Radio

Glory Boxes

The fifth radio program using interviews recorded as part of the Australian Generations Oral History Project aired on Hindsight on ABC Radio National on Sunday 13 July ... Read more

Going Away to School

Going away to school has been part of the education of a wide range of people in Australia. This program draws on the memories of ... Read more

Mother’s Turn

In this program, memory meets imagination to reflect on the changing nature of motherhood in Australia over the past sixty years. Read more

Crowded Houses, Empty Nests

The second radio program using interviews recorded as part of the Australian Generations Oral History Project aired on Hindsight on ABC Radio National on Sunday ... Read more

Fathertime: the making and shaping of fatherhood in Australia

The first radio program using interviews recorded as part of the Australian Generations Oral History Project airs on Hindsight on ABC Radio National at 1pm on ... Read more

road into distanceAustralian Generations: Beginnings

The first in a five part oral history series which reflects on life in 20th century Australia, spanning three generations: those born in the 1930s, ... Read more

StudentsAustralian Generations: School

In episode two, interviewees recall their memories and experiences of school—from those who were students during the Second World War and rode horses to class, ... Read more

SurferAustralian Generations: Playtime

In episode three the focus is on play and leisure time, from childhood through to teenage years. Audio: Australian Generations: Playtime Read more

Woman and sonAustralian Generations: Family

Episode four is all about family – from parental relationships and sibiling rivalries, to the experience of becoming a parent oneself. Audio: Australian Generations: Family Read more

woman at workAustralian Generations: Making A Life

The final episode in a five part series featuring three generations of Australians, born between the 1930s and the 1970s, who recall their experiences of ... Read more


You can also hear Katie Holmes talk about the twentieth century experience of mental ill-health, as recalled in Australian Generations interviews, on ABC Radio National’s The Drawing Room, ‘A history of mental illness in Australia’, broadcast on 28 April 2016, podcast at https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgga6d3xpG?play=true