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Fernando Aguanta grew up in Tupiza, Bolivia. He initially migrated to Australia in 1989, returning to Bolivia in 1995 before migrating again with his family in 2004. Fernando and his sons, Alejandro, Alfredo, Dio and Jay, play Bolivian folk music as a family band. The song Huari is an original composition.

Learn about our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition: nla.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/hopes-and-fears-australian-migration-stories

There are some powerful examples in Bold Types of women who were thrown under the bus by male colleagues and higher ups after a scandal. Others were micro-managed, scrutinised and bullied. Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guest: Ita Buttrose.

Further Reading/References

Articles by Jessie Couvreur: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Jessie%20Couvreur

Articles by Flora Shaw: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Flora%20Shaw

Flora Shaw, Letters from Queensland, London: Macmillan and Co, 1893, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1894498

Flora Shaw, The Story of Australia, London: Horace Marshall, 1897, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn787299

Flora Shaw, A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan with an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria, London: J. Nisbet & Company, Limited, 1905, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6849071

Portrait of Mrs. Jessie Catherine Couvreur, née Hybers ('Tasma'), 1889, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148362079

Tasma, Diaries of Jessie Couvreur (Tasma), manuscript, 1873, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4502236

Tasma, Biographical Notes, manuscript, 1800s, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2727051

Tasma, Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill: An Australian Novel, London: Trubner, 1889, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn811844

Tasma, A Sydney Sovereign and Other Tales, London: Trubner & Co, 1890, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn342662

Tasma, In Her Earliest Youth, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1890, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1131200

Tasma, The Penance of Portia James, [New York, N.Y.]: United States Book Co, 1891, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn936611

Tasma, A Knight of the White Feather, Leipzig: Heinemann and Balestier Limited, 1893, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7294633

Tasma, Not Counting the Cost, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1895, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn7294205

Papers of Patricia Clarke, 1887–2015, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-416757733/findingaid

Craig Mackenzie, Patricia Clarke at the National Library of Australia, 21 September 2012, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-132302347

Patricia Clarke Interviewed by David Walker in the Australia-Asia Studies Oral History Project, 2012, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6102778

Patricia Clarke Interviewed by Ann Moyal, 2005, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3356472

What was the cost of straying from the company line versus the power of being an inside player? Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guests: Zoe Daniel, Nas Campanella.

Further Reading/References

Articles by Alice Henry: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Alice%20Henry

Articles by Jennie Scott Griffiths: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Jennie%20Scott%20Griffiths

Articles by Flora Shaw: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Flora%20Shaw

Nettie Palmer and Frances Fraser, Centenary Gift Book, Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens for The Women's Centenary Council (Vic.), 1934, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2231931 (contribution by Alice Henry)

Papers of Alice Henry, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327961248/findingaid

Alice Henry, The Trade Union Woman, New York: D. Appleton, 1915, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2292219

Alice Henry and Nettie Palmer, Memoirs of Alice Henry, Melbourne: [N. Palmer], 1944, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1622467

Alice Henry, Women and the Labor Movement, New York: G. Doran, 1923, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn81243

Papers of Jennie Scott Griffiths, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-252386038/findingaid

Flora Shaw, Letters from Queensland, London: Macmillan and Co, 1893, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1894498

Flora Shaw, The Story of Australia, London: Horace Marshall, 1897, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn787299

Flora Shaw, A Tropical Dependency: An Outline of the Ancient History of the Western Soudan with an Account of the Modern Settlement of Northern Nigeria, London: J. Nisbet & Company, Limited, 1905, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6849071

Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of war casualties, rape and violence against women

Right place, right time gave some enterprising women journalists a front row seat to report on momentous events for their readers back home in Australia. Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guests: Avani Dias, Sophie McNeill.

Further Reading/References

Articles by Anna Blackwell: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Anna%20Blackwell

Articles by Janet Mitchell: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Janet%20Mitchell

'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 1888, p4, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13683769

'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 1882, p9, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13511422

'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 August 1883, p3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13540806

Government Bank Thrift Organiser Janet Mitchell, New South Wales, c.1930, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160439900, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160439618

Janet Mitchell, Spoils of Opportunity: An Autobiography, London: Methuen, 1938, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2410449

Anna Blackwell, Poems, London: John Chapman, 1853, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2063990

Content warning: this episode contains mild coarse language.

Some of the most successful of the Bold Types made their own road map and were deft at the pivot, while relentlessly sticking to their principles. Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guests: Zara Seidler, Suzanne Dredge.

References and Further Reading

Articles by Jessie Couvreur trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Jessie%20Couvreur

Articles by Frances Taylor trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Bold%20Types&l-pubtag=Irene%20Frances%20Taylor&l-pubtag=Frances%20Taylor

Woman's world : an illustrated monthly for Australian women, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2120036

Jessie 'Tasma' Couvreur, 'Autumn in Paris', The Australasian, 14 January 1882, p7, trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138074789

'Tasma photographed in Turkish costume' wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Catherine_Couvreur#/media/File:Tasma_photographed_in_Turkish_costume.jpg

Content warning: this episode contains mild coarse language.

The "women's pages" were a blessing and a curse for opportunities. The biggest irony was that the women writing this stuff were working mums whose lives were almost completely opposite to those of their readership. Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guest: Mia Freedman.

The Fijian folk music used in this episode is courtesy of the

David Fanshawe World Music Archive (1967 - 94)

Song: Vakamalolo - Sitting Dance (Fiji)

Discover more here: https://fanshawemusic.com/

Further Reading and References

Articles by Stella Allan trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Stella%20Allan

Articles by Jennie Scott-Griffiths trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Jennie%20Scott%20Griffiths

Jennie Scott-Griffiths, The Australian Woman's Weekly, 18 September 1915, p.13

Jennie Scott-Griffiths, 'What Women Demand', The Australian Worker, 30 November 1916, p7 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145764010

Stella Allan, 'Lyttelton Times engaged Dominion's first woman political reporter', Christchurch Stan-Sun, 16 October 1958, p2

Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of war casualties and sexual harassment.

Edith Dickenson was a fearless adventure-seeker who covered the Boer War with clear-eyed empathy as Australia's first female war correspondent. She also hunted boar from an elephant's back in India whilst wearing a crinoline skirt, with the kids in tow. Patricia Karvelas appreciates that today's crop of successful women journalists stand on the shoulders of giants like Edith.

Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guest: Patricia Karvelas.

More information:

Edith Dickenson trove.nla.gov.au/blog/2022/11/10/front-line

Articles by Edith Dickenson trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Edith%20Dickenson

Battle Horrors by Edith Dickenson trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36959477

The stories in Bold Types live up to the title's promise. The lived experiences of Australia's gutsy, pioneering women journalists, with a series of amazing firsts, starting back in the 1860s. Host Amy Remeikis chats with author and historian Patricia Clarke for a preview of what to expect across this season's six episodes.

Have you ever noticed how many of our most famous acclaimed exports come from Western Australia? Heath Ledger. Kate Mulvaney. Tim Minchin.

This episode - three 'Perthies' who've made it big in theatre, film and music talk to OFF STAGE about what's in the water across in the West of Australia and why they think it bats above its average in terms of artistic success.

Marcus Graham tells the story of what made him leave WA. Genevieve Hegney talks about the incredible scene when she was starting out. Iain Grandage looks to the future of a thriving arts scene for Western Australian artists.

Links:

National Library of Australia On Stage Exhibition

Guests:

Marcus Graham - actor, director

Genevieve Hegney - actor, voice over artist, playwright

Iain Grandage - composer, Director of Perth Festival

Credits:

Melanie Tait - writer, producer and presenter of Off Stage

Kim Lester - technical producer and sound engineer of Off Stage

Martin Philbey began his photography career capturing every part of a crime scene. It was the beginning of a life in photography that would see him becoming so acclaimed he'd be hung in the National Portrait gallery of Australia as a rock photographer.

How do you go from crime scene to rock scene? Martin talks about this and the music industry he's been a part of for the last thirty years.

Links:

National Library of Australia On Stage Exhibition

Martin Philbey Website

Martin Philbey Instagram

Guests:

Martin Philbey, Photographer

Credits:

Melanie Tait - writer, producer and presenter of Off Stage

Kim Lester - technical producer and sound engineer of Off Stage