Past Programs
Race Relations - 2008
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Michael Sorokin
04/12/2008
Michael Sorokin was born and raised in a small gold-mining town near Johannesburg. Trained as a specialist physician in South Africa and Scotland, he joined the British Overseas Civil Service in the early 1960s.
From his first posting to the Solomon Islands to long years in Fiji, he observed first-hand the dying days of Empire and the often troubled transitions to independence.
Paddy Roe
20/11/2008
Nyigina elder Paddy Roe was a respected elder, teacher and storyteller in the West Kimberley.
Some years ago, inspired by his book Reading the Country (written with Stephen Muecke and artist Krim Benterrak) producer Bill Bunbury went with Paddy Roe to 'read the country' of Roebuck Plains near Broome, Paddy's birthplace.
Paddy Roe died in July 2001. This interview is being rebroadcast as a tribute to Paddy Roe, with the kind permission of his family.
Kim Scott
30/10/2008
This week on Verbatim, we're joined by the award-winning author of Benang, Kim Scott. He tells his story of personal reconciliation and the struggle to understand his family's story of living in Western Australia in the 1930s and 40s during the time of Chief Protecter of Aborigines AO Neville.
