Seeking Sydney

In this episode we’re talking about travellers, and timetravellers. We’ll move in place from Parramatta and Westmead to Blacktown and Penrith, and we’ll move in time through the past 200 years, and more. We’ll consider stolen children, and stolen lives. For extra notes and acknowledgements please go to the 'SeekingSydney' blog.

 Seeking Sydney is written and presented by Kathy Prokhovnik. It is produced by Spineless Wonders ...

In this episode we spend some more time in Parramatta,discussing migration and identity and racism. Jing Han will explain why subtitlers are happy to see a kung fu fight break out. And, at the end of Episode 7 I promised that this is where we will hear Naomi Parry-Duncan’s story about Skippy. I accidentally set myself a difficult task in saying that, butwait and see my intricate solution. 

For extra notes and acknowledgements please...

In this episode we’re on the river – the Parramatta River –looking at it from both sides now, from Hunters Hill to Homebush, Silverwater to Rydalmere. The first green ban will come into view, as well as a story about mowing. But really, it’s the river that’s the star of this episode.

For extra notes and acknowledgements please go to the 'Seeking Sydney' blog.

Seeking Sydney is written and presented by Kathy Prokhovnik. It is...

In this episode we're in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt. We'll be welcomed to that part of Dharawal land by Deborah Lennis. We'll look at that land as a example of Sydney's suburbs, carved up by the colonists into estates that are still visible today. It won't be a surprise to anyone to hearthat Parramatta Rd is classified as a 'highly degraded' high street, bu we'll find out what that means. And De...

In this episode we’ll look at activism in Sydney – from theEveleigh railway workshops to Glebe Point Road; from freedom for women to the Freedom Ride. We’ll hear from a feminist post-punk band with reggae and ska influences, and hear how Frank Sinatra couldn’t sing himself out of troublewith the unions. For extra notes and acknowledgements please go to the 'Seeking Sydney' blog.

 Seeking Sydney is written and presented by Ka...

In this episode we travel down George Street to the harbour, and the Opera House. They’re the backbone of most descriptions of Sydney – good reason to slide over them – but I’ve been talking to some people who’ve got some interesting things to say about them. Like the way that the early Aboriginal / British encounters seemed to cluster around the harbour. And the way the Opera House, nearly 200 years later, transformed how we saw t...

In this episode we’re in inner Sydney. We touch on Sydney’s flirtation with planning and hear about social engineering that took people out of Surry Hills, and a social experiment that took people out of Britain. We move from the nest of alleyways that was Surry Hills to the higgledy-piggledy place built by convicts that was The Rocks. We hear how The Rocks were home to Chinese artisans, and saved for us to wander in when its resid...

‘Seeking Sydney’ episode 1 starts with a white-knuckle rideto Bondi then moves down the coast to Bronte, with a quick detour to Bronte in Sicily. Up through Waverley cemetery for a quick hello to some literary ghosts and a sad reflection on who gets a monument, and who doesn’t. Into CentennialPark, Gadigal land, and the Guriwal Trail with Deborah Lennis. A nod to Patrick White and Manoly Lascaris. Up to Anzac Parade to talk to Matt...