Did you know that the University of Melbourne was involved in the testing of atomic bombs in South Australia?  

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

 

SFX:

Kangaroovindaloo – Camping with the Warlpiri day atmos

Kangaroovindaloo – Spinifex wind 1 no eq

Kangaroovindaloo – Ethel creek dawn chorus

Noahbangs – Earthquake

Melbourneatmospheres – Australian birds in rural nature reserve yarra ranges Victoria

Clip from Operation Totem – Imperial War Museum (still trying to nail this down)

Edufigueres – Australia outback birds

Mrcalum – heat duct

Nox sound – footsteps mountain boots wet sand sequence mono

Kyster – cows in a barn 2011 12 7

 

Special mention to the following sources:

Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester

Tim Sherrat

The McClelland Royal Commission

Did you know that the University of Melbourne was involved in the testing of atomic bombs in South Australia?&nbsp;&nbsp;
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?&nbsp;
Interviewees:
<ul>
<li>Karina Lester - Senior Aboriginal Language Worker at The University of Adelaide</li>
<li>Dr James Waghorne - Senior Research Fellow and University Historian at The University of Melbourne</li>
<li>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&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Note:&nbsp; This episode has been updated to reflect further details of Leslie Martin's role in atomic testing.&nbsp;
Music
Gold Hands &ndash; Holly Sweeney
Piano Study &ndash; Joel Keith
&nbsp;
SFX:
Kangaroovindaloo &ndash; Camping with the Warlpiri day atmos
Kangaroovindaloo &ndash; Spinifex wind 1 no eq
Kangaroovindaloo &ndash; Ethel creek dawn chorus
Noahbangs &ndash; Earthquake
Melbourneatmospheres &ndash; Australian birds in rural nature reserve yarra ranges Victoria
Clip from Operation Totem &ndash; Imperial War Museum (still trying to nail this down)
Edufigueres &ndash; Australia outback birds
Mrcalum &ndash; heat duct
Nox sound &ndash; footsteps mountain boots wet sand sequence mono
Kyster &ndash; cows in a barn 2011 12 7
&nbsp;
Special mention to the following sources:
Yami: The Autobiography of Yami Lester
Tim Sherrat
The&nbsp;McClelland Royal Commission

The saying ‘truth is hidden in plain sight’ paints an appropriate picture of the University of Melbourne - hidden within the walls of its notorious buildings, and the people that gave them their names, are colonial legacies of injustice and tales of multiculturalism. 

Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey to discover the stories behind our iconic buildings in 8 illuminating episodes where we uncover what our University was really built on, both literally and figuratively.

Uncurated Season 3 coming October 2024.

The saying ‘truth is hidden in plain sight’ paints an appropriate picture of the University of Melbourne - hidden within the walls of its notorious buildings, and the people that gave them their names, are colonial legacies of injustice and tales of multiculturalism. 
Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey to discover the stories behind our iconic buildings in 8 illuminating episodes where we uncover what our University was really built on, both literally and figuratively.
Uncurated Season 3 coming October 2024.

Uncurated

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia. 

An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia.

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