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Ken Inglis on remembering the Dunera

Ken Inglis reveals the fate of German and Austrian Jews interned in Australia as enemy aliens during WWII.

20 Apr 2011 Duration: 47:31

Ned Kelly’s Armour: deconstructed

Follow the intriguing process as Ned Kelly’s armour is dismantled, piece by piece.

16 Mar 2011 Duration: 1:17

Richard Ovenden on book arts in the 21st century

Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?

15 Feb 2011 Duration: 55:28

Audio: Black Thursday soundscape

Hear the story behind one of the State Library's colonial-era masterpieces, the painting Black Thursday.

10 Jan 2010 Duration: 07:07

Audio: Jerilderie letter soundscape

Immerse yourself in the drama of the Jerilderie siege, when Ned Kelly and his gang took over the small Riverina town in February 1879.

16 Nov 2009 Duration: 07:45

Audio: Recovering the Australian war dead at Fromelles

Hear insights from an ex-soldier and an academic as they look into the reburials of Australian soldiers killed on foreign soil during WWI.

12 Nov 2009 Duration: 01:30:22

Ned Kelly’s armour

Step inside the iconic suit of armour worn by Ned Kelly on the day he was arrested at Glenrowan.

26 Nov 2004 Duration: 6:01

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