The Australian Bite
Posts Tagged ‘ wildlife’
Wildlife, dongas & the first ever map of Australia
3 February 2011
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This week on the Australian Bite, we hear of a new campaign to to bring home an important part of Australia’s cultural heritage – the first map to use the name Australia. We get an insight into a different kind of life when resources worker Trent Hope shows us around his donga – or portable cabin – in the remote pilbara region of Western Australia. And city kids come face to face with nature at the Wangat wildlife refuge.
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.
Potoroos, soldiers & Indigenous politicians
12 August 2010
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Not one of these seats in Australia's House of Representatives is currently occupied by an Indigenous Australian
This week on the Australian Bite, we’ll look at why only two Aboriginal people have been elected to Federal Parliament even though it has existed for more than 100 years – and we’ll meet a couple of the five indigenous candidates contesting this month’s Federal election. We’ll hear the remarkable story of a small number of Australian Special Forces troops, and their exploits in Timor in world war two, and enjoy a good news story about a native Aussie marsupial – the long-nosed potoroo.
Connecting with culture & counting koalas
1 July 2010
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On the Australian Bite this week we travel to remote Western Australia where a local initiative called the Yiriman Project is making a big difference to the indigenous community. We hear how sexual harassment is unfortunately alive and well in Australian workplaces. And we meet one of the people behind a new website that allows the public to plot koala sightings by simply clicking on a map.
