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Audio Tour
Get more out of your visit to the The Independent Type exhibition by taking our audio tour, narrated by Ramona Koval, host of ABC Radio National's The Book Show.
Accessing the audio
The audio tour consists of 13 mp3 files. You can access the audio online in three ways:
- Listen online now - Click on any 'Listen to...' link to go direct to our in-page media player and listen to individual audio tour sections at your computer.
- Subscribe to the podcast and listen later - Use the link under the 'Subscribe' heading on the right-hand side of our audio pages to automatically download the entire 13-part audio tour. Listen at your computer or transfer the files to a portable device and listen while viewing the exhibition.
- Download the audio files manually and listen later - Right-click on any 'Listen to...' or 'Download...' link and choose Save to download individual audio files.
The entire 13-part tour lasts approximately 27 minutes, or you can listen to selected sections - most are around two minutes.
If you don't have access to an mp3 player, a small number of iPods with the audio tour already pre-loaded are available for temporary loan free of charge while visiting the exhibition. See the Library's Front Foyer Desk for more information.
Hear a unique insight into a contemporary possum skin cloak made by Vicki Couzens, a Gunditjmara woman from the Keerray Wurrong language group of Western Victoria, and discover meanings behind its use and markings.
Redmond Barry's commitment to the development of the Library and its collection was all encompassing. Hear how Barry devoted a great deal of thought and care to the cataloguing and arrangement of the Library’s collection in the new colony.
Discover the real identities behind some of Victoria's famous writers. Pseudonyms were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries among Australian writers, and were often used to conceal gender and unwanted celebrity.
Hear how Melbourne school teacher Kate Baker campaigned for public recognition of author Joseph Furphy and his classic Australian novel 'Such is Life', and how this tireless advocacy was recognised by the literary community.
Discover more about the writer who tapped these typewriter keys and captured the experiences of an author over time and across different countries.
Learn about the Australian historian Geoffrey Blainey and how his writing, though respected, has also been controversial and provoked debate. By choosing to write for the public and not academia, Blainey has taken a creative approach to the writing of history.
Listen to the story behind this portrait of writer Alex Miller by artist Rick Amor. The illustration appeared in an issue of literary magazine 'Overland' and reveals the connections between literary and artistic worlds.
Hear about Melbourne's long and dynamic history of theatre and performance in places such as La Mama and the Pram Factory, involving people like David Williamson and Jack Hibberd.
Discover the personal story of Agnes Nieuwenhuizen and how her dedication to young readers represented changes in how writers, illustrators and publishers catered for the imagination and sophistication of young reading audiences.
Find out what happens when you take poetry out of the universities and onto the stage. From the late 1970s performance poetry began to breathe new life into the poetry scene, and the results are often political, experimental and unpredictable.
Learn about literary magazine 'Meanjin' and its founder Clem Christensen, whose creative principles produced a journal of ideas that encouraged free expression and intelligent criticism.
Find out the history behind 'Overland' and its chief steward Stephan Murray-Smith, who aimed to develop writing talent in people of diverse backgrounds and sustain Melbourne as a hub of literary publishing.
Discover how Victoria has made itself Australia’s home of independent booksellers. Unlike many places in the world where large chain stores rule, independent and secondhand bookshops remain vital to Melbourne's literary culture.
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