Uncurated

From the stonemasons who fought for an eight-hour workday at the University of Melbourne in 1856 to today’s staff strike at our university, this episode will explore 170 years of labour rights activism in Australia. A famous American singer and civil rights activist, Paul Robertson, will take us back to the 1960s and the power of labour rights protest. But what has changed over the past 170 years, and why does the struggle for workers’ rights continue?
Interviewees:
Jeff Sparrow
James Waghorne
Reporter: Xue XueShow Host: Siena Kinkela.Executive Producer: Michael SalibaSound Design: Xue XueMarketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova.Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @‌uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
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At the very end of WWII, a group of UniMelb students threw eggs and other ingredients at the then Minister for War Organisation of Industry, John Dedman. The suit he wore, designed to cut corners and save fabric for the war effort, ironically became the target of an anti-rationing and conscription protest that day. Several Australian politicians have been egged since then, it might be worth asking why.
Interviewees:
Dr Elaine Pratley

Van T Rudd

Reporter: Siena KinkelaShow Host: Siena Kinkela.Executive Producer: Michael SalibaSound Design: Xue XueMarketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova.Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @‌uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
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In 1917, three years into World War One, student Guido Baracchi got into trouble with the University administration for publishing articles about Australia’s involvement in the war. This socialist, anti-war, anti-conscription student was seen as a traitor by the staff and other students, and his punishment was being thrown into a lake by his peers. Today, the University of Melbourne still tries to silence student protesters when their message pushes back against the system.
Interviewees:
Jeff Sparrow
Philip Goad
Zara Chauvin-Cunningham
Reporter: Grace GoodaShow Host: Siena Kinkela.Executive Producer: Michael SalibaSound Design: Xue XueMarketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova.Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @‌uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
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The porticoes, lawns and classrooms of the University of Melbourne have seen their fair share of unrest, spanning from eggings to dunkings through protest marches, barricades and occupations. Some of the most consequential protests in Australian history took place on this campus.
In this new season, students from the Centre from Advancing Journalism explore the university's unruly past. Each episode we’ll dust off an object from the archives that tells a story about protest here on our campus, revealing the role played by students in the fight for labour rights, gay rights and women's rights, as well as in the anti-war movement.
We will explore the story of forgotten protests as we explore the value of campus activism, and we ask what happens when the university tries to rule student unruliness. This series also asks: what do we lose when protest is stifled?
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The University of Melbourne's involvement in the testing of atomic bombs in South Australia is not that well known. Yet it had a massive impact on the Indigenous people living there, with health impacts that were felt for decades.
University academics were enlisted to ensure the safety nuclear blasts at Maralinga and Emu Field. But how good of a job did they really do?
Interviewees:
Karina Lester - Senior Aboriginal Language Worker at The University of Adelaide
Dr James Waghorne - Senior Research Fellow and University Historian at The University of Melbourne
Elizabeth Tynan - co-ordinator of the professional development program at the James Cook University Graduate Research School and researcher of the history of British atomic weapons testing in Australia
Note: This episode has been updated to reflect further details of Leslie Martin's role in atomic testing.
Music
Gold Hands – Holly Sweeney
Piano Study – Joel Keith

Special mention to the following sources:
Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester
Tim Sherrat
The McClelland Royal Commission
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