The Australian Bite
Adelaide trials a tour with a difference
17 December 2009
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If you were thinking about visiting Australia and going on an Aboriginal cultural tour, what would come to mind? Would you immediately think of visiting Uluru, or remote communities in the top end? If you did, you wouldn’t be alone. But Australian cities are also full of Aboriginal history and culture, and this week on the Australian Bite we accompany Kaurna elder Uncle Frank Wanganeen on an a very special tour of Adelaide’s CBD. We also meet a couple who like to share the Christmas spirit with the lonely and the marginalised, and look at the where things are at with private educational colleges in Australia.
Where to now for Australia’s private education sector?
It’s been a year to forget for Australia’s private education sector – but a year many international students won’t forget, given that many have been left high and dry. In the past six months, 11 private colleges have shut down in Victoria, another 9 in Sydney. Some students were just weeks away from finishing their courses. The Australian Council for Private Education and Training represents many of these operators, and is now responsible for looking after the thousands of students who’ve been left displaced. Andrew Smith is the Chief Executive Officer and he talked to Fran Kelly about past problems and the future of the sector.
Aboriginal cultural tour of Adelaide
Tarndanyangga is the traditional Kaurna name for the Adelaide city area – it means “place of the red kangaroo – and the Adelaide City Council is trialling an indigenous tour of this city which was the birthplace of the red, black and yellow Aboriginal flag. Kaurna (pron. Garna) elder Uncle Frank Wanganeen leads the tour and on this occasion was accompanied by Rihanna Patrick. They started out at Adelaide’s Victoria Square – the site of the statue of Colonel William Light – an important figure in the colonial development of the city. . . but also the place where the Aboriginal flag was first raised in Australia.
This story was originally broadcast on ABC Local Radio’s Speaking Out program, which is hosted by Rihanna Patrick. The website is a great place to go to keep up with indigenous issues.
Adelaide, South Australia, on google maps
Christmas on the beach brings cheer to the lonely
Five years ago one Port Macquarie (NSW) couple decided they didn’t want anybody to have to be alone on Christmas day. So Max Davies and his wife Karen started inviting people to join them for lunch. Last year it had grown to a beachside gathering of 80 people, and this year they will be doing it all over again. Katya Quigley asked Max Davies why they do it, and how many they’re expecting this year.
Music (not in podcast)
Brisbane rock outfit Powderfinger formed in 1989, but it wasn’t until the release of their third album “Internationalist” in 1998 that they found commercial success. Since then they’ve gone on to really make their mark, with numerous top selling albums, number one hits and ARIA awards. This is the new single from their latest album Golden Rule, which debuted at number one on the ARIA charts here in Australia . . . the fifth of their albums to do so.
Artist: Powderfinger
Track: Burn Your Name
Album: Golden Rule (2009)
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