Four hundred and three specimens of a single vibrant plant are included among the flora at Melbourne University’s Herbarium. It's most commonly known today as the Emu Bush or eremophila — a native Australian medicinal plant with the ability to cure numerous diseases, but not everyone knows it by this name.   The issues raised by this single plant represent the stark cultural divide between Australia’s indigenous communities and the British settlers, illuminating patterns of marginalisation that persist to this day. In this episode of Uncurated, Mustafa Nuristani, Xinyue Huang and Xiaowei Chang examine the many names of a plant that speaks volumes about Australia’s past and present.

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Music for this episode was sourced from Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/). The following tracks were purchased for use: 
Alexandra Woodward / Moonlight Mystery (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eqd9ge0xUj/) 
Jon Björk / Outback Hunter (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ALQMNIJyLj/) 
Piper Ezz / One Final Theft (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/CEd9NOlMib/) 
Giant Ember feat. Frida Wallin / When I Am Calling Your Name (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1wAmKSTti8/) 
Jon Björk / River Serpent (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tzNWLBcFUF/) 

All are courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com  

Sound for this episode was sourced from YouTube and Free Sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p4cnYApRu8 
https://www.adobe.com/products/audition/offers/AdobeAuditionDLCSFX.html? cq_ck=1407955238126&wcmmode=disabled  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk  

Four hundred and three specimens of a single&nbsp;vibrant plant are included among the flora at Melbourne University&rsquo;s Herbarium. It's most commonly known today as the Emu Bush or eremophila &mdash; a native Australian medicinal plant with the ability to cure numerous diseases, but not everyone knows it by this name.&nbsp;&nbsp; The issues raised by this single&nbsp;plant represent the stark cultural divide between Australia&rsquo;s indigenous communities and the British settlers, illuminating&nbsp;patterns of marginalisation that persist to this day. In this episode of Uncurated, Mustafa Nuristani, Xinyue Huang and Xiaowei Chang examine the many names of a plant that speaks volumes about Australia&rsquo;s past and present.
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Music for this episode was sourced from Epidemic Sound (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/</a>). The following tracks were purchased for use:&nbsp;
<ol>
<li>Alexandra Woodward / Moonlight Mystery (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eqd9ge0xUj/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eqd9ge0xUj/</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Jon Bj&ouml;rk / Outback Hunter (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ALQMNIJyLj/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ALQMNIJyLj/</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Piper Ezz / One Final Theft (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/CEd9NOlMib/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/CEd9NOlMib/</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Giant Ember feat. Frida Wallin / When I Am Calling Your Name (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1wAmKSTti8/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1wAmKSTti8/</a>)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Jon Bj&ouml;rk / River Serpent (<a href="https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tzNWLBcFUF/">https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tzNWLBcFUF/</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ol>
All are courtesy of <a href="http://www.epidemicsound.com">www.epidemicsound.com</a> &nbsp;
Sound for this episode was sourced from YouTube and Free Sound:
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk</a> &nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p4cnYApRu8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p4cnYApRu8</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.adobe.com/products/audition/offers/AdobeAuditionDLCSFX.html?">https://www.adobe.com/products/audition/offers/AdobeAuditionDLCSFX.html?</a> cq_ck=1407955238126&amp;wcmmode=disabled &nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk</a> &nbsp;</li>
</ol>

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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