Shooting The Past

Clare Wright looks squarely into the faces of a line of bed-ridden boys in a photograph that recalls the terrifying scourge of polio, a disease which ravaged Australia in the first half of the 20th century.

An affecting photograph of a wounded unknown WW1 soldier takes Clare Wright deep into Anzac territory, to examine the physical and moral legacies of war.

Clare Wright massages the meaning behind an intriguing photograph which reveals a very different view of the White Australia era.

Clare Wright poses a slippery question about a photograph of Wurundjeri leader William Barak, taken at Coranderrk station in 1897.

A new history program from ABC RN. Shooting The Past brings you Australian history by using a photograph to discover the story behind it. Begins Friday September 1 at 1.30 pm on ABC RN, ABC Radio app and iTunes.