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Alexis Wright on censorship and telling the untold stories

See novelist Alexis Wright deliver the 2018 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on censorship, stories and Aboriginal experience.

3 Dec 2018 Duration: 52:01

Bruce Pascoe on Aboriginal culture and history

Hear award-winning writer, editor and anthologist Bruce Pascoe deliver the 2017 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture.

14 Nov 2017 Duration: 41:05

Paul Grabowsky on the creative arts

Watch musician Paul Grabowsky AO as he delivers the 2016 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on the role of the creative arts in Australia.

20 Sep 2016 Duration: 36:22

Clare Wright on Australian history

Listen to historian Clare Wright's personal and intellectual journey through Australian history for the 2015 Stephen Murray-Smith lecture.

21 Oct 2015 Duration: 32:35

Maxine McKew on the state of Australian education

See Maxine McKew present the 2014 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture on the topic of academic success.

9 Sep 2014 Duration: 27:27

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