Thursday 15 May 2008
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Graeme Innes
In his varied career Graeme Innes has been president of the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales, and Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commissioner.
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Thursday 08 May 2008
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Norman May
Veteran sports journalist Norman May first took to the airwaves in 1957, right in the middle of Australia's golden years and right at the beginning of television. In this week's Verbatim, he describes how early sports telecasters made do without the benefit of satellites, videos or instant replays and looks back on some of the highlights of a long and dedicated career.
Thursday 01 May 2008
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Judith Erskine
In 1954, Judith Erskine was 21 years old, just married, and about to begin a new life at an isolated out-station in New Guinea, where her husband was a Native Patrol Officer. Over the following nine years in PNG, Judith had four children, discovered a variety of ways to serve tinned meat, and learned how to fix a generator.
Thursday 24 April 2008
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Changi Diary
The late Don McLaren was only 19 years old when his AIF unit was taken prisoner by the Japanese, after the fall of Singapore in 1942. During the three years that Don spent as a POW -- first in Changi, and later on the Burma Railway -- he kept a secret diary where he recorded all the death and the sickness, the frustration and boredom, the humour and bathos, and also the sheer bloody-minded human will to survive. We hear readings from Don McLaren's diary, which offers a personal and candid insight into the experience of an Australian POW during World War Two.
6pm AEST