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Hindsight is the only program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. It offers new perspectives on well-known aspects of the past and brings to light those stories long-ignored on the public record. The memories of ordinary Australians

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    • Jan 30, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 50 EPISODES


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    Colonial Sydney comes to life in two remarkable stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 54:14


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    This Australia Day weekend a chance to celebrate and to reflect upon the state of the nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2015 53:49


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    Stories of being castaway along the Great Barrier Reef

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2015 53:50


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    A fond farewell to the home of Hispanic culture in Sydney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2015 53:50


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    Unravelling the decline of the Australian wool industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015 53:50


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    A little known story about convicts in colonial Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2014 53:50


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    The story of an island institution, set in Sydney's beautiful Hawkesbury river, that was home to thousands of boys and men.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2014 53:50


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    An Australian classic revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014 53:50


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    Oriental stardust in White Australia, and how objects tell stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2014 53:50


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    A little known chapter of Australia's colonial history

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2014 54:19


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    Noel Coward on war, and one woman's view of the 20th century.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2014 54:20


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    Cops and Spooks; Special Branch and Pig City

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 53:42


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    The final program in Hindsight's special series marking the centenary of World War One.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2014 54:19


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    Strap on the goggles and slip into the cockpit to relive one of the great events in the history of aviation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 54:19


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    To mark the death of former PM Gough Whitlam, a story about one of the landmark initiatives of his Government

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2014 53:20


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    Ghosts past and present at historic Port Arthur

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2014 20:55


    Australia's oldest convict heritage site gets a makeover; plus, what it's like to live next door to a famous ruin.

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    The third program in the series 'The Long Shadow', marking the centenary of World War One

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2014 53:49


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    For 'mental as', the ABC's participation in Mental Health week, the story of Gladesville Hospital, in Sydney

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2014 53:50


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    A dazzling portrait of Nikola Tesla, the genius inventor and polymath

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2014 53:49


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    The second program in the series 'The Long Shadow' - marking the centenary of World War One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2014 53:27


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    To mark the centenary of World War One, a program which explores life on the New Zealand home front in the years leading up to 1914

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2014 53:50


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    Remembering The Lucky Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2014 53:49


    Tuning in to one of the great hoaxes in the history of radio.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2014 53:49


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    The story of 'lost and found' Australian artist Clarice Beckett, and Jeffrey Smart - the imagined city

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014 54:20


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    Hindsight Sunday August 10th, 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2014 54:19


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    The first program in our landmark series marking the centenary of World War One

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2014 54:20


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    Parramatta River stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2014 53:49


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    Stories about objects with meaning: from glory boxes to the jersey which tied two families together across hemispheres

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2014 52:05


    A story that spans seventy years, ties two distant countries together, and tracks the journey of an object, a gift, as it comes full circle back to its owner. Football, romance and long lost love ... And the heyday of the glory box.

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    Australia on the little screen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2014 53:49


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    A family history rescued from the archives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2014 48:42


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    Travels through Victoria's rugged high country

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014 53:49


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    Art and ideals in the early 20th century; from Paris to Perth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2014 53:50


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    The Beatles tour of 1964: Australian youth rebellion, or the birth of manufactured pop?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2014 51:51


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    Memories of Childhood; from the streets of Belfast to outback boarding schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2014 53:50


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    Australian modernist design - The story of Fler

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2014 53:49


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    The Man in the Glass Box - Eichmann on Trial

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2014 53:47


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    Stories about motherhood, from the perspective of parent and child

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2014 54:19


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    The power of story and music, from the early days of radio in Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2014 53:50


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    Islands of asylum

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2014 53:49


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    The legacy of World War One across three generations of one family

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2014 53:50


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    Sunday 13 April 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2014 53:49


    An evocation of a lost way of life, in the Australian bush

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2014 54:19


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