The Australian Bite
Archive for the ‘ indigenous’ Category
Swimming with crocodiles & Aboriginal Sydney
16 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, Kaitlyn Sawrey goes crocodile catching in Australia’s tropical north. We take a look at the newly revised edition of the guidebook Aboriginal Sydney. And we meet Melbourne author Maryanne Harris, who has written a children’s book about disability with a strong positive message.
Sinking islands, the nuclear debate & train travellers talking
9 December 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, the nuclear power debate is up and running again in Australia – and a new report investigates possible sites for nuclear power stations. We’ll also hear about at turtle tagging and the effects of rising sea levels in the Torres Strait Islands. And we’ll drop in on the the Southern Crossings project – an art installation and story-sharing project at Melbourne’s Southern Cross train Station.
Great sporting moments & sheep wearing backpacks!
25 November 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, veteran sports journalist Ian Heads joins me to talk about some of the great moments in Australian sport over the last 200 years. We’ll meet the leader of a group of Indigenous students from Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region as they prepare for a trip to Vietnam. And we’ll hear why sheep are wearing backpacks in rural New South Wales!
Street art, good works and desert desserts
11 November 2010
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This week on the Australian Bite, we travel to Alice Springs for a cooking competition with an outback twist. We talk to one of the founders of Vietnam Vision – an Australian organisation doing great work restoring vision to cataract sufferers in Vietnam and Cambodia. And we”ll meet indigenous street artist Reko Rennie, whose art expores themes such as identity, law and justice, and tradition.
