GLAMcity

This episode we're joined by Elena Guest, manager of the National Film and Sound Archive Restores progra Chelsea Barnett talks to Elena about the ins and outs of restoring films, the National Film and Sound Archives approach to restoration, and some exciting upcoming films.

This week we speak to the historian Professor Ann Curthoys. Across her more than forty year career, Ann has worked in Indigenous, colonial and women’s history. Ann is joined by Kiera Lindsey, to talk about “creative histories”- what the term means, why it’s used, and how creativity plays a part in making histories.

This week on GLAMcity we speak with Jenny Newell, the Australian Museum’s Manager of International Collections and Climate Change Projects. We talk about what place cultural institutions have in addressing climate change- and how the Australian Museum is doing its part.

This week we speak to Dr Anna Lawrenson and Dr Chiara O’Reilly about their book- The Rise of the Must-See Exhibition: Blockbusters in Australian Museums and Galleries. Chelsea Barnett chats to Chiara and Anna about these blockbusters, and how they shape, and are shaped by, our cultural institutions.

This week's guest is Stephen Gapps, a Sydney based historian with an interest in public history and early colonial Sydney. We talk to Stephen about his book The Sydney Wars, and the conflicts between colonists and Sydney people in the city's early years.

This episode we speak to Paul Irish, a Sydney based historian and archaeologist. Paul is the author of Hidden In Plain View: The Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney, which explores the history of Aboriginal people in Sydney, and their interactions with early colonists.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch! GLAMcity@2ser.com

Professor John Maynard is a Worimi man and chair of Indigenous Studies and Head of Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Newcastle- his research covers Aboriginal social and political life, and international links between Aboriginal activists.On this episode of GLAMcity, we talk to John about his research into the movement of Aboriginal people from Australia to England from the late eighteenth century onward.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch! GLAMcity@2ser.com

This week on GLAMcity we're taking the questions to one of our own- Dr Kiera Lindsey is a GLAMcity host, as well as a research fellow at University of Technology Sydney and author of the speculative biography The Convict’s Daughter: The Scandal that Shocked a Colony. Chelsea Barnett talks to Kiera about her current research project on colonial artist Adelaide Ironside, and how it led her to a fascinating archival find that could change what we know about colonials women's political lives.

This episode we take an introspective look at some of the station's own archives.Liz Giuffre, senior lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, joins us to talk about her work sorting through boxes of tape, photos and 2SER ephemera, and her passion for pop culture.What's On:40 Years of 2SER at the 107 Projects 10-20 OctoberMeet Bluey and Bingo at the State Library 12 OctoberMeet Mr Wickham at Ashfield Library 28 OctoberMusic: Comprehension, Frank JonssonPhoto:If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show, get in touch- GLAMcity@2ser.com

Geoffrey Potter is a central coast local history librarian, and author of "Wreck of the Maitland: a scene to make the angels weep"On this episode of GLAMcity, we talk to Geoffrey about what it means to be a local historian and the importance of exploring local histories.

What role do GLAM institutions have in activism? Should GLAM workers be creating activist spaces?Anna Clarke, host of 2SER 107.3’s GLAMcity, speaks to a panel of GLAM workers about what how cultural institutions should engage with social issues.Kirsten Thorpe, Worrimi woman, professional archivist and senior researcher at the Jumbunna Institute; Sheona White, director of the Penrith Regional Gallery and Jennifer Newell, manager of climate change projects at the Australian Museum, talk about their own thoughts on the place of activism in GLAM institutions, and where the sector should go from here.

Akira Isogawa is one of Australia’s most celebrated and respected designers. Originally from Kyoto, Japan, Akira moved to Australia in 1986, studied fashion design at East Sydney Technical College. Since that time, he has broken boundaries and blurred lines between traditional Japanese and Australian design.On this episode of GLAMcity, we go inside the retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences to speak with Akira and curator, Roger Leong about how such an extensive and beautiful collection is curated into one show.Further Reading:Akira’s retrospective exhibition is on at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences until 30 June 2019. For tickets and information, visit:https://maas.museum/event/akira-isogawa/For more information on Akira Isogawa’s work, visit:http://www.akira.com.au/For more information on Roger Leong’s work and a look inside the collection, check out the Museums of Applied Arts and Sciences blog:https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/author/rogerleong/If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.Music: Emil Axelsson, Czar Donic Joseph Beg, Gunnar Johnsen and Brendon Moeller

On this episode, we’re joined by Author and Historian, Tom Griffiths. Tom’s a Professor of History at the Australian National University in Canberra, and has written extensively on environmental history, and the nature of historical understanding. His essay, The Planet is Alive: Radical histories for uncanny times is featured in Griffith Review 63- Writing the Country. Further Reading:Griffith Review 63 Writing the CountryDefining Moments In Australian History at the National Museum of AustraliaAkira Isogawa retrospective at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode, we speak to with Kim Mahood about her essay Lost and Found in translation.Further Reading:Griffith Review 63- Writing the Country

The second annual GLAM Slam event was held on March 15 at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. The keynote speakers for GLAMSLAM 2019 were Julian Meyrick (Flinders) and David Ritter (Greenpeace Australia Pacific).On this episode of GLAMcity, we’re featuring David Ritter’s keynote address titled GLAM Power as Clean Energy? Bring it on! Further Reading:For more information on David’s work at Greenpeace Australia, visit: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/about/organisation/leadership/ You can find David on Twitter @David_Ritter and @GreenpeaceAPFor more information on the School Strike 4 Climate, visit their website.If you’d like to get involved in the work that Greenpeace is doing on climate action, visit their website. You’ll find a full list of presenters on the GLAM Slam 2019 program here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch- GLAMcity@2ser.comMusic: Gunnar Johnsén, Sarah, the Illtrumentalist, Flouw and Christian Andersen* David Attenborough quote thanks to the BBC (Planet Earth II)

“There’s so much information about our country encapsulated in Aboriginal languages that we’d be silly not to get involved because it teaches us so much about our land.” Bruce PascoeOn this episode of Glam City, Anna calls up author and historian, Bruce Pascoe from his home on the south coast of New South Wales to have a yarn about history and language. Bruce discusses his motivations for writing his award winning book Dark Emu and what we can learn from Aboriginal place names. Further Reading:You can find out more about Bruce's work with First Languages Australia on their website.Bruce Pascoe's 2014 novel, Dark Emu, was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, Victorian Premier's Award and won the Indigenous Writer's Prize in the 2016. Get yourself a copy at Magabala Books. You can help Bruce's ABC project, This Place by visiting their website and submitting an Aboriginal place name.Credits:This podcast is produced on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. Music provided by: Henrik Neesgaard, Gunnar Johnsén, Magnus Ringblom, Lotus and FlouwThanks to the ABC for audio from This Place Jason L'Ecuyer is the Executive Producer

On this episode of Glam City, Anna and Chelsea speak with City of Sydney Councillor Jess Scully and Curator Margaret Betteridge about public art, Sydney Town Hall and the city’s civic collection.More info:You can find more information on Jess Scully’s work with City of Sydney on her website or via City of SydneyThe Eora Journey is a visionary project that celebrates the living culture of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Sydney.Interested in more information the City of Sydney’s Cultural Policy and Action Plan?Peak into the City of Sydney Civic Collection that Margaret manages.Margaret’s book, Our City: 175 Years in 175 Objects is available through Trove.Are you an artist interested in Sydney? Check out the City of Sydney Public Art Strategy.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.Music: Joan Sutherland- Coloratura Gallore, Teddy Bergström, Jack Elphick and Epidemic Sound

On this episode of GLAMcity, Anna and Chelsea dive into a curious archive at the Australian Museum. In the late 19th century, the museum started to experiment with a strange new technology to capture nature. Zoologist and explorer, Gerard Krefft began taking photographs of animal specimens for the museum’s collection. Vanessa Finney, Manager, Archives, Rare books & Library Collections at the Australian Museum, joins us to talk about the collection, exhibition and book!Capturing Nature is on at the Australian Museum. For more information visit their website:https://australianmuseum.net.au/exhibition/capturing-nature/More information: The biography of Gerard Krefft Vanessa’s book, entitled Capturing Nature, is available through NewSouth PublishingIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show, get in touch- GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Do you remember 2001? The year we started watching a group of twenty-somethings in The Secret Life of Us. The year Ansett released it’s infamous advertisement- Am I with Ansett? Absolutely- only to collapse months later along with One.Tel, HIH and Enron.It was the year of the 2001 Census and the year that Francesca Higgens, a Librarian, became the first woman to be awarded a year of paid maternity leave.It was also the year that a Norwegian fishing boat called the MV Tampa intercepted a wooden fishing vessel packed with asylum seekers.Most people can tell you where they were on September 11 when the attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon occurred.Tamson and Anna speak to Phillipa McGuinness whose book, The Year Everything Changed 2001, chronicles her personal history along with the events of that year.Then we move to a small rooftop garden- it's not really a secret, the Waraburra Nura Indigenous garden is open to the public and was created as part of UTS Arts aim to integrate creativity within all aspects of campus life.The garden was created by botanist and D'harawal senior, Aunty Fran Bodkin.Tamson and Anna spoke to Stella McDonald about UTS Art and Aaron Seymour from UTS Design about the exhibitions and creative work at the University.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

In this episode of GLAMcity, we return to heritage sites, revisiting Melbourne's Labour history and the site of the Australia's worst industrial accident, the 1970 West Gate Bridge collapse with Historians Elizabeth Humphrys and Sarah Gregson.We then investigate what happens to the remnants of industry once the chimneys stop burning and the mines are closed.Industrial heritage sites are increasingly re-purposed as cultural institutions and in this episode, Tamson and Anna discuss how industrial heritage sites have been re-purposed in Sydney and in the Ruhr region of Germany. They speak to Laila Ellmoos, an Historian with the City of Sydney and Historian, Stefan Berger, from The Ruhr-University Bochum.For more information on the industrial heritage sites discussed, check out these case studies:Sydney:Eveleigh Carriage WorkshopPaddington Reservoir GardenRuhr, Germany:Zollverein Mining ComplexGasometer Oberhausen

Arielle Gamble, curator of All We Can’t See, a collection of work based on the infamous leaked documents known as the Nauru Files joined Tamson and Anna on GLAMcity.Thirty- three Australian artists illustrated one file each for the collection. The artists include Abdul Abdullah, Belinda Fox, Ben Quilty and Luke Sciberras.The illustrated files can be seen on the All We Can't See website.The leaked documents can be seen in the original state on the Guardian’s website - Caution to viewers, the contents of the files can be distressing.The second part of this GLAM episode revisits a discussion between Anna and collector, curator and creator Dr. Gene Sherman about the launch of the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI).This episode of GLAMcity includes discussion of violence, self-harm and sexual assault.

Australia's first investigative history podcast, HistoryLab is returning for a second season.The podcast takes you into archives and documents the making of history from the discovery of first person accounts, the evaluation of sources and the unfurling of narrative.In season two, HistoryLab is delving into broad subjects, Australia's first bank deposit, the sex industry, the dying craft of industrial pattern making and the creation of nation.On this final episode of GLAMcity, we get a first listen to some of the characters you'll hear in HistoryLab’s second season. We go behind the scenes with Executive Producer Tom Allinson and Producer Jason L'ecuyer with our GLAM presenters, Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark.Season two of HistoryLab is launching November 28GLAMcity will be back in early 2019 with fresh voices and new stories from the GLAM sector.

Steven Miller is the Head of the National Art Archive and Capon Research Library at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, so how did he come to be known as The Grim Reaper of art archives?Part of Steve's role is to contact artists and request that they leave their archives- their sketchbooks, letters, journals and photos to the Art Gallery which he says has led to the moniker as, "if I have a visit, artists normally think oh my god, he must think I'm about to die." Steve is passionate about his work for the Gallery, he fell into archiving after taking a summer job at the Gallery and is the longest serving employee. He's worked on digitising the Art Gallery's collections which has had a surprising outcome. He told GLAMcity hosts, Tamson Pietsch and Chelsea Barnett that a popular digital exhibition commemorating World War One became a physical exhibition after many viewers requested to see the objects offline.

Australia's role in post World War two Indonesia is well documented but not well known. In the aftermath of the Japanese surrender, the previous colonial authorities- the Dutch- attempted to take control of the Island nation once again rather than allow independence in the region. The British at the same time were intent on maintaining their hold on India.Out of this post war turmoil comes a story of Union organisation and seafaring rebellion and author and historian, professor Heather Goodall is revealing all in a new book, Beyond Borders: Indians, Australians and the Indonesian Revolution, 1939 to 1950.Heather visited the Indian archives in Delhi and Bombay searching for documents and discovered an Indian journalist, P.R.S. Mani who covered this time of turmoil.Anna Clark was joined by new GLAMcity presenter Kiera Lindsey. They asked Heather about her long interest in activism and politics which has dominated her research. She's worked on two Royal Commissions and has investigated decolonisation in Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

It was only a matter of time before GLAMcity joined the ranks - temporarily- of true crime podcasts. Hosts Anna and Tamson and historian Alana Piper investigate the past using official criminal records of Australian offenders from the end of the convict period through to the Second World War.Alana’s project invites citizen historians to view and transcribe criminal records. Mostly handwritten, the records carry valuable information about the offences committed and the incarceration and institutionalisation of prisoners.These handwritten documents are becoming digital records for future generations of historians to explore. They're also a reminder of the harsh penalties imposed on Australians, many of whom were arrested on petty charges- vagrancy and theft or as Alana points out, for being poor.

Women are often missing from the history of the formation of Australia as a nation but historian and author Clare Wright tells GLAMcity hosts Anna and Tamson that women were present and traces of their inclusion remain- although you may have to seek it out as Clare did at Australia’s Parliament house. She found a banner with the words “Trust the women mother as I have done.”However in this area of history, this inclusion of women came at a cost. While white Australian women succeeded in getting the vote, Australia’s Indigenous people were further disenfranchised. So how do we celebrate and understand this moment in Australia’s past?On this episode of GLAMcity, we’re discussing Stella Prize award winner Clare Wright’s new book, “You daughters of freedom”

' There is no history of Australia which in non-Indigenous'On this episode of GLAMcity, Anna speaks to Billy Griffiths, Historian and author of Deep Time Dreaming about the history of archaeology and our understanding of the Australian continent.Further Reading:Deep Time Dreaming is available through Black Inc. BooksYou can read Billy's article, Haunted Country, in Inside Story hereMusic: Gunnar Johnsén and Alan Ellis

How can broadcast and visual media open up new ways of understanding historical narratives?On this episode of GLAMcity, Anna discusses the intersection between history and storytelling with Tom Murray, Senior lecturer in media at Macquarie University.Tom’s work has taken him from remote northeast Arnham Land to tell the story of Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda, to northeast England to tell the story of the Lampton Worm. Originally trained as a geographer, Tom is an historian interested in how meaning is made through narrative structure and storytelling.Read | Listen | WatchYou can listen to Dhakiyarr v. the King hereListen to Tom’s two part series on the ABC’s The History ListenMy Quest to find the genesis of the Lambton Worm… (ABC)You can watch Tom’s episode of The Skin of Others here or listen to his piece on RN’s EarshotIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Why do universities need art galleries?UTS Art aims to integrate creative practice into daily life on campus in the belief that scholarship can extend art practice and conversely, creativity can expand a university's research.On this episode, Tamson and Anna speak to Stella McDonald (UTS Art) and Aaron Seymour (UTS School Design) about the UTS Art Program. Plus, we take a look at a current exhibition, Hello World: Code and Design, which examines the role of code and design.Photo: Jessica Maurer PhotographyRead | Listen | Watch:UTS Art or on InstagramHello World: Code and Design exhibitionSuper Critical Mass on ABC NewsWurraburranurra Native Garden at UTSSuper Critical Mass (Antonette Collins, ABC News, December 2017)Free Universal Construction Kit (video thanks to Riley Harmon)If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

The much maligned Cooks River runs 23 kilometres from Yagoona to Botany Bay in Sydney’s Southeast. The Cooks River doesn’t hold any titles for longest or widest rivers in Australia but it has played an important role to the local Indigenous community as a source of transport and food. Historically, Europeans have had multiple, often conflicted visions for the river, from bucolic homestead to a utilitarian transport corridor. Ian Tyrrell documents the rise and fall of the river’s history in a recent book, River Dreams: The People and Landscape of the Cooks River. On this episode, Tamson and Anna discuss the importance of the river from a utilitarian and historical narrative perspective. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode of Glam City, we’re discussing trigger warnings in our cultural institutions with Breann Fallon, Holocaust Educator at the Sydney Jewish Museum.Further Reading:American Association of University Professors Statement on Trigger WarningsThe Unseen Untold exhibition is on at The Sydney Jewish Museum until OctoberReigning Men exhibition at The Powerhouse MuseumIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

​Do you remember 2001? No, not the film, the year Australia celebrated its Centenary. The year we started watching a group of St. Kilda based twenty-somethings in The Secret Life of Us. The year Ansett released its infamous advertisement- Am I with Ansett? Absolutely- only to collapse months later along with One.Tel, HIH and Enron.It was the year of the 2001 census and the year that Francesca Higgens, a librarian, became the first woman to be awarded a year of paid maternity leave.Who can forget, it was also the year that a Norwegian fishing boat called the MV Tampa intercepted a wooden fishing vessel packed with asylum seekers between Indonesia and Australia, and setting off a series of events that dramatically transformed the way Australia deals with asylum seekers who arrive by boat.Most people remember one particular date that year- September 11. The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon dwarfed most other events in our collective consciousness and have since shaped the world we live in.On this episode, Tamson and Anna speak to Phillipa McGuinness whose upcoming book, The Year Everything Changed 2001, chronicles her personal history that year, interwoven with the larger historical events occurring around the world. Phillipa has been a publisher, mainly of Australian history, for more than twenty years. This is her first attempt at ‘swapping sides.’ You can follow her on Twitter @pipmcg2001 will be available through Penguin Random House on 28 May but you can pre-order it here. You can listen to My Marvellous Melbourne on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts!If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch -GLAMcity@2ser.com.Music: Kylie Minogue- can't Get You Out of My Head (2001)

Ever wondered where the costumes from NIDA’s live performances go? On this episode, Tamson speaks with Ross Bruzzese, Library manager at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). The NIDA archives contains one of Australia’s largest repositories of vintage clothing accessories including pieces from Sophie Van Rood’s Banana Room and the Betty Viazim Hat Collection. The collection also includes records from the Old Tote Theatre Company from 1962 to 1969. For more on the Old Tote Theatre Company, visit Dictionary of Sydney.​For  more information on the NIDA Library and Archive, visit their website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode, Anna speaks with Maxine Kauter, co-founder and director of Museophilliac.  Museophilliac produces bespoke experiences and content for cultural institutions. It's philosophy is that adult audiences are smart, interested in the mechanics of history and meaning-making, and looking to have a good time.Maxine discusses revealing the mechanisms through which museums ‘make’ history and how to reveal those to the public to make their own assessments.   For  more information on Museophilliac, visit their Facebook page.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode, Anna speaks with collector, curator and creator Dr. Gene Sherman about the launch of the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI). SCCI is the latest iteration of the not-for-profit Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, a philanthropic enterprise dedicated to providing an innovative forum for contemporary art.Gene discusses how she followed Australia’s arch as it pivoted away from the European cannon towards our neighbours in Indonesia, China, and Japan. Dr Sherman explains how she reinvented herself from a French literature teacher to a well known gallery owner.The Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas launches on 05 April with an initial program focused on fashion. Fashion as craftsmanship, fashion as photography, fashion as textiles, fashion as ethics, fashion as self expression and fashion as women’s history. For tickets and more information on the Fashion Hub program visit the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas website.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

What do we do with the remnants of industry once they are no longer being used to forge steel, process coal or repair trains? Industrial heritage sites are increasingly repurposed as cultural institutions in Sydney and elsewhere. But who decides what is of heritage ‘value’ and whose history is highlighted?On this episode, Tamson and Anna discuss how industrial heritage sites have been repurposed in the Ruhr region of Germany and here in Sydney. They speak to Laila Ellmoos, an Historian with the City of Sydney and Stefan Berger, an Historian from The Ruhr-University Bochum.For more information on the industrial heritage sites discussed, check out these case studies:Sydney:Paddington Reservoir GardensEveleigh Carriage WorkshopRuhr, Germany:Zollverein Mining Complex Gasometer OberhausenIf you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

" Hands up for those amongst us who think the arts provide a rich and more meaningful life..."On this episode, we go back and listen to our first ever live event-GLAM Slam!Glam Slam was hosted by the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney in early March. Tickets sold out early but you get a second chance to be there.During the day, we held a panel discussion entitled GLAM WTF?! Joining us were Julia Mant (National Institute of Dramatic Art), Maggie Patton (the Library of New South Wales),  Janson Hews (Sydney Living Museums), Marcus Hughes (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences) and Gionni di Gravio (University of Newcastle Library).This week we listen back to Janson Hews and Marcus Hughes discussing critical engagement and authorship in the GLAM sector.You can see the 3D printed Wedgewood Sugar Bowl Janson discusses here.Listen back to season one to hear Julia Mant on why archives need a shredder and Maggie Patton on how to dissect popular culture. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show-get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On 15 October 1970, a partially constructed West Gate Bridge  spanning the Yarra River collapsed, killing thirty-five workers. The collapse had major repercussions for the families of the workers and the future of Australia’s safety standards. On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Historians Elizabeth Humphrys and Sarah Gregson about their research into the bridge collapse and how the event resonates with the modern labour movement.Also, we discuss Work: Past and Present, a monthly seminar series investigating Australian and international labour history through the contemporary moment. The seminars bring together historians, researchers from other disciplines, and those involved in the labour movement.More information on the Work Past and Present Seminar series can be found here.Lastly- What role did labour play in constructing neoliberalism? Elizabeth takes a critical look at dominant narratives of neoliberalism’s rise by the New Right in her forthcoming book How Labour Made Neoliberalism. If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch: GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Shirleene Robinson, historian and President of Sydney’s Pride History Group.In November 1992, the Australian government overturned a longstanding ban on gays, lesbians and bisexuals serving in the Australian Defence Force. Transgender service would continue to be banned until September 2010. Serving In Silence, is an exhibition that explores the rich history of LGBTIQ members of the military from WWI through to the present. We discuss Shirleene’s work on the project and some of the stories of those who served.Also- Australia has been lauded internationally for the country’s response to the HIV/ Aids crisis. We talk about the role of volunteers during the devastating time in Australia.Plus, we discuss the Sydney Pride History Group's cool new history app called Parade, which takes you on an virtual audio tour of Sydney’s infamous Oxford Street in it's hay day. The app is available for download on iPhone and Android here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

On this episode of GLAM City, we speak to Robyn Kennedy, an original 78er and Secretary and Treasurer of First Mardi Gras Inc.We get a history lesson on the events of 24 June 1978 in preparation for the 40th anniversary of the first Mardi Gras in Sydney.We find out about upcoming events including Queer Art: 40 Years of Rebellion and Subversion. More information on events held by First Mardi Gras Inc, can be found on their website. For the full Mardi Gras event program visit the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras website here.If this story brought up any issues for you, you can contact Lifeline Australia at 13 11 14.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

Welcome to GLAM City Season 2!On our first episode of 2018, we speak to Peter McNeil, an interdisciplinary cultural historian who has been studying queer history for nearly thirty years. We find out what Peter did with all of of those dance party old ticket stubs and  We talk about Sydney’s infamous RAT parties in the 80’s and 90’s. The styles, the music and the expression. Ephemera from the RAT parties is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS).We find out what Macaroni Men are and and why yankee doodle dandy stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.Peter’s upcoming book, Pretty Gentleman: Macaroni Men in the 18th Century Fashion World will be available through Yale Press. More information on the Unflinching Gaze can be found on the Bathurst Regional Gallery website here.If you have a GLAM idea for something that should be on the show- get in touch-GLAMcity@2ser.com.

This week on GLAMcity we eat our history with Sydney Living Museums resident colonial gastronomer Jacqui Newling.We talk about how tastes and techniques fall in and out of favour, what food says about us and find out what a Kangaroo steamer is!Tamson and Anna  also do a LIVE cake tasting of the famous Meroogal sponge, a colonial cake served by the ‘misses Thorburn’ sisters - Belle, Kate, Georgina and Tottie – at their ‘At Home’ tea parties in the early 1900s.To find out more about what's on at the Sydney Living Museums head to their website Or to try making the Meroogal cake at home yourself - head to Jacqui’s blog The Cook and the CuratorThis is the last episode of GLAMcity for 2017 - we will be back in 2018,  so if you want to appear on the show or think there is something we should cover- get in touch!GLAMcity@2ser.com

There are very few new stories in the world, but this week on GLAMcity we dive head first into a hidden history uncovered by award winning novelist Mandy Sayer.By hitting the archives, using historical documents and gathering first-hand accounts Mandy has penned the first history of Australian Gypsies.​You can pick up a copy of her book 'Australian Gypsies - Their Secret History' at all good book stores.

We think nothing of seeing a celebrity mug shot these days but how about a mug shot that’s almost 150 years old?The practise of photographing prisoners in NSW started in 1871, a few decades after judicial photography was introduced in Europe.Penny Stannard and her amazing team at NSW State Archives and Records digitised over 46,000 files to bring the exhibition Captured: Portraits of Crime to life.The exhibition explores the stories of men, women and children who were incarcerated in NSW gaols from 1870 to 1930.The photographs have already shed light on some hidden family histories and provide an insight into what society thought was a crime at the time, such as homosexuality or being a ‘neglected child’.The exhibition avoids the celebrity criminal instead searching out the ‘ordinary’. The photographs capture a moment in time and some argue perhaps unfairly provide a record of permanence that far outlasts both the prisoner and their crime.Captured: Portraits of Crime is presented through a Western Sydney exhibition, a regional touring exhibition and an online exhibition. Find out more here

This week on GLAMcity Tamson and Anna speak to proud Wiradjuri man Nathan Sentance whose life goal is to ‘decolonise the archives’.Nathan works as a First Nations Cultural Programs Officer at the Australian MuseumHe thinks it’s important that memory institutes ‘people’ their collections and wants the GLAM sector to not just have the objects but connect them to the people and cultures they come from.As he recalls a wise Aunty telling him ‘Museums have the sticks, we have the stories. Without the stories, museums only have sticks’.You can hear more from Nathan on twitter @SaywhatNathan or check out his blog Archival DecolonistAnd to find out what’s happening at the Australian Museum  head to their website

This week Tamson and Anna chat with Julia Mant, the Archives and Records Manager at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and President of the Australian Society of Archivists.They discuss the importance of independent archives, the changing nature of record keeping and why it is just as important to throw things out as keep them when collecting the past.Find out more about the NIDA archives hereFind out more about the Australian Society of Archivists here

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Holly Williams, co-founder of The Curators Department.They dissect what it means to be a curator in 2017, including how to create a sense of wonder while organising information and generating experience, and consider if it’s the curators job to set the scene in order for artists to deliver stories.Holly tells GLAMcity about a number of exhibitions she has recently worked on, including Creative Accounting, which examines our relationship with money, how bank notes can be an amazing art form as well as government propaganda, and how traditional silver coins morphed into symbols of affection known as ‘love tokens’ used by convicts set for transportation to Australia.She also fills us in on her recent exhibition currently showing at Customs House titled Something Else is Alive, which aims to uncover the secret city of animals that exist in the urban world.

This week Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark spoke with the President of the History Council for NSW, Tanya Evans to find out how #historyweek17 went. They also chatted with the winner of the NSW Premier’s History awards, Peter Hobbins about his award-winning book Stories from the Sandstone, that saw historians and archaeologists team up to unlock the secrets of over 1600 engravings carved into the rocks and walls around the Manly Quarantine Station during its 150-year history.

This week Anna Clark and Tamson Pietsch chat with Michael Harvey from the Australian National Maritime Museum, located in Darling Harbour.The museum was opened in 1991 and its core mission is to share Australia's maritime heritage.Michael's love for maritime history spans both his professional and personal life. He says you can't really understand Australia, including its economy, environments, people, national defence and geopolitics, unless you view it through the lens of its relationships with the seas, oceans and rivers within and around the nation. You can find out what's on at the museum here and you may even be lucky enough to meet Bailey - the newly appointed Assistant Director of Seagulls who just happens to be a rescue Border Collie.

Tamson Pietsch and Anna Clark chat with Associate Professor Michelle Arrow about her highly anticipated Annual History Lecture, the premier event of the History Week Festival run by the History Council of NSW.This week we  ponder how pop culture make sense of social change in Australia, how our everyday life is shaped by POP! And what histories can be told and who tells them.Michelle is set to deliver her talk Tuesday 5 September, 6pm at Sydney Living Museums’ The Mint.  Book your tickets here

This week, historians Tamson and Anna chat with Maggie Patton from the State Library of NSW.Maggie realised she was destined to become the Manager of Research and Discovery at the State Library after cataloguing her books as a child. She has a penchant for maps and thinks history can be made ‘yesterday, next year and last year’. Next week marks the start of History week, which is entering it’s 20th year. This years theme is POP! Maggie dissects how we celebrate popular culture and will help you fill your diary with all the wonderful events being held by the State Library in the coming weeks. To find out more head to the libraries What’s on page.