Billy Hughes part 2: Hughes the arch politicianSaturday, 10 Jan 2009 | RN Life And Times
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William Morris Hughes was a penniless immigrant who became the most formidable and tenacious politician of the first decades of federation. [more]
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Family Journeys in the National ArchiveWednesday, 7 Jan 2009 | Life Matters
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There's a treasure trove of family history information in the National Archives of Australia. [more]
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A Family History Of Smoking: Andrew RiemerMonday, 5 Jan 2009 | Life Matters
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Andrew Riemer's life centres on books. [more]
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Lamarck's evolutionSunday, 4 Jan 2009 | Ockham's Razor
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Author Ross Honeywill has written a book called Lamarck's Evolution - Two Centuries of Genius and Jealousy. [more]
The Ark Goes to Israel - MasadaSunday, 4 Jan 2009 | The Ark
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Herod's lavish palace 450 metres above the Dead Sea was also the site of the Zealots' last stand against the Romans in 73 CE. [more]
Reviewing Scope: The Lost Episodes Part 3 + DJ Corporal Leper's plunderSunday, 4 Jan 2009 | Night Air
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More from the archival series which explores the once popular ABC radio show Scope, presented by former producer on the show and more recently the 'corporate voice of Dubai', Barry Mortlock Anthony. [more]
Black Liberation TheologySunday, 4 Jan 2009 | RN Rear Vision
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In his battle to gain the Democratic nomination Senator Barack Obama faced increasing pressure over his relationship with his former pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright and with the ministry of the Black Liberation Churches. [more]
The Emergence of Science, Part 2Saturday, 3 Jan 2009 | Philosophers Zone
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Why did the great scientific revolution occur in the West and not in China or the Arab-Islamic world? This week, in the second part of an interview with Stephen Gaukroger from the University of Sydney, we find out why it happened, where it happened and how science became the bearer of general standards of rationality. [more]
Billy Hughes part 1: Hughes the manSaturday, 3 Jan 2009 | RN Life And Times
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The summer season of Life & Times is another opportunity to hear John Thompson's three-part documentary, first broadcast in 1960, about prime minister Billy Hughes. [more]
The last quarter: Martin Flanagan on footyFriday, 2 Jan 2009 | Sports Factor
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One of Australia's most respected sports writers, Martin Flanagan, has just published a book that chronicles a quarter of a century of writing on sport, life and politics. [more]
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