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Arc Up Australia!An archive of unofficial histories. Author: Arc Up Australia!
Two oral historians with the same face and super similar voices investigate what it means to be Australian. Vox pop, candid conversations and interviews set the record straight on the past, the present, the places and the politics that shape who the Australians are and what they could be. Arc Up Australia! is presented by Katrina Lolicato and Gracie Lolicato and made in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Language: en Genres: Documentary, History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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From This Place: Talking Rubbish in Lalor Episode 1 - Patrick
Episode 1
Saturday, 21 February, 2026
Meet PatrickWelcome to Lalor Library, one of Melbourne’s hardest working Libraries. Situated in one of the most disadvantaged suburbs in Victoria, this local library is far from being the silent, dusty, bound up old institution of the past! This is a community hub and a place that ‘fills the gaps’. It’s where people go for entertainment, tutoring, friendship, a creative outlet, personal and professional development, to access the internet and printing, language classes, job seeker and social services information and sometimes, just a safe and comfortable place to wait or rest. In this place, knowledge, information and works of the imagination are freely available to all. And the library provides the setting to observe the resilient community in action. This project was developed in partnership with the City of Whittlesea. How do people who share the same postcode become a community? How are connections made between people? How do little, ordinary moments become opportunities for cooperation, perhaps even friendship? Do people feel the limits of their neighbourhoods? Do people living in less resourced suburbs feel their disadvantage?
