcher and host), Freyne, C (producer), McDonnell, M (researcher and host), Thomas, H (producer) (2025), 'Unsettling Portraits' Episode 2. In History Lab by Impact Studios, https://impactstudios.edu.au/podcasts/history-lab/s6/ and 10.5281/zenodo.15086322…

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S6 EP1 Facing Empire: A Long History of Representing Others 40:45

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Bennelong, a Wangal man of the Eora nation, was among the first Aboriginal people to travel to Europe and return. As a crucial interlocutor between his people and the British colonists, he navigated two worlds but the way he was depicted in colonial portraits raises complex questions. In one, he appears in traditional body paint. In another, years later, he is dressed in European clothing, his identity seemingly reshaped for a colonial gaze. Do these portraits tell us more about Bennelong or the people who painted him? Portraiture has long been a tool of empire, used to categorize, control, and mythologize. But can these images also reveal Indigenous agency? In this first episode, historians Kate Fullagar and Michael McDonnell visit the National Portrait Gallery to examine Bennelong’s likeness and trace a broader history of representation. They are joined by Anishinaabe writer Gordon Henry , who reflects on 17th-century depictions of Indigenous North Americans, and Cherokee scholar Joseph Pierce , who challenges the sanitized portrait of Cherokee diplomat Ostenaco. Who really controls the stories that portraits tell? And how do these images continue to shape our understanding of Indigenous identity today? Join us on Unsettling Portraits to find out. Episode Images Bennelong Drawing 41 from the Watling Collection titled 'Native name Ben-nel-long, as painted when angry after Botany Bay Colebee was wounded.’ By Thomas Watling c 1790. Courtesy Natural History Museum London. Portrait of a Famous One-eyed Man By Louis Nicolas, 1675. Codex Canadensis, page 14. Courtesy Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. Portrait of Syacust Ukah, Cherokee Chief By Joshua Reynolds, 1762. Courtesy Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma USA. Hosts Kate Fullagar , professor of history at the Australian Catholic University and Vice President of the Australian Historical Association, specializes in eighteenth-century world history, particularly the British Empire and Indigenous resistance. In her role at the AHA, she advocates for truth-telling in Australian historiography, working to integrate Indigenous perspectives and confront colonial legacies. Through works like Bennelong & Phillip , she engages both academic and general audiences, challenging traditional narratives. Michael McDonnell , professor of Early American History at the University of Sydney, is currently working on several research projects with collaborators, including studies on comparative Indigenous experiences of empire, the American Revolution’s role in Black American life, and memoirs of lower-class Revolutionary War veterans. His work highlights the value of history in fostering diverse perspectives and uncovering new insights about both the past and present. Guests Gordon Henry is a member of the White Earth Anishinaabe Nation in Minnesota, USA and was professor of English at Michigan State University for 29 years. A widely published essayist, poet and fiction writer, he won the American Book Award for is novel The Light People . His creative work focuses on American Indian survival and adaptability, offering different Indigenous ways of relating to American history. Joseph Pierce is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and associate professor in the department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at Stony Brook University. His research focuses on the intersections of kinship, gender, sexuality, and race in Latin America, as well as culture, queer and Indigenous studies. Along with SJ Norman (Koori, Wiradjuri descent) he is co-curator of the performance series and indigenous-led gathering space Knowledge of Wounds . Credits Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas. Story Editor: Siobhan McHugh Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta Production support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey Additional tile design and podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert History Lab is an Impact Studios podcast. To cite this episode Fullagar, K (researcher and host), Freyne, C (producer), McDonnell, M (researcher and host), Thomas, H (producer) (2025), 'Unsettling Portraits' Episode 1. In History Lab by Impact Studios, https://impactstudios.edu.au/podcasts/history-lab/s6/ and 10.5281/zenodo.15086322…

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S6 EP0 Introducing: Unsettling Portraits 2:04

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Can colonial depictions of Indigenous people tell us anything useful about the past? How do Indigenous people today feel about these enduring images? Unsettling Portraits is a three-part series exploring the history of portraiture and colonialism, alongside contemporary First Nations responses. Indigenous artists and historians in Australia, the Pacific and North America discuss the practice of colonial portraiture, including Daniel Browning, Jo Rey, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Gordon Henry and Joseph Pierce. And you'll hear about the ways in which contemporary artists like Daniel Boyd, Michel Tuffery and the late Destiny Deacon have turned back the gaze on settlers with their art. Join acclaimed historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell as they and their collaborators wrestle with the portraits of our colonial past in History Lab Season 6: Unsettling Portraits. Credits History Lab is a UTS Impact Studios production. Producers: Catherine Freyne and Helene Thomas. Story Consultant: Siobhan McHugh Sound Engineer: Martin Peralta Production support: Jane Curtis, Britta Jorgensen and Celine Teo-Blockey Additional tile design and podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris Executive Producer: Sarah Gilbert…

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What's coming in 2025? History Lab update and previews with Tamson Pietsch 6:05

12 weeks ago6:05

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If you're an old friend, hello and thank you for hitting play. If you're a new listener, welcome. History Lab, as many of you will know, was Australia’s first investigative history podcast. We've made five seasons so far, and our tagline is exploring the gaps between us and the past . And while you notice that from season to season our storytelling style changes, we're still always asking questions that provoke curiosity, that are attentive to sources and their limits, and that challenge us to think about how we live in the present. Things have been a bit quiet on the History Lab feed lately, so we want share two bits of exciting news, and preview what's coming up in 2025! History Lab season 5 won an international Signal award for the Red Light Green Light episode of Listen to Darlinghurst. And, History Lab had a baby! It’s called Hey History! , and it’s an Australian history podcast for kids and their adults. Each episode explores a different topic, from first meetings at Kamay Botany Bay, to the Gold Rush. This year, there’s three new seasons of History Lab coming your way. First up is Unsettling Portraits, a series that looks closely at the history of portraiture, colonialism, and First Nations responses. You’ll hear historians Kate Fullagar and Mike McDonnell speaking with Indigenous scholars, critics and artists about what these pictures mean today. Ancestral Echoes is a second History Lab season hosted by researcher, producer and historical novelist Sienna Brown. Brown hails from Jamaica, and across three episodes, she explores the stories of some significant but little-known Caribbean Australians. In unearthing these stories, she’s looking for a connection with the past that will help her feel more at home here. And in a third History Lab series, historian Leigh Boucher explores the untold histories of the HIV epidemic in Sydney in the 80s and 90s. The series tells the story from a new perspective, focusing in on the very tight but by no means homogenous 'gaybourhood' of Darlinghurst. History isn’t the only thing we do here at Impact Studios, of course. You can hit play on the three-part narrative podcast Sink or Swim , where host Angelica Ojinnaka Psillakis learns to swim as an adult and works out how to survive in our ever hotter suburbs. And for lovers of books and as well as history, check out Fully Lit - a new podcast about Australian books. The trailer's out and episodes release soon.…

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On the Edge: a layered history of Sydney's South Head 28:00

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A special History Lab episode with a soundwork that explores the history of Sydney's South Head, followed by an interview with the maker Sinead Roarty and Director of the Australian Centre for Public History at UTS, Tamson Pietsch. About the soundwork: On the Edge The Gap at South Head in Sydney's eastern suburbs is a place of extreme beauty. It is also famous for being Australia's most well-known suicide destination. On the Edge is a long-form binaural/VR soundwork exploring South Head’s spatial history and its varied conflicting narratives. The work addresses multiple levels of ‘silencing’ from the time of colonial contact and uses sound to give a voice to the unheard. South Head's ruptured history has shaped the perception of it in the past and this soundwork suggests a way to reanimate it in the present. The thirteen-minute soundwork is best experienced at the Don Ritchie Grove , located a few minutes’ walk from The Gap lookout and can be accessed on a mobile phone from the website https://www.ontheedge.space/ On the Edge was created as part of a non-traditional PhD at the University of Technology Sydney. The PhD was subsequently recognised as the best doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in 2023 and was included on The Chancellor's List, which recognises ‘exceptional scholarly achievement in PhD research’. On the Edge transcript Word doc transcript PDF transcript On the Edge Credits Writer/Director: Dr Sinead Roarty Primary Supervisor: Dr Delia Falconer Alternate Supervisor: Assoc Professor Debra Adelaide Sound Studio: MassiveMusic For all credits see https://www.ontheedge.space/ Episode credits Sound engineering: Simon Branthwaite Episode image photo by Sinead Roarty. History Lab is a production of UTS Impact Studios.…

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Introducing... Hey History! 3:11

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We've got a new history podcast for you and the kids in your life, called Hey History! With immersive, sound rich storytelling and Australia's top historians and experts, dive into key events in our history. Find out... How did First Nations people learn on Country? How does learning happen today? What really when Captain Cook and First Nations people met at Kamay Botany Bay? What was life like as a convict kid? How did you remember your loved ones? How did everyone get along in the Gold Rush? In each episode, kids from around Australia share questions, ideas and reflections on our history. Hey History! aligns with the upper primary curriculum, so teachers can use it in class. The Bonus episode answers your questions on how to talk with kids about Australian history, and answer curly questions. Hey History! is made by Professor Anna Clark, a previous guest on the History Lab, Professor Clare Wright OAM, and the team at UTS Impact Studios. Subscribe, get Learning Materials and more on the Hey History website http://heyhistory.net or in your podcast app.…

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S5 EP6 Last Drinks 19:11

2 years ago19:11

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In 1887 there were no less than 22 hotels in Darlinghurst. Over the next century and a half, the character, culture and clientele of Darlinghurst pubs evolved. This story explores the impact on Darlinghurst of two episodes of liquor licensing restrictions in NSW: six o’clock closing and the Sydney lockout laws. Image: Royal Sovereign Hotel, corner Darlinghurst Rd and Liverpool St, 1921 (City of Sydney Archives) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions When Paris is Singing by Dazie Mae licensed under CC by NC-SA 3.0 US Archival: ABC Content Sales ‍ Featuring: Paul Solomon, publican’s son and grandson Max Burns-McRuvie, owner of Journeywalks Tyson Koh, founder of Keep Sydney Open…

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S5 EP5 Room With A View 18:13

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Terraces, flats, squats, bedsits, mansions, towers, camps and hostels: in Darlinghurst, housing is a mixed bag. This audio story explores the range of lifestyles afforded by Darlinghurst’s dense diversity of dwellings. Image: Pad with a View, Kings Cross 1970-71 (Photographer: Rennie Ellis © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions Sum of My Fears , When Paris is Singing and A New Love Affair by Dazie Mae licensed under CC by NC-SA 3.0 US Garage by Monplaisir licensed under CC by CC0 1.0 Korobushka by the Rosen Sisters licensed under CC by NC-ND 4.0 Featuring: Jan Cornall, former resident of Darlinghurst squats Paul Solomon, publican’s son and grandson Phillip Adams, former owner of Stoneleigh Shannon Dalton, former Assistant Manager of the Darlo Bar…

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S5 EP4 Pandemic Times 16:20

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At St Vincent's Hospital, the Sisters of Charity have been delivering care to the people of Darlinghurst since 1857. This audio story visits St Vincent’s during three historic public health emergencies: the Spanish Flu, the HIV/AIDS crisis and COVID-19. Image: Sister and nurse with home visitation car, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney (Courtesy of the Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions; The Tudor Consort licensed under CC by 3.0 Archival: ABC Content Sales ‍ Featuring: David Polson, former patient at Ward 17 South at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Erin Longbottom, Nursing Unit Manager, Homeless Health Outreach Service, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. An excerpt from St Vincent’s Hospital Annual Report 1919 read by Marie Freyne.…

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S5 EP3 Red Light Green Light 21:16

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In the rapidly gentrifying Darlinghurst of the 1980s, a turf war raged over one of its earliest trades. In this story, we visit the street corners and safe houses where sex workers competed for customers, looked out for each other and stood their ground. Along the way, veterans of the street-based trade describe a changing industry, sharing stories from the frontline of the fight for law reform and workers’ rights. If you would like to sign the petition to bring the statue of Joy back to Darlinghurst, visit http://tiny.cc/dfhavz Image: Woods Lane 1968 (Tribune negative; Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales courtesy SEARCH Foundation) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions Archival: ABC Library Sales ‍ Featuring: Julie Bates, veteran sex worker activist; Principal of Urban Realists Planning and Health Consultants. Chantell Martin, veteran sex worker; Co-CEO of Sex Workers Outreach Project.…

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S5 EP2 Eccentrics 15:53

2 years ago15:53

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Darlinghurst has always been a magnet and a haven for exiles and misfits. With writer and Darlo-phile Sunil Badami as guide, this audio story celebrates a handful of local characters and eccentrics, reflecting on the material conditions that enable unconventional people to thrive. Image: Hare Krishna, Kings Cross 1970-71 (Photographer: Rennie Ellis © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions I Love Her, She Loves Me by Atlantic City Orchestra licensed under a Public Domain / Sound Recording Common Law Protection License Eyes Getting Louder and Hope Its Today by Mod Fun licensed under CC by NC 4.0 Featuring: Sunil Badami, writer and raconteur…

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S5 EP1 Lost Waterways 17:44

2 years ago17:44

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If you listen after rain, you can still hear the rush of water that used to flow from the sandstone ridge at the apex of Darlinghurst down to the harbour. This audio story goes in search of the creeks and cascades that sustained life and industry for Gadigal people, colonists and Chinese market gardeners, before being covered over by the concrete and tarmac of the modern city. Image: Rushcutters Creek, 1870-75 (Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW - ON 4 Box 56 No 253) Credits This audio story is a production of the Australian Centre for Public History in partnership with the Paul Ramsay Foundation. ‍ Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions Featuring: Saskia Schut, Landscape architect Ray Ingrey, Chair, Gujaga Foundation Mark Dunn, Historian Daphne Lowe-Kelly, Co-deputy Chair, Museum of Chinese in Australia Phil Bennett, Lead Heritage Advisor, Sydney Water An excerpt from E.W. West (ed) The Memoirs of Obed West: A Portrait of Early Sydney (Bowral: Barcom Press 1988), read by Russell Cheek.…

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S5 EP0 Introducing: Listen to Darlinghurst 2:35

2 years ago2:35

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Welcome to a special History Lab series, Listen to Darlinghurst . In this mini episode, History Lab host Anna Clark and Listen to Darlinghurst producer Catherine Freyne introduce the series. Image: Darlinghurst Rd 1954 by Mark Strizic (State Library of Victoria) Credits Producer: Catherine Freyne Sound engineer: Judy Rapley Music: Blue Dot Sessions…

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S4 EP3 What remains of Joe Governor? 41:55

4 years ago41:55