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| Edward Albee with Jonathan Biggins | |
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Edward Albee, described by the New Yorker as 'the greatest living playwright', in conversation with Jonathan Biggins in his only public speaking forum during a rare visit to Australia.
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| | | | Indigenous Education: What Works? |
Professor Behrendt, a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman, Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, examines how Aboriginal children could be better engaged in education, why governments ignore this information and what is needed to overcome low Indigenous literacy and numeracy rates.
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| | | | Charles Darwin and Conrad Martens | Hear from Emeritus Curator Elizabeth Ellis how the voyage of the Beagle changed the life of painter Conrad Martens, who came to know Charles Darwin well during the journey. After leaving the Beagle, Martens settled in NSW where he became the best known artist in the colony.
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| | | | The Rebirth of Nature and the Climate Crisis |
Clive Hamilton, author, public intellectual and former head of the Australia Institute, has been writing and thinking about climate change for the last two decades. He now turns his attention to the metaphysical side of our relationship with the Earth. Do we need a shift to a new consciousness?
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