National Museum of Australia – Audio on demand program
Forums, talks, symposiums, conferences and other events held at the National Museum of Australia, exploring Australia's land, nation and people.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 468
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2025
'A theory to work with': On The Origin of Species and its contemporary reception
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Historian Paul Turnbull summarises Charles Darwin's arguments in Origin, its diverse reception in British and European circles from 1860 to 1900, and how the natura…
00:22:40 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Darwin and social Darwinism: the political use and abuse of natural selection
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Historian Tony Barta examines to what extent Charles Darwin's ideas were misused by others and discusses the tragic effect of Darwinian eugenics in Australia and Ge…
00:20:41 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Charles Darwin: his character and convictions
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Historian Tom Frame explores Charles Darwin's personal profile and describes the impact of his scientific views, his attitudes and opinions on religion.
00:18:58 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Darwin's experiences in Australia
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Frank Nicholas from the School of Veterinary Science outlines Charles Darwin's visit to Australia on the HMS Beagle in 1836. What Darwin saw contributed to the weal…
00:22:27 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Human evolution: fossils surprising, fossils predicted
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Archaeologist Colin Groves outlines the fossil history of human evolution. He examines how some parts of the human fossil record appear to depict gradual change, wh…
00:30:01 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Evolution and creationism
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
Theologian Neil Ormerod examines debates over creationism, creation science and intelligent design, and how they muddied the waters of what was held in the Catholic…
00:19:05 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
Evolutionary change in agriculture - the past, present and future
Date recorded: 26 February 2009.
The impact of adaptation and evolution on the development of modern agricultural crops and the use of genetically modified technologies is outlined by evolutionary …
00:24:04 |
Wed 29 Apr 2009
'If it wasn't for them ...' -- remembering the activists of the 1920s and 1930s
Date recorded: 9 July 2008.
Historian John Maynard leads an informal discussion with some of the original political activists from the Indigenous protests of the 1920s and 1930s, as part of the Nat…
Thu 02 Apr 2009
Clash of the codes: rugby union vs rugby league
Date recorded: 2 March 2008.
The relative merits of rugby union and rugby league football are debated by ABC Canberra sports reporter Tim Gavel, Brumbies media manager Nick Smith, Canberra Raiders …
Sun 29 Mar 2009
History meets poetry
Date recorded: 4 November 2007.
Poet and writer Sam Wagan Watson, historian and Indigenous biographer Peter Read and National Museum curator Margo Neale discuss Indigenous issues and the intersecti…
Sun 22 Mar 2009
Environmental history beyond the ivory tower
Date recorded: 29 October 2008.
Environmental historian Libby Robin talks about the uses of environmental history in museums in Australia and New Zealand as a bridge between the traditions of natur…
00:39:02 |
Mon 16 Mar 2009
The Port of Aran
Date recorded: 8 October 2008.
Irish archaeologist Michael Gibbons talks about the history and archaeology of Killeany Harbour, Inis Mor on Aran Island off the coast of Ireland, as part of a broade…
Tue 10 Mar 2009
Late-style modernist: a 'boundary rider' view
Date recorded: 22 August 2008.
Indigenous art curator Djon Mundine examines the art of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, drawing parallels with other late-style female artists to deepen the understanding of E…
00:27:35 |
Tue 10 Mar 2009
Animated conversation with Geoff Pryor
Date recorded: 14 December 2008.
Historian Michael McKernan celebrates the life and work of much admired political cartoonist and Canberra identity Geoff Pryor, who retired after three decades with…
Tue 10 Mar 2009
Japanese responses to the Emily exhibition
Date recorded: 23 August 2008.
Art historian Chiaki Ajoika, Aboriginal art consultant Mayumi Uchida and Australian Embassy official Hitomi Toku discuss Japanese responses to the Osaka and Tokyo exh…
00:47:19 |
Tue 10 Mar 2009
Emily Kame Kngwarreye: her place in Australian art
Date recorded: 22 August 2008.
Art writer and critic Susan McCulloch discusses the significance of Emily Kame Kngwarreye in twentieth-century Australian art, her contribution to its development and…
00:24:36 |
Tue 10 Mar 2009
These are modern dreamtime stories!
Date recorded: 6 July 2007.
The ways the 'active' Indigenous voice has changed the representation of Indigenous cultures from urban areas in museums and keeping places is explored by Indigenous art…
Mon 02 Mar 2009
Writing onto public record our stories
Date recorded: 6 July 2007.
An exploration of the term 'urban', whether it is an appropriate reference for Indigenous people living in Australian cities, and the many ways Indigenous culture is exp…
Mon 02 Mar 2009
Who you callin' urban?
Date recorded: 6 July 2007.
An examination of the expression of Indigenous culture and identity by a dynamic group of contemporary artists and authors. Explores the impact the 'art' movement has ha…
Mon 02 Mar 2009
History in the baking
Date recorded: 30 November 2008.
Historian Adele discusses cookbooks as historial resources, drawing on the National Museum's collection in her time as a Visiting Fellow with the Museum's Centre fo…
Tue 20 Jan 2009
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