Ocean swimming... and Australian beach history
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Associate Professor Anna Clark is an ocean lover, fisher and historian at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has extensively researched the history of beach culture in Australia, an important place for thousands of generations of Indigenous culture, a place of last resort during the Great Depression, and a place of upheaval during the more recent Cronulla riots. And throughout all that time, it has been vital for food and industry.
Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License:
Beach - Lichu
Beach - Hyphelion
Beach - piglet
Sapphire - Tobu
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