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Sep 26, 2026
Richard SaundersHOST
Now it's time once again to go back to those archives at Trove.
Richard SaundersHOST
Yeah, trove.nla.gov.au. Of course, the online resource from the Australian Government and the National Library of Australia, free to use all over the world.
Richard SaundersHOST
And this week we are picking up our coverage of the Bent Spoon Award over the years.
Richard SaundersHOST
And we'll be covering the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Julian MorrowHOST
And on The Year That Made Me, the Australian crime writer that Stephen King calls an absolute master, Michael Rowbotham joins us to talk about his life and career, his days in the Fleet Street Press, getting access to Stalin's files on Hitler and writing a Spice Girls autobiography.
Julian MorrowHOST
The Ray Matthew Lecture is an annual series at the National Library of Australia held to support and promote Australian writing.
Julian MorrowHOST
Over the years, it's been given by the likes of Geraldine Brooks, Thomas Keneally and Christos Tsiolkas.
Julian MorrowHOST
This Thursday, the 2026 Ray Matthew Lecture is being given by Winnie Dunn.
Julian MorrowHOST
The Ray Matthew Lecture is an annual series at the National Library of Australia held to support and promote Australian writing.
Julian MorrowHOST
Over the years, it's been given by the likes of Geraldine Brooks, Thomas Keneally and Christos Tsiolkos.
Julian MorrowHOST
This Thursday, the 2026 Ray Matthew Lecture is being given by Winnie Dunn.
Claire NicholsHOST
So just what is going on here, and how does it work? Well, Anne Beate Hovind is the Norwegian curator and cultural producer managing the Future Library project.
Claire NicholsHOST
Today on Big Ideas, she joins a very engaged audience at the National Library of Australia on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country in Canberra, with the library's Director of Community Engagement, Kathryn Favelle.
Claire NicholsHOST
Let's start with a taste of the story behind the Future Library, featuring its creator, the Scottish artist Kate Paterson, and Margaret Atwood, the first author to participate.
Claire NicholsHOST
[birds chirping] [gentle music]
Katie PatersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That books are trees and libraries are forests.
Margaret AtwoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that this future could be beautiful.
Claire NicholsHOST
And isn't that a beautiful way to begin our introduction to the Future Library project? I'm Kathryn Favelle, and welcome, Anne Beate, to Canberra and to the National Library of Australia.
Anne Beate HovindGUEST
Thank you.
Annabel EllisGUEST
It's really only since about the 1950s that ecological surveys have been actually been done.
Annabel EllisGUEST
So where do I go? I go on to Trove, which is the National Library of Australia's online database.
Annabel EllisGUEST
It's their digitisation program for newspapers, gazettes, pretty much any kind of physical media.
Annabel EllisGUEST
And I just search in bandicoot and 30,000 records come up.
Annabel EllisGUEST
It's really only since about the 1950s that ecological surveys have been actually been done.
Annabel EllisGUEST
So where do I go? I go on to Trove, which is the National Library of Australia's online database.
Annabel EllisGUEST
It's their digitisation program for newspapers, gazettes, pretty
Paul BarryHOST
much
Justine MartinHOST
We've enjoyed working with you as well, Russ, and, you know, bringing this book to life.
Justine MartinHOST
I'm a big believer that I feel everyone should write their memoir and we're actually in the process of submitting that to the National Library of Australia so it's held in the records, the archives there.
Justine MartinHOST
And, you know, not just for your grandchildren, Russ, but, you know, your great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren are going to know about you and, you know, that's vitally important for us your family history, but also for Australia's
Russ TullochGUEST
history.
Gary MannersHOST
Drawing by an Aboriginal boy, Oscar, of a native police operation circa 1897 near Camuil.
Gary MannersHOST
National Library of Australia.
Gary MannersHOST
Europeans began recording detailed observations of indigenous people in the Sydney region at the very start of British invasion.
Gary MannersHOST
but disruption began quickly.
Gary MannersHOST
Aboriginal Australian Spearing Fish and Diving for Shellfish, New South Wales, CA.
Gary MannersHOST
1817 by Joseph Lycett, 1775-1828.
Gary MannersHOST
National Library of Australia slash CC by NCND.
Gary MannersHOST
A larger population changes how we interpret Australia's environmental history.
Richard SaundersHOST
Now it's time once again to go back to those archives, no matter where they are.
Richard SaundersHOST
We scour the world, but mostly at Trove, at trove.nla.gov.au. Of course, the online resource from the Australian Government and the National Library of Australia.
Richard SaundersHOST
Well, I never know what I'll find when I go there, but this week we are continuing our Bent Spoon series, looking at the early years of this century.
Richard SaundersHOST
Well, let's go to the year 2001 and writing on the Skeptics web page, the late Barry Williams, who we were hearing about before with all the new videos online.
Leonie DawsonHOST
Where's the joy? Where's the pieces of work that you've really enjoyed? How can you do something in a way that feels even more joyful? So like lately what I've been doing, if I'm feeling a bit stuck with work, I'll go work in a different location.
Leonie DawsonHOST
So I've been going to work at the National Library of Australia and they have like a whole big reading room, which is just like pin drop silent.
Leonie DawsonHOST
And there's just so many people studying and working in there.
Leonie DawsonHOST
And I feel like a fucking scholar.
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