History Talks - HCNSW Podcasts

The History Talks podcasts offer a valuable opportunity to delve into Australian history through the insights of prominent historians or those who significantly contribute to historical knowledge. These recordings capture speaker events, providing listeners with a platform to engage with the rich historical narratives and perspectives shared by experts in the field. Whether exploring significant events, individuals, or societal transformations, these podcasts serve as an accessible and informative resource for those interested in delving deeper into Australia's past. The History Talks podcasts are a series of recordings of speaker events featuring leading Australian Historians, produced by the History Council of New South Wales. Creative Commons license: CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)

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  HCNSW Annual History Lecture 2025 Dr Margaret Cook

  May 19, 20261h 4mS0

  <p><b>History Council of NSW Annual History Lecture 2025 delivered by Dr Margaret Cook. Includes a Q & A following the lecture with Dr Amanda Wells.</b></p><p>Dr Margaret Cook is a Research Fellow at the Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, and holds an honorary research position at La Trobe University. She is an environmental historian who has published on water histories and climate-related disasters, with a particular focus on rivers, floods, culture and climate. Margaret is the author of the celebrated book A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods (2022). She has recently completed two...

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  History Now: Caught on Screen: Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television

  Feb 10, 20261h 14mS0

  <p>Nations are often remade through close attention to detail. In this episode, historian Dr James Finlay reflects on how Australia’s convict past has been represented on screen, tracing shifts from early cinematic melodrama through to television drama and contemporary film, and considering how these visual narratives continue to shape national memory.</p><p>Drawing on archival research, James introduces an unexpected case study: a 1937 German musical set in the Parramatta Female Factory. The discussion uses this example to examine how convict stories circulated internationally, serving different political and cultural purposes, from critiques of empire to narratives of migration an...

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  History Now: Interpreting Cockatoo Island/Wareamah: Past, Present, Future

  Feb 10, 20261h 15mS0

  <p>Waramah/Cockatoo Island is one of Sydney Harbour’s most complex historical sites. Shaped by layers of incarceration, labour, industry, and governance, the island offers a rare opportunity to examine how power, punishment, and productivity were engineered into a single landscape—and how those histories are interpreted today.</p><p>This episode brings together curators, historians, archaeologists, and digital specialists to explore Cockatoo Island’s past and present. We begin with its global significance as part of Australia’s World Heritage–listed convict sites, tracing how solitary confinement, labour yards, reform institutions, and shipbuilding transformed the island into a microcosm...

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  History Now 2025 Wood Memorial Lecture in History: 'Creative Histories: A Conversation'

  Dec 4, 20251h 37mS0

  <p>In this History Now/Wood Memorial Lecture event, Dr. Sophie Loy-Wilson from the discipline of History at the University of Sydney sits down with three extraordinary scholars who have drawn on lived experiences and diverse methodologies to produce creative histories that have made an impact on how we think about and do history. </p><p>Shauna Bostock, André Dao, and Katerina Teaiwa discuss their past and future projects, challenging us to imagine new ways of approaching, practicing, and presenting history in Australia today. </p><p>The Wood Memorial Lecture is funded by a generous endowment to the discipline of His...

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  History Now: Teaching History: The future of history education in NSW

  Nov 27, 20251h 19mS0

  <p>In this conversation led by two leading history educators, we will examine the challenges and complexities of history teaching in the 21st century and explore the important role history teachers play in engaging, informing and shaping the future of history and history adjacent fields. </p><p>How can we help nurture the next generation of historians? Two leading history educators, Jonathon Dallimore (HTANSW and University of New South Wales) and Professor Tim Allender (University of Sydney), will take us through some of the current issues in contemporary history education.</p><p>This presentation is part of the History Council o...

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