Benjamin Penny, Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU, discusses how two cultures met on the southern coast of China and how the encounter had a profound effect half a world away.

Geremie Barmé, Founding Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World, ANU, and Professor of Chinese history, provides an introduction to the Qing dynasty.

Historian Kate Bagnall shares stories of some of the women who left China for Australia in the late Qing dynasty, and of the families and communities they formed here.

Brother and sister Benjamin and Michelle Law divulge real-life experiences of growing up Chinese in Australia.

Celestial Empire curator Nathan Woolley explores life under the Qing dynasty through the collections of the National Library of Australia and the National Library of China.

Hannie Rayson delivers the inaugural Harold White lecture, reflecting on the public role of the writer and the reality of having to blog, post, be liked and followed, while really being 'the head-marketer for the brand called You.'

Enjoy bluegrass and old time tunes selected from our Oral History and Folklore Collection by 2015 National Folk Fellow Miriam Jones, and performed by her band Catgut.

Much-loved Australian artist Michael Leunig discusses his new collection, 'The Wayward Leunig: Cartoons that Wandered Off'.

Professor Russell McDougall, University of New England speaking as part of a panel discussion with Jane Lydon, Liz Conor and Russell McDougall. This seminar examines the legacy of one of Australia's outstanding novelists.

Dr Liz Conor, LaTrobe University speaking as part of a panel discussion with Jane Lydon, Liz Conor and Russell McDougall. This seminar examines the legacy of one of Australia's outstanding novelists.