Hindsight is the only program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. It offers new perspectives on well-known aspects of the past and brings to light those stories long-ignored on the public record. The memories of ordinary Australians are woven into complex, credible and satisfying documentaries. Hindsight is published every Sunday. ...
Its and Bits of Blood On Hindsight this week, the first of a two-part series on the pearling families of the north-west and their fascinating multi-racial history. In the early decades of the twentieth century the lucrative pearling industry relied on the courage and skill of divers from Asia. Men from the Malay archipelago, China, Japan, the Phillipines and elsewhere were lured to Broome. But how well did that sit in the days of White Australia? ...
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