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Author in conversation: Kirsty Murray

Listen to this recording of author Kirsty Murray in conversation with Justine Hyde about her award-winning YA novel India dark.

2 Dec 2016 Duration: 58:54

No longer a wandering spirit: part one

Join Creative Fellow Sharon Huebner on a journey of connection as two Indigenous families reclaim their history from the archives.

1 Dec 2016 Duration: 42:30

No longer a wandering spirit: part two

Watch part two of this historic event in which Bessy Flowers' descendants share their stories of discovering their ancestor and each other.

1 Dec 2016 Duration: 51:05

Noel Pearson on hunting the radical centre

Watch Noel Pearson deliver a searing 2016 Keith Murdoch Oration on how radical centrist politics can help solve Indigenous disadvantage.

20 Oct 2016 Duration: 39:06

Author in conversation: Maggie Black

Author Maggie Black talks with historian Peter Yule about her book 'Up came a squatter', the story of her great-grandfather Niel Black.

6 Oct 2016 Duration: 45:36

Paul Grabowsky on the creative arts

Watch musician Paul Grabowsky AO as he delivers the 2016 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on the role of the creative arts in Australia.

20 Sep 2016 Duration: 36:22

Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen on the Vagabond

Watch a discussion on the journalist known as the Vagabond, with historian Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen.

15 Sep 2016 Duration: 42:17

The design of world-class libraries

Scandinavian architect Morten Schmidt discusses how contemporary design can transform modern libraries into social hubs.

25 Aug 2016 Duration: 49:03

Allan Myers AC QC on Victorian optimism

Watch Allan Myers AC QC as he delivers the Redmond Barry Lecture 2016 on the legacy and future of Sir Redmond Barry's optimistic vision.

22 Aug 2016 Duration: 41:12

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