An evolving collection of recordings of key past and current lectures, forums and symposiums held at the National Museum of Australia – listen to them anywhere, anytime, or subscribe to our podcast service.
Recent programs
Welcome to ‘The Heart of Australian Racing: the Melbourne Cup’ symposium
Bryan Martin, racing broadcaster and Andrew Sayers, National Museum of Australia
The Heart of Australian Racing: The Melbourne Cup, 13 August 2010
MC for the day Bryan Martin provides a brief background to the Melbourne Cup and Andrew Sayers, the new Director of the National Museum, outlines why the Museum recently declined to lend Phar Lap’s heart to Melbourne for the horse’s re-assembly.
What the Melbourne Cup means to me
Wendy Green, Sheila Laxon, Mark de Mestre and John Letts in conversation with Bryan Martin
The Heart of Australian Racing: The Melbourne Cup, 13 August 2010
Hear what the Melbourne Cup means to the owner of a cup winner, the first female trainer to win both the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, the grandson of the inaugural Melbourne Cup winning trainer, and a former jockey who has won the Melbourne Cup twice.
Now with transcripts
Transcripts are often published after MP3 files. Here are the latest additions.
- The Melbourne Cup: Is it all about the gamble?Dr Chris McConville, social historian
- Where does the Melbourne Cup belong in Australian culture - and why has it endured?Louise Douglas and Carol Cooper, National Museum of Australia
- Welcome to ‘The Heart of Australian Racing: the Melbourne Cup’ symposiumBryan Martin, racing broadcaster and Andrew Sayers, National Museum of Australia
