6 - Les Darcy and the locket
The enduring love story that drove one of Australia's greatest boxers who never was.Music creditsI got 99 broadswords but this isn't one (Komiku)Andr...
The Theory of Objects
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Six objects. Six stories. The Weekend Australian Magazine's Trent Dalton searches for the things in which we store Australia's history.
5 - Lynn Santer and the Alby Mangels collection
Searching for the man whose adventures inspired a generation of Australians.Music creditsBig tree (Evan Schaeffer)I will not let you let me down, Honc...
4 - Li Cunxin and his father's stool
The humble objects treasured by Mao's last dancer.Music creditsMirror lake (Cyrus)Opening, Wake up heroic figure, Dreaming of you (Komiku)Nirvana VEVO...
3 - Mary Watson and the sea cucumber tub
A young mother makes a desperate bid to save her infant son.Music creditsDeep dive, Persistence with beat (Raphael Angel)La Citadelle (Komiku)Three ki...
2- Percy Grainger and his whips
The private pleasures of Australia's greatest composer, only discovered a decade after his death.Music creditsAction investigation, Time (Komiku)A que...
1 - The canoe and the crawl
How a Solomon Island war canoe launched a signature swimming style.Music creditsBut enough about me Bill Paxton, Undercover vampire policeman (Chris Z...
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