The Old Quadrangle is one of the most photographed spots on the University of Melbourne campus, with students and tourists alike posing under its iconic archways. 

The romantic European architecture feels like you've been transported to the set of Hogwarts, but did you know that the stones used to create this effect were stolen from Indigenous lands in Tasmania? 

Reporter Giulia Scenna investigates the history of our campus's architecture and its relationship with Indigenous Australia. 

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Interviewees: 


Dr Philip Goad, Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne 


Dr James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow and University Historian at the University of Melbourne 

Inspiration for this episode was informed by the recently published book Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia by Ross L. Jones, Dr. James Waghorne, and Professor Marcia Langton of the University of Melbourne. If you would like to know more about The University of Melbourne’s response, you can download the book for free here.  

MUSIC CREDITS (In order of appearance) 

Our Fingers Cold from Blue Dot Sessions 

Cold Summers from Blue Dot Sessions 

Crosswire from Blue Dot Sessions 

Temperance from Blue Dot Sessions 

La Costilla from Blue Dot Sessions 

10 Minutes Past from Blue Dot Sessions 

Watercool Quiet from Blue Dot Sessions 

Tape Player Sounds -Free for use under the Pixabay Content License 

A Common Pause from Blue Dot Sessions 

The Old Quadrangle is one of the most photographed spots on the University of Melbourne campus, with students and tourists alike posing under its iconic archways. 
The romantic European architecture feels like you've been transported to the set of Hogwarts, but did you know that the stones used to create this effect were stolen from Indigenous lands in Tasmania? 
Reporter Giulia Scenna investigates the history of our campus's architecture and its relationship with Indigenous Australia. 
— 
Interviewees: 
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<li>
Dr Philip Goad, Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne 
</li>
<li>
Dr James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow and University Historian at the University of Melbourne 
</li>
</ul>
Inspiration for this episode was informed by the recently published book Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia by Ross L. Jones, Dr. James Waghorne, and Professor Marcia Langton of the University of Melbourne. If you would like to know more about The University of Melbourne’s response, you can download the book for free <a href="https://www.unimelb.edu.au/dhoombak-goobgoowana" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.unimelb.edu.au/dhoombak-goobgoowana&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729309652406000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2QHh2UCqjwnjqZL2IKFewp">here</a>.  
MUSIC CREDITS (In order of appearance) 
Our Fingers Cold from Blue Dot Sessions 
Cold Summers from Blue Dot Sessions 
Crosswire from Blue Dot Sessions 
Temperance from Blue Dot Sessions 
La Costilla from Blue Dot Sessions 
10 Minutes Past from Blue Dot Sessions 
Watercool Quiet from Blue Dot Sessions 
Tape Player Sounds -Free for use under the Pixabay Content License 
A Common Pause from Blue Dot Sessions

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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