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An evolving collection of recordings of key past and current lectures, forums and symposiums held at the National Museum of Australia - listen to them anywhere, anytime, or subscribe to our podcast service.

Recent programs

> NEW! Behind the Scenes series: Captured in Staffordshire - Rebecca Nason

Curator Rebecca Nason discusses two recently acquired Staffordshire figurines of nineteenth-century Irish nationalist, parliamentarian and convict William Smith O'Brien.

> NEW! Collections Symposium 2008 - Material Histories: Objects as Sources?

This year's symposium was devoted to exploring the ways we might use museum objects as sources. Museums are full of objects with stories to tell. Often the object illustrates a story gleaned from other sources such as books, documents, memories and photographs. But can the objects themselves be regarded as evidence of the past and, if so, how might we use them to create new interpretations of Australia's past? How can 'material history' inform our understanding of the past? What challenges might it pose? What benefits might it bring?

> Moving stories: women's lives, British women and the post-war Australian dream - Alistair Thomson

National Museum of Australia 2008 Director's Fellow Alistair Thomson explores the experienceof migration to Australia int he 1950s and 1960s through the eyes and life stories of four British women.

> Behind the Scenes series: From Makassar to Marege' to the Museum - Alison Mercieca

Curator Alison Mercieca tells the story of the Macassan trepang industry, considering the places connected by the Macassan voyages and looks at the archaeological traces left behind by Macassan activities along the Arnhem land coast.

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