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‘Never enough grass’ and Bowen Downs
Dr George Main, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Landmarks series, 8 April 2009
The development of the Australian pastoral industry at Bowen Downs in central Queensland, one of four places to be featured in the ‘Never enough grass’ module of the National Museum’s Creating a Country gallery, is outlined by curator George Main.
Into the west: Torres Strait Islander railway workers, migration and belonging
Dr Shino Konishi, Australian National University
Historical Interpretation series, 28 August 2008
Historian Shino Konishi explores the experiences in the 1960s of young Torres Strait Islander men who moved from the Torres Strait to the Australian mainland to work on railway construction.
From Makassar to Marege to the Museum
Alison Mercieca, National Museum of Australia
Behind the Scenes – Australian Journeys series, 7 July 2008
Curator Alison Mercieca tells the story of the Macassan trepang, or sea slug, industry. She considers the places connected by the Macassan voyagers from Indonesia and looks at the archaeological traces left on the Arnhem Land coast.
