Podcasts by Shooting The Past

Shooting The Past

Further podcasts by ABC Radio

Podcast on the topic Geschichte

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Shooting The Past
The Glide from 2019-02-26T11:05

An arresting photograph has Clare Wright duck-diving into the history of surfing in Australia.

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Roughy Justice from 2019-02-19T11:05

A fishy looking photograph throws Clare Wright into the deep end of the battle between industry and sustainability.

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Alien Nation from 2019-02-12T11:05

Clare Wright explores the story behind a studio portrait of an Edwardian family, and raises some tricky questions about citizenship, the Australian constitution and the subtle art of belonging.

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All Tragic to the Moon from 2019-02-05T11:05

Clare Wright unravels the dramatic story within a family photograph that takes us to the searing heart of an Australian summer tragedy — bushfire.

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Camp Sovereignty from 2019-01-29T11:05

A photograph of two men — one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous — holding hands, leads Clare Wright to investigate the history of Aboriginal resistance in Australia.

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The Ruins of Science from 2019-01-22T11:00

Clare Wright tries to uncover the story behind a baffling photograph, and finds herself transported back to Australia in the 1960s.

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The rugmaker of Prahran from 2017-10-20T13:30

A photograph of a man radiating pride amidst a sea of riotous colour and luxury, sends Clare Wright diving into the recent history of immigration to Australia.

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Flo and Bena and the Mallee root from 2017-10-13T13:30

A family photograph of two prim women standing in barren wasteland casts Clare Wright into the heart of Victorian Mallee country, to unearth a story of destruction and renewal. 

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Zelda in chains from 2017-10-06T13:30

Clare Wright unlocks the story behind a 1969 press photograph of a neatly dressed woman smiling demurely at the camera while chained to the front doors of a city building.

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Bones from 2017-09-29T13:30

Clare Wright heads to the hallowed ground of the MCG to tackle the man in the centre of a photograph which defies every notion of the modern day professional sporting hero. 

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The sunshine cure from 2017-09-22T13:30

Clare Wright looks squarely into the faces of a line of bed-ridden boys in a photograph that recalls the terrifying scourge of polio, a disease which ravaged Australia in the first half of the 20th...

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Shattered Anzacs from 2017-09-15T13:30

An affecting photograph of a wounded unknown WW1 soldier takes Clare Wright deep into Anzac territory, to examine the physical and moral legacies of war.

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All hands on deck from 2017-09-08T13:30

Clare Wright massages the meaning behind an intriguing photograph which reveals a very different view of the White Australia era.

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The promised land from 2017-09-01T13:30

Clare Wright poses a slippery question about a photograph of Wurundjeri leader William Barak, taken at Coranderrk station in 1897.

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Introducing Shooting The Past from 2017-08-25T13:30

A new history program from ABC RN. Shooting The Past brings you Australian history by using a photograph to discover the story behind it. Begins Friday September 1 at 1.30 pm on ABC RN, ABC Radio a...

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