http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/ en-au © 2007 National Museum of Australia Talks on Australian social history, the National Museum of Australia and its National Historical Collection. National Museum of Australia Forums, talks, symposiums, conferences and other events held at the National Museum of Australia, exploring Australia's land, nation and people. The National Museum of Australia's audio series explores Australia's social history including Indigenous people, their cultures and histories, the nation's history since 1788, and the interaction of Australians with the land and environment. The series includes talks by curators, conservators, historians, environmental scientists and other specialists. National Museum of Australia feedback@nma.gov.au National Museum of Australia Historical Imagination Series, talk 2 Environmental historian Libby Robin and novelist Nicholas Drayson share an interest in nature and the history of science and discovery. They explore the dynamic relationship between historical evidence, recollections and the reconstruction of the past. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/historical/Historical_Research_24_Jun_2007.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 01:22:30 no culture, society, museums National Museum of Australia Historical Imagination Series, talk 1 Political historian Lenore Coltheart and author Frank Moorhouse explore the convergence of history and fiction, and the power of archives and objects, to inform their work on Australian women and the League of Nations. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/historical/Historical_Research_20_May_2007.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 01:11:36 no culture, society, museums Carol Cooper, National Museum of Australia Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 8 Registration Manager Carol Cooper outlines the history of the Springfield collection, the remarkable families who cared for it and the National Museum of Australia's work to make this rich collection available to the Australian people. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Springfield_transformed_family_C.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 30:43 no culture, society, museums Mathew Trinca,National Museum of Australia Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 7 Collections and Content General Manager Mathew Trinca outlines the National Museum of Australia's Collections Development Plan, which is designed to support collecting efforts for the next five years. It also argues for a broader view of the National Historical Collection, as an active dynamic text about the Australian past. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Future_directions_for_the_NHC.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 22:50 no culture, society, museums Ian McShane, Swinburne University Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 6 Ian McShane analyses social history as museum theme and practice during the period from 1981 to 2000. He contextualises a government report's criticism of the National Museum of Australia’s National Historical Collection and discusses earlier policy manoeuvres around collection development. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Singular_or_plural.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 21:10 no culture, society, museums Angela Philp, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies/Australian National University Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 5 Angela Philp explores Aboriginal art and culture, and the tensions between aesthetics, history and politics that have been critical in the institutional histories of the National Museum of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Relocating_Aboriginal_art_and_culture.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 35:00 no culture, society, museums Sylvia Schaffarczyk, Australian National University Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 4 Sylvia Schaffarczyk reconstructs the history of the Official Papuan collection at the National Museum of Australia and examines Australian collecting in Papua during a key period in the development of anthropology and Australia's colonial interests. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Official_Papuan_Collection.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 29:35 no culture, society, museums David Kaus, National Museum of Australia Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 3 Senior Curator David Kaus provides an overview of the Aboriginal material in the National Museum of Australia’s National Historical Collection. He reviews the series of professional and amateur collectors who influenced its composition over a period of more than 50 years. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Histories_National_Ethnographic_C.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 24:15 no culture, society, museums Dr Libby Robin, Australian National University Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 2 Libby Robin tells the story of the zoological specimens, collected by Sir Colin MacKenzie, that were among the first objects in the National Museum of Australia’s National Historical Collection. She argues that this history reveals much about the changing nature of museums and national collections in the twentieth century. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_first_objects_of_the_NHC.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 23:18 no culture, society, museums Guy Hansen, National Museum of Australia Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 1 Senior Curator Guy Hansen traces the history of the National Historical Collection. He argues that the collection is eclectic - that there is no single story but many stories, with various collectors bringing different perspectives. This variety impacts on what is significant and what should be preserved. He explores the collection of 2000 wet and mounted animal specimens and anatomical drawings and the National Ethnographic collection of more than 20,000 Indigenous objects from Australia and the Pacific. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Sum_of_many_parts_history_of_NHC.mp3 Mon, 19 Sep 2007 16:43:00 +1000 24:28 no culture, society, museums National Museum of Australia Collecting for a Nation: The History of the National Historical Collection and its Collectors, lecture 9 A panel of six expert speakers, each involved with shaping the National Historical Collection over time, reflect on their personal experiences with the National Museum of Australia. Discussion facilitated by National Museum Senior Curator Kirsten Wehner. Speakers include Professor John Mulvaney, Peter Pigott, Dr Don McMichael, Andrew Reeves, Dr Luke Taylor and Dr Richard Baker. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/collecting/NMA_Collecting_for_a_Nation_Panel.mp3 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:43:00 +1000 1:07:44 no culture, society, museums Jenny Kee and Roslyn Russell Eternity Series, talk 1 Fashion designer Jenny Kee, whose story features in the National Museum, explains how her chance survival in the Granville Train Crash in Sydney in 1977 became a catalyst for her art. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/eternity/transcripts/Jenny_Kee.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +1000 01:00:23 no culture, society, museums Professor David Day, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 1 Historian and National Museum Director's Fellow David Day argues that Australian Labor prime minister Andrew Fisher should be remembered for more than committing 'the last man and last shilling' to the First World War. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Day_20071025.mp3 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:16:00 +1000 1:05:51 no culture, society, museums Dr Paul Tranter, Australian Defence Force Academy National Museum of Australia audio on demand Senior Geography Lecturer Paul Tranter critiques the Disney movie 'Monsters Inc.' as he examines the issue of making cities safe, fun and connective for kids. Recorded during a Children's Week lecture at the National Museum of Australia, Tranter calls for changes to urban form and transport, improved neighbourhood design and changes to social values. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_tranter_20071027.mp3 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:16:00 +1000 44:23 no culture, society, museums Martha Sear,National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 1 Senior Curator Martha Sear outlines her research on the history of a set of 10 rare glass plates that depict people and places in north Queensland in the mid-1800s. The images were captured by photographer and geologist Richard Daintree, whose work was shown at an international fair. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Sear_20071010.mp3 Thur, 22 Nov 2007 09:30:00 +1000 52:25 no culture, society, museums, photography Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and Sophie Jensen, National Museum of Australia Eternity Series, talk 2 Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton recounts events since her daughter Azaria was taken from a tent in Australia's Northern Territory in 1980. She speaks about the National Museum's Chamberlain collection and the public's fascination with the case. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/eternity/NMA_chamberlain_20071014.mp3 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:00:00 +1000 01:45:13 no culture, society, museums Robyn Davidson and Dr Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 2 Adventurer and author Robyn Davidson joins desert archaeologist Mike Smith for a discussion about her travels in Australia, India, China and Tibet, and 30 years since the publication of her 'Making Tracks' book. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Davidson_20070916.mp3 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:30:00 +1000 01:12:34 no culture, society, museums National Museum of Australia Historical Imagination Series, talk 3 Poet and writer Sam Wagan Watson joins historian and Indigenous biographer Peter Read in a discussion about Indigenous issues and the intersection between historical research and imagination. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/Historical_Imagination_20071104.mp3 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:45:00 +1000 01:09:56 no culture, society, museums National Museum of Australia Historical Imagination Series, talk 3 Poet and writer Sam Wagan Watson joins historian and Indigenous biographer Peter Read in a discussion about Indigenous issues and the intersection between historical research and imagination. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/Historical_Imagination_20071104.mp3 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:45:00 +1000 01:09:56 no culture, society, museums Jennifer Wilson, National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 2 Curator Jennifer Wilson outlines her research into a bamboo musical instrument made by a Vietnamese refugee to Australia. It illustrates a meeting of European and Asian traditions and a life changed by war. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Wilson_20070808.mp3 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 20:54 no culture, society, museums National Museum of Australia Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 10 Alice Springs historian Dick Kimber proposes an alternative theory for the fate of the Leichhardt expedition, arguing that it was lost in the Simpson Desert, as part of a closing discussion with earlier symposium speakers. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_panel_Leichhardt_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 59:30 no culture, society, museums Dr Susan Martin, La Trobe University Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 9 Dr Susan Martin explores Australian writers' fascination with Ludwig Leichhardt, including Patrick White's Voss, earlier elegiac poems and Lemurian novels. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Martin_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 35:55 no culture, society, museums Dr Martin Woods, National Library of Australia Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 8 Dr Martin Woods examines a rare map drawn by Ludwig Leichhardt. Woods says the map of the Balonne and Condamine rivers raised hopes of an expanded Darling Downs farming district and funded Leichhardt's final journey. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Woods_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 31:49 no culture, society, museums Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 7 Dr Philip Jones re-examines evidence found in the Simpson Desert in 1938, which prompted a search for the lost Leichhardt expedition. He argues the search party may have discovered an Aboriginal burial site. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Jones_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 26:58 no culture, society, museums Professor Henry Nix, Australian National University Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 6 Professor Henry Nix argues that had explorer Ludwig Leichhardt lived, he could have published the results of his scientific observations and joined the company of peers including Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Nix_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 33:43 no culture, society, museums Dr Tom Darragh, Museum Victoria Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 5 Dr Tom Darragh uses Ludwig Leichhardt's diaries to show the skill and accuracy with which the explorer recorded information about plants and geological specimens and his scientific observations, using terminology which is still used today. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Darragh_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 36:37 no culture, society, museums Professor Rod Home, University of Melbourne Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 4 Professor Rod Home looks at Ludwig Leichhardt's family background, financial situation and formal scientific training to argue the explorer was also a perceptive naturalist with a well defined research agenda in Australia. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Home_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 31:42 no culture, society, museums David Hallam, National Museum of Australia Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 3 National Museum Senior Conservator David Hallam outlines the metal and corrosion analysis which helped to authenticate the Leichhardt nameplate, the only known artefact from Ludwig Leichhardt's lost 1848 Australian expedition. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Hallam_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 36:00 no culture, society, museums Dr Darrell Lewis, Australian National University Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 2 Dr Darrell Lewis examines German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt's intended route for his attempted east-west crossing of Australia. Lewis argues that Leichhardt followed his plan and managed to cross two-thirds of the continent. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Lewis_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 36:26 no culture, society, museums Matthew Higgins, National Museum of Australia Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history, lecture 1 National Museum Senior Curator Matthew Higgins outlines the work undertaken to establish the authenticity of a brass nameplate, the first object with a corroborated provenance from explorer Ludwig Leichhardts 1848 expedition. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/leichhardt/NMA_Higgins_20070615.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:00 +1000 9:32 no culture, society, museums Michelle Hetherington, National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 3 Curator Michelle Hetherington outlines her research into a Dollond achromatic telescope used by Captain John Gore during Captain Cook's voyages to the Pacific. The telescope is remarkable for the stories it can tell about not only Cook's voyages but also the development of optics and the Royal Navy's reliance on astronomy in determining longitude. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Hetherington_20080213.mp3 Thur,19 Mar 2008 15:00:00 +1000 39:30 no culture, society, museums Dr Mike Smith, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 3 Desert archaeologist and Senior Research Fellow Dr Mike Smith talks about his expedition into the remote southern Simpson Desert in June-July 2007 on the search for signs of a lost world. He recounts this through three intersecting stories: the desert and its history; the story of his fellow travellers, the people and the camels; and the actual journey, what it is like travelling with camels through the desert. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Smith_20070905.mp3 Thur, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:00 +1000 48:35 no culture, society, museums Vivien Johnson, John Kean, Jeremy Long and Dr Peter Thorley, National Museum of Australia Papunya Painting Series, talk 1 Panel of speakers share firsthand knowledge of the sometimes life-changing, occasionally hilarious and always vital role of the mutukayi, or motor car, in the history of the people of Australia's Western Desert. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_mutukayi_20071202.mp3 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +1000 1:03:10 no culture, society, museums Margo Neale, Vivien Johnson and Christopher Hodges, National Museum of Australia Papunya Painting series, talk 2 Explore the history of the Papunya painting movment and discover the current generation of Papunya artists in this forum that also included valuable advice for potential collectors. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_papunya_20080203.mp3 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +1000 1:09:10 no culture, society, museums Lissant Bolton, British Museum Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 7 Lissant Bolton from the British Museum considers the nature of Captain Cook’s fame in a museological context and discusses how difficult it is to present artefacts from the Pacific in an exhibition without reference to Cook’s three voyages. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_bolton_20060728.mp3 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 42:45 no culture, society, museums Doreen Mellor, National Library of Australia Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 6 Doreen Mellor from the National Library of Australia examines the life-changing consequences for Australian Indigenous peoples of Cook’s first Pacific journey and subsequent European settlement as the background to the story of the Stolen Generations. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_20060728.mp3 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 43:30 no culture, society, museums Paul Tapsell, Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 5 Paul Tapsell, director Maori at the Auckland War Memorial Museum discusses how artefacts in Joseph Banks’ collection from Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific can be viewed as taonga or Maori treasured possessions. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_tapsell_20060728.mp3 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 41:10 no culture, society, museums Greg Dening, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 4 Greg Dening from the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research examines the cultural achievements of the Sea of Islands peoples with a particular focus on Tupaia, a priest of Oro, the god of sacrifice. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_dening_20060728 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 41:45 no culture, society, museums Adrienne Kaeppler, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 3 Adrienne Kaeppler from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, outlines the research that has gone into reconstructing the ethnographic collections from Cook’s three voyages. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_kaeppler_20060728.mp3 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 43:30 no culture, society, museums Nigel Erskine, Australian National Maritime Museum Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 2 Nigel Erskine from the Australian National Maritime Museum discusses the official account of Cook’s third voyage and in particular the introductory essay by Georg Forster. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_erskine_20060728 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 37:30 no culture, society, museums Paul Turnbull, Griffith University Discovering Cook’s Collections symposium, lecture 1 Paul Turnbull from Griffith University outlines the historical significance of the Cook-Forster ethnographic collection of the University of Gottingen. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/cook/NMA_turnbull_20060728.mp3 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 51:15 no culture, society, museums Susannah Helman, National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 4 Curator Susannah Helman talks about the life and stories behind six surviving journals compiled around 1912 by a group of young sisters in Grong Grong, rural New South Wales. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Helman_200080409.mp3 Tues,27 May 2008 15:00:00 +1000 24:45 no culture, society, museums Tim Gavel, Nick Smith, Ben Pollock and Guy Hansen League of Legends talk 1 As part of the cententary of rugby league celebrations, a panel of rugby identities debates the merits of rugby union and rugby league with National Museum of Australia senior curator Guy Hansen. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Clash_of_Codes_20080302.mp3 Mon, 16 June 2008 15:00:00 +1000 1:22:27 no culture, society, museums Ian Heads, Sean Fagan, Geoff Armstrong and Guy Hansen League of Legends talk 2 A panel of sports historians discuss the great and controversial moments of the past 100 years of rugby league in Australia with National Museum of Australia senior curator Guy Hansen. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_100_years_RL_20080511.mp3 Mon, 16 June 2008 15:00:00 +1000 1:10:00 no culture, society, museums Karen Schamberger, National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 5 Curator Karen Schamberger tells the story of Mrs Ginne Kinne's Latvian national dress that was assembled over a period of 20 years in Latvia, Germany and Australia and that she donated to the National Museum of Australia in 1989. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Schamberger_20080514.mp3 Mon, 28 July 2008 15:00:00 +1000 32:00 no culture, society, museums Bill Fox, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 4 National Museum of Australia 2008 Director's Fellow Bill Fox, an American adventurer, poet and scholar, discusses his research into how humans transform land into landscape, terrain into territory and space into place and in particular his current research into long cultural axes across a landscape as a platform for exploring environmental ideas. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Fox_20080525.mp3 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +1000 1:02:11 no culture, society, museums Dr Mickey Dewar, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 5 National Museum of Australia 2008 Director's Fellow Dr Mickey Dewar talks about her research into the Mindil Beach site in Darwin and discusses the ways in which a cultural site intersects with a complex community history and memory. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Dewar_20080527.mp3 Wed, 30 July, 2008 15:00:00 +1000 31:20 no culture, society, museums Alison Mercieca, National Museum of Australia Behind the Scenes Series, talk 6 Assistant 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 along the Arnhem Land coast. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Mercieca_20080709.mp3 Mon,4 August 2008 15:00:00 +1000 38:00 no culture, society, museums Alistair Thomson, National Museum of Australia Historical Interpretation Series, talk 6 National Museum of Australia 2007-08 Director's Fellow Alistair Thomson talks about his current project exploring the experience of migration to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s, through the eyes and life stories of four British women. http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/audio_files/NMA_Thomson_20080619.mp3 Mon,11 August 2008 15:00:00 +1000 41:47 no culture, society, museums