This is a story about an artwork illustrating a Chinese camp in Ballarat, Victoria, depicted by Percy Lindsay. This is a story about a painting that carries within it the joy, tears and fears of Chinese gold miners. This oil canvas is hidden and locked away in a black suitcase at the Ballarat gallery with its paper sketch stored at the University of Melbourne. This week on Uncurated, Caitlin Duan and Isabella Vagnoni take you on a road trip to uncover the forgotten history of Percy Lindsay. And along with it, capture the story of Chinese-Australian migrants during the gold rush era all the way into the 21st century. 

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Interviewees:

• Alyssa Bunbury - Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
• Juanita Kwok - History and Heritage consultant with an interest in local histories in Australia and Chinese communities in rural Australia
• Charles Zhang - Committee member of the Chinese library and President of the Chinese Australian Cultural Society of Ballarat

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from https://www.purple-planet.com and https://www.FesliyanStudios.com under relevant licensing agreements. 

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For First Nations people, art has been a vehicle to tell personal and universal stories for over 60,000 years. Ngarrindjeri artist Trevor Nickolls’ story is complex, exploring the history of dispossession and loss, and the hope and beauty of finding a way back to knowing. Breaking free of the assumptions and prejudices placed on First Nations artists by white society, his ground-breaking career inspired artists across the country to express their own identities. This week on Uncurated, Sean Ruse and Prealene Khera explore Nickolls’ life and legacy through his long-lost painting “Tightrope Walking”.

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Interviewees:

• Judith Ryan - former Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Victoria
• Angelika Tyrone - Director and Owner of Australian & International Arts
• Tiriki Onus - Head of the Wilin Center for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne
• Richard Bell - Renowned Artist and Activist 

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from freesound.org, freemusicarchive.org, Blue Dot Sessions and ABC News under relevant licensing agreements.

Dany Pkl by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue).

Piano Tape Loop by Daniel Birch (https://freemusicarchive.org/home)

Trevor Nickolls’ interview with Emma Sleath on ABC (https://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2009/11/27/2754081.htm)

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The thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian Tiger, remains one of Australia’s most identifiable animals despite having gone extinct almost 100 years ago. In its time, it was hunted, mishandled and neglected, yet people are still captivated by it today. They desperately hope the animal still exists in hiding, and one scientist at the University of Melbourne is on the brink of a discovery unlike any other...one that could reverse the fate of the thylacine and right the wrongs of the past. This week on Uncurated, Aania Tandon and Sasha Gattermayr explore the story of this mystical animal and why it has not been forgotten.

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Interviewees:

• Rohan Long - Curator, Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at The University of Melbourne
• Professor Andrew Pask - Professor in Epigenetics at The University of Melbourne

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from SoundCloud, Incompetech, Adobe Sound and Youtube under relevant licensing agreements:

Ethereal - "Ethereal Relaxation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Galvanic Birds by Jade Then - https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/jade-then-galvanic-birds

News bites - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxwLMXyuHfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUMuY98X_4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ZGy56gk8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_gL2EIhmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMEKGLjzjBE

This episode also referred to the following for research purposes:

Jeff Sparrow - Provocations: New and Selected Writing (Chapter- What if we found a thylacine?)

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Our city streets are filled with statues of men who did things, with little permanent reminder of the women who have shaped Australian society. Julia (Bella) Guérin is one of these women. Famous in her time for her achievements as Australia’s first female university graduate and a noted teacher, writer, orator and political organiser, Bella Guérin has been all but forgotten by the history books. This week on Uncurated, reporter Meghan Dansie sets out on a journey to examine the power of legacy and the politics of forgetting. 

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Interviewees:

• Katie Wood – Senior Archivist at the University of Melbourne Archives
• Professor Clare Wright – Award-winning historian, author, broadcaster and public commentator. Current Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement at La Trobe University. 

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Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from Purple Planet (https://www.purple-planet.com/), Pixabay, BBC Sound Effects (https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/), and SoundCloud under relevant licensing agreements.

1. “Hope”/ Charlotte Chew/ Living Instruments/ https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/charlotte-chew-hope 
2. “Forward Thinking”/ Purple Planet/ https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/forward-thinking 
3. “Bright Ideas”/ https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/bright-ideas 
4. “Crowd, interior, twenty men, club atmosphere”/ BBC Sound Effects/ https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=07039082 
5. “Audience in hall, cheers and applause” /BBC Sound Effects / https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=07047090 
6. “Harp Flourish”/ Nathan Manaker/ Pixabay/ https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/harp-flourish-6251/ 
7. “Inspiring Piano”/ Purple Planet/ https://www.purple-planet.com/tracks/inspiring-piano

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An oil painting lost in a storeroom for decades, a dusty student card, a misplaced animal skull; these are some of the objects in the University of Melbourne's twelve museums. Each was forgotten in a different way. Join students from the Centre for Advancing Journalism on a journey of unforgetting as they ask why some objects - or people - are lost from history. And what that says about Australia. Uncurated is a new six-part series coming very soon from the Centre for Advancing Journalism. Episode 1 will be released on October 12.

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It’s easy to speak of those we remember. But what about those we’ve forgotten? A hank of human hair transports us back to Brighton in 1882 when a musical ingenue by the name of Percy Grainger was born. His fame grew at an exceptional speed… But then disappeared just as quickly. This week on Uncurated, Nell Geraets and Mengjie Cai replace a missing note in Australia’s music scene, exploring the passions and perversions behind an enigma of a man.

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Various pieces composed by Percy Grainger were used in this episode with explicit permission from Martin Wright from Move:

1. Arrival Platform Humlet (Track 8 in “Tuneful Percussion”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/woof-tuneful-percussion-of-percy-grainger 
2. Molly on the Shore (Track 11 in “Worlds Apart”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/worlds-apart  
3. Country Gardens (Track 6 in “Hamilton”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/team-of-pianists-hamilton
4. Colonial Song (Track 5 in “Melbourne Sounds Grand”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/melbourne-sounds-grand  
5. Free Music 1 and 2 (Track 1 in “Full Spectrum”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/full-spectrum
6. The Lonely Desert Man sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes (Track 4 in “Tuneful Percussion”) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/woof-tuneful-percussion-of-percy-grainger  
7. Blithe Bells (Track 10 in “Organ at the Opera” ) / Percy Grainger / http://www.move.com.au/disc/organ-at-the-opera-sydney-opera-house 

All other sound effects and music used were sourced from Freesound and the Living Instruments collection.

1. Eternality / Nathan Zammit / https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/nathan-zammit-eternality?in=user-839269279/sets/living-instruments-creative-sound-works  
2. Grainger Things / Daniel Cropley / https://soundcloud.com/user-839269279/daniel-cropley-grainger-things?in=user-839269279/sets/living-instruments-creative-sound-works  

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Art is made to be looked at, to be objectified. But people are not. So what could this mean for those painted onto canvasses that are then flaunted around museums across the world? This week on Uncurated, Yimin Qiang and Angus Thomson venture into Melbourne University’s Arts West to look at 100 women’s faces, all of which were painted by men. Who are these women? And where are all the female artists?

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Music for this week’s episode was sourced with permission from Jack Burmeister:

1. “Tundra” / Jack Burmeister  

All additional music is by Jack Burmeister as part of Melbourne University’s Living Instruments project.

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One of the first things that tourists visiting Australia hear is that there's a lot that could kill you. Sharks, snakes, crocodiles, jellyfish — whether you’re on land or in water, nowhere seems safe. So imagine what it was like back when British settlers were colonising this strange new land. This week on Uncurated, Thomas Phillips and Xiao Zhu begin with an intricate little medical box that packs a hell of a punch. With limited knowledge and primitive equipment, sometimes the methods used to heal were even more dangerous than the creatures around them.  

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All music and sound effects in this episode were sourced from Freesound and The University of Melbourne’s Living Instruments project. 

The following audio clips were used with permission from YouTube:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH8o-bgwo_g  
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqGTuIS8PjQ  
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5hNxW3vhFk  

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We all know Ned Kelly. In fact, we’re pretty tired of hearing about him. Australian history is filled to the brim with these sorts of stories — white-washed and not even that old. So where are the parts of Australian history that haven’t been told? Where are the stories told by those and about those that aren’t white, British men? In this episode of Uncurated, Rebecca Pridham and Maya Pilbrow look at six small photographs depicting the aftermath of the Glenrowan siege, only to discover Ned’s indigenous counterpart and a side of Australian history that stretches back far beyond any settler. 

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All music in this episode was used with permission from the artists, as listed below:

1. “Celtic Spirits - Irish Bodhran Drums and Classic Guitar” / JuliusH via Pixabay
2. “Stringz Waltz” / Clancy Balen
3. “Tic toc suspenso” / Slicemusic via Pixabay
4. “Drums Detective Shuffle” / Clancy Balen
5. “Tiger Rag” / Friars Society Orchestra via Pixabay
6. “Strings mystery” / Clancy Balen
7. Clips from “Jandamarra The Man” reproduced with the permission of Bunuba Cultural Enterprises

Sound effects were sourced free-of-charge from BBC sound effects.

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It all began with a letter. A colourfully illustrated poem about a Gothic house built for a couple who donated a huge museum collection to the University of Melbourne. This missive is hidden among the 700 plus items collected by Russell and Mab Grimwade. It tells a more personal story than the other objects they gathered, which construct a colonial version of Australian history. In this episode of Uncurated, Pema Monaghan, Josie Hess and Claudia Su unravel what that poem tells us about a man whose collection both defined and reflected the way Australian history has been told. 

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All sound effects and music used in this episode were sourced from Envato Elements, with applicable licences. 

1. “The Bad Guys” / https://elements.envato.com/the-bad-guys-YPS5Q8R 
2. “Lost In Space” / https://elements.envato.com/lost-in-space-AMUBTGK 
3. “You Can Not Hide” / https://elements.envato.com/you-can-not-hide-S5CK4RS 
4. “Inspiring Woodwinds” / https://elements.envato.com/inspiring-woodwinds-HLLXKZJ
5. “The Flower Waltz” / https://elements.envato.com/the-flower-waltz-XXVL2T8
6. “Spring Sadness” / https://elements.envato.com/spring-sadness-8TMAQ3K
7. “Lost In Paradise” / https://elements.envato.com/lost-in-paradise-9K3NRGP 
8. “Creepy Door Open With Happy Halloween Voice” / https://elements.envato.com/creepy-door-open-with-happy-halloween-voice-6JR49BP
9. “Crow” / https://elements.envato.com/crow-KEQ62GA
10. “Moon View” / https://elements.envato.com/moon-view-3TFWDCY 
11. “First Day of Spring” / https://elements.envato.com/first-day-of-spring-ZLPCFXT
12. “Chill Out Logo Pack” / https://elements.envato.com/chill-out-logo-pack-AAPNLRY
13. “Vintage Car Driving By” / https://elements.envato.com/vintage-car-driving-by-WSAYJFR
14. “X-Ray Machine Large” / https://elements.envato.com/x-ray-machine-large-JKT5MEY
15. “Our Last Dance Waltz” / https://elements.envato.com/our-last-waltz-dance-2X2CLZ6
16. “Big Mafia Funeral” / https://elements.envato.com/big-mafia-funeral-G3LUPBL 

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