The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ books’
Life on the mission & reclaiming multiculturalism
21 January 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite summer series, we’ll meet indigenous author Marie Munkara – whose award-winning debut novel Every Secret Thing chronicles life on a remote Catholic Mission. And we’ll hear why Australians are being urged to “reclaim multiculturalism.”
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.
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!
Kangaroos, internet scams & a house made of hemp
1 October 2010
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Tasmanian kangaroo by Jon Wiley (Flickr Creative Commons)
This week on The Australian Bite, the Australian Competition and Comsumer commission has been scouring the internet for fake sites and scams, and we find out some of the tricks used by criminals trying to trap you into parting with your money. We also look at a new book on one of Australia’s favourite animals – the kangaroo, and travel to Tasmania where a British doctor is building his dream house – made of hemp.
