play Play pause Pause S1 E6 Jul 24, 2024 A Radar Pioneer: Victor Burgmann In this episode, we learn about the work of Victor Burgmann who as a fresh Engineering uni graduate was sent to London during the Blitz of WWII to research RADAR. We h...
play Play pause Pause S1 E5 Jul 17, 2024 A different path: Nancy Osborne’s Unusual Career In this episode, we listen to Arts graduate Nancy Osborne, talk about what it was like to be an independent career woman in the twentieth century. We hear about her un...
play Play pause Pause S1 E4 Jul 10, 2024 From Humble Beginnings to the High Court of Australia – Garfield Barwick Garfield Barwick is perhaps best known due to his work as the longest serving Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1964-1981. Yet we all start somewhere. ...
play Play pause Pause S1 E3 Jul 03, 2024 Outnumbered but Never Defeated: Dulcie Barr on Studying Dentistry as a Woman in 1919 In this episode, we listen to Dulcie Barr, one of only two women enrolled in the dentistry course in 1919. She talks about her time as a student and how she faced ever...
play Play pause Pause S1 E2 Jun 26, 2024 A Pioneering Zoologist: Elizabeth Carrington Pope In this episode, we take a listen to marine zoologist Elizabeth Carrington Pope, who reflects on her time as a student at the University of Sydney in the 1930s, and on...
play Play pause Pause S1 E1 Jun 19, 2024 Telling the Truth: Hermann David Black on WWII Censorship in Australia In this episode, we listen to University of Sydney stalwart Hermann Black talk about his memories of censorship in Australian media during World War II, and how he ens...
play Play pause Pause trailer Jun 06, 2024 Introducing Speaking of History Professor Julia Horne introduces a new History of University Life podcast series, Speaking of History, presented by Dr Gabrielle Kemmis. The series draws on recently d...
