Squattocracy and struggle
Squattocracy and Struggle weaves together family history with the turbulent birth of the union movement in the outback town of Bourke, as producer Sean O'Brien traces the story of his forebears Arthur and John Andrews. [more...]

Balancing Nature
In this four part series made by the ABC and the BBC, Lynne Malcolm visits four important hotspots in the Asia-Pacific region – SW Australia, Central Vietnam, the Philippines and New Zealand – for new insights into the amazing range of unique species and to examine whether conservation efforts can succeed in safely balancing nature's treasures with the many threats that could lead to their extinction. [more...]

Writers Train
Australian literature has generally acquainted readers with the cultures and lifestyles of the heavily populated coastal areas of the south and east parts of the country. Into this realm, the Northern Territory Writers Centre embarked on a journey of discovery. [more...]

Bossa Nova
In the late 1950s on the beaches of Rio, an eclectic group of musicians came together to create the distinctive and sensual music known as bossa nova. [more...]

Boyer Lectures
2007 marks the 48th anniversary of the Boyer Lectures and Professor Graeme Clark, creator of the bionic ear, is ABC Radio National's Boyer lecturer for 2007. In this series of six lectures beginning Sunday 11 November at 5pm, Professor Clark draws on decades of experience as a clinician, surgeon and researcher to celebrate our senses. [more...]

In The Tracks of Goyder
The Goyder Line is a South Australian icon. It runs across the mid-north of the state from the fringes of the Nullarbor all the way to the Victorian border. It's a natural boundary which marks the limits of sustainable agriculture. [more...]

Ways of Walking Country
One foot before the next, one step at a time, step by step – for thousands of years, walking has been the main way of getting about on the Australian continent. [more...]

Music and Fashion
This six part series asks why certain types of music have been fashionable at certain moments in history, and what this might tell us about the way in which human beings hear, appreciate and use music. [more...]

Long Tan - 40 years on
Forty years after the battle of Long Tan, Australian war veterans returned to Vietnam, some for the first time since 1966. A commemorative ceremony at the Long Tan Cross marked the occasion. [more...]

Unforgettable Speeches
The nation voted, the votes have been counted, and the winner is a speech calling for the transformation of a society, made on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 250,000 people: Dr Martin Luther King’s 'I have a dream' [more...]

Hindsight Kameruka
One hundred and fifty years of continuous family ownership of Kameruka Estate, the agricultural jewel of the Tooth brewing dynasty, is coming to an end. [more...]