Hindsight - Separate stories podcast Folgen

It is 50 years since George Johnston's 'My Brother Jack' was published in Australia, a novel some still regard as our seminal anti-war novel. But was its bold entry onto our literary landscape shaped by the era to which it belonged- 1960s Australia?

Have you got objects in your life that you cherish ? They may not be of great monetary value, but are instead precious for other reasons; a family keepsake, an object which marks an important turning point in our lives, relationships and family history.

Anna May Wong was Hollywood's first Chinese-American star. Racist censorship laws meant she could never be cast as the romantic lead, instead she shone in sinister vamp and villain roles and died a thousand deaths on screen. It's a little known fact that this icon of Hollywood's golden age spent three months on the moon in Australia on the eve of the Second World War. What did White Australia make of Anna May Wong?