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Founded in 1863 on 2000 hectares of fertile mountain country in Victoria's Yarra Valley, Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was established as a last refuge for dislocated indigenous people who had been driven from their land in the 30 years since white settlement.
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We examine changing attitudes to the dead and their burial, from the ad hoc early days of the penal colony in Sydney through to the late nineteenth century and the creation of the very grand Rookwood Necropolis. Throughout the colony's early history there was an ongoing tussle between church and state for control of bodies of the dead, exacerbated by the struggle between church and church as Protestants and Catholics accused each other of impiety; while underlying all this was always the thorny question, 'What do we do with the bodies of the poor?'
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The spectre of colonialism hangs over many of the fundamental issues faced by contemporary French society. Whether it be violent riots in Paris's housing estates, or debates about immigration, religion, the state, and whether or not French national identity can be mandated by the government, the legacies of colonialism lie at the heart of all these simmering current tensions. Read Transcript
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While Australia has witnessed its own sustained ideological battles over the interpretation of its national history, the issues and politics which have framed these debates have rarely been scrutinized against comparable experiences in other countries around the world. Read Transcript
Sunday 2pm
repeated Thursday 1pm
Executive Producer
Michelle Rayner
Sunday 18 May 2008
The Wharfies Dance Group, sometimes known as the Unity Dancers, was born out of the realistic and radical theatre movements which emerged in Australia during the inter-war decades.
On each Sunday in April 'History under seige: Battles over the past' surveys the tensions and debates about history, identity and contemporary society in four countries around the world.
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The country of the two dogs is traditionally known as Paruku. This one-off program explores the Dreaming and generational history of the people of Mulan, and the stories of Lake Paruku.
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Squattocracy and Struggle weaves together family history with the turbulent birth of the union movement in the far north west New South Wales town of Bourke.
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This series of four programs explores our relationship with some of the essential elements of the Australian landscape—desert, sky and heat.
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5pm AEST
News and PM
with Mark Colvin
A comprehensive review and debate of national and international current affairs
