"Child Care Now." Three simple words that sparked one of the most dramatic student protests in the University of Melbourne's history. In 1974, activists occupied council chambers, faced arrest, and challenged powerful university leaders to recognise childcare as a right rather than a personal responsibility. Eva Sementino uncovers a little-known chapter of Australian feminist history that helped reshape campus life and expand access to higher education. 

Interviewees:
Deborah Shnookal
Martha Macintyre
Jean Taylor
Marilyn Lake

Reporter: Eva Sementino
Show Host: Siena Kinkela.
Executive Producer: Michael Saliba
Sound Design: Xue Xue
Marketing: 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.  

 

"Child Care Now." Three simple words that sparked one of the most dramatic student protests in the University of Melbourne's history. In 1974, activists occupied council chambers, faced arrest, and challenged powerful university leaders to recognise childcare as a right rather than a personal responsibility. Eva Sementino uncovers a little-known chapter of Australian feminist history that helped reshape campus life and expand access to higher education.&nbsp;
Interviewees:
<ul>
<li>Deborah Shnookal</li>
<li>Martha Macintyre</li>
<li>Jean Taylor</li>
<li>Marilyn Lake</li>
</ul>
Reporter: Eva Sementino Show Host: Siena Kinkela. Executive Producer: Michael Saliba Sound Design: Xue Xue Marketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova. Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim&nbsp;
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @&zwnj;uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at&nbsp;the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. &nbsp;
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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?  

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.&nbsp; Some of the most consequential protests in Australian history took place on this campus.&nbsp;
In this new season, students from the Centre from Advancing Journalism explore the university's unruly past. &nbsp;Each episode we&rsquo;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.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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.&nbsp; This series also asks: what do we lose when protest is stifled?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Uncurated

Eggings, dunkings, kiss-ins, protest marches, barricades, occupations.  In this season, the Uncurated podcast examines the unruly history of student activism at the University of Melbourne.  It's the site of some of the most consequential protests in Australian history, which changed laws and lives. 

Join students from the Centre from Advancing Journalism as they trawl through 25km of archives to find stories of student activism.  They explore the value of campus protest, and what happens when the university tries to rule student unruliness.

 

Eggings, dunkings, kiss-ins, protest marches, barricades, occupations.&nbsp; In this season, the Uncurated podcast examines the unruly history of student activism at the University of Melbourne.&nbsp; It's the site of some of the most consequential protests in Australian history, which changed laws and lives.&nbsp;
Join students from the Centre from Advancing Journalism as they trawl through 25km of archives to find stories of student activism.&nbsp; They explore the value of campus protest, and what happens when the university tries to rule student unruliness.
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Free Mum, Free Dad... Free Daycare!

Step back into the 1970s to hear the forgotten story of Terry Stokes, a 26-year-old UniMelb postgrad who was arrested for kissing his boyfriend in public. As the title suggests, it wasn’t just any kiss; it was The Kiss That Started a Protest. Deep in the university’s archives is a confidential, restricted file meant only for the Vice-Chancellor and a select few others, but now the world will hear what really happened when the proudly homophobic warden evicted an openly gay student from his student housing at a time when kissing was a crime.

Interviewees:
Stephen Duns

Voice Actors:
Julie-Anna Evans as Barbara Funder
Simon Saliba as Warden Berry
Christian Saliba as Cafeteria Worker

Reporter: Michael
Show Host: Siena Kinkela.
Executive Producer: Michael Saliba
Sound Design: Xue Xue
Marketing: 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.  

Step back into the 1970s to hear the forgotten story of Terry Stokes, a 26-year-old UniMelb postgrad who was arrested for kissing his boyfriend in public. As the title suggests, it wasn&rsquo;t just any kiss; it was The Kiss That Started a Protest. Deep in the university&rsquo;s archives is a confidential, restricted file meant only for the Vice-Chancellor and a select few others, but now the world will hear what really happened when the proudly homophobic warden evicted an openly gay student from his student housing at a time when kissing was a crime.
Interviewees:
<ul>
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</ul>
Voice Actors:
<ul>
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<li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Simon Saliba as Warden Berry</li>
<li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">Christian Saliba as Cafeteria Worker</li>
</ul>
Reporter: Michael Show Host: Siena Kinkela. Executive Producer: Michael Saliba Sound Design: Xue Xue Marketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova. Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim&nbsp;
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @&zwnj;uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at&nbsp;the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. &nbsp;

The Kiss That Started a Protest

Reporter Xinnan Wang traces student activism from a 1961 protest against Australia’s White Australia Policy to a recent campus rally at the University of Melbourne. Along the way, she uncovers the forgotten history of anti-racism movements, immigration reform, and student protest in Australia, while questioning her own assumptions about activism.

Interviewees:
Andonis Piperoglou
James Waghorne

Reporter: Xinnan Wang
Show Host: Siena Kinkela.
Executive Producer: Michael Saliba
Sound Design: Xue Xue
Marketing: 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.  

Reporter Xinnan Wang traces student activism from a 1961 protest against Australia&rsquo;s White Australia Policy to a recent campus rally at the University of Melbourne. Along the way, she uncovers the forgotten history of anti-racism movements, immigration reform, and student protest in Australia, while questioning her own assumptions about activism.
Interviewees:
<ul>
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<li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="paragraph" data-prosemirror-node-block="true" data-pm-slice="0 0 []">James Waghorne</li>
</ul>
Reporter: Xinnan Wang Show Host: Siena Kinkela. Executive Producer: Michael Saliba Sound Design: Xue Xue Marketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova. Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim&nbsp;
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @&zwnj;uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at&nbsp;the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. &nbsp;

Activism is a Process 

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 Kinkela
Show Host: Siena Kinkela.
Executive Producer: Michael Saliba
Sound Design: Xue Xue
Marketing: 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.  

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:
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Dr Elaine Pratley&nbsp;
</li>
<li data-prosemirror-content-type="node" data-prosemirror-node-name="listItem" data-prosemirror-node-block="true">
Van T&nbsp;Rudd
</li>
</ul>
Reporter: Siena Kinkela Show Host: Siena Kinkela. Executive Producer: Michael Saliba Sound Design: Xue Xue Marketing: Megan Yin, Leyla Arrykova. Supervising Producer: Louisa Lim&nbsp;
See photos of our objects and more behind the scenes on Instagram at @&zwnj;uncuratedpod
Uncurated is a Centre for Advancing Journalism podcast, produced at&nbsp;the University of Melbourne on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. &nbsp;

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