Ocean swimming... and Australian beach history

Associate Professor Anna Clark (profiles.uts.edu.au/Anna.Clark) is an ocean lover, fisher and historian at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has extensively researched the history of beach culture in Australia (theconversation.com/sun-sand-and-survival-a-short-history-of-the-beach-in-australia-148527) , an important place for thousands of generations of Indigenous culture, a place of last resort during the Great Depression, and a place of upheaval during the more recent Cronulla riots. And throughout all that time, it has been vital for food and industry.

Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) :

• Beach - Lichu (soundcloud.com/7ichu/beach)

• Beach - Hyphelion (soundcloud.com/hyphelion/beach)

• Beach - piglet (soundcloud.com/pigletspacey/beach)

• Sapphire - Tobu (soundcloud.com/7obu)

Image from exploroz (exploroz.com/places/88024/sa+aboriginal-midden)