Paul Smith – The Conversation

‘Trucked Off to Brewarrina Mission’, Wanaaring 1938. 1 of 6 images by May Hunt. Photo first published in the New Dawn, January 1974. Originally incorrectly attributed to Ron Riley. This was included in the ‘Looking Through Windows’ exhibition courtesy of Harold Hunt and family.

August 21, 2022

An Ode To My Grandmother: remaking the past using oral histories, theatre and music

Lorina L. Barker, University of New England; Julie Collins, University of New England, and Paul Smith, University of New England

Indigenous oral history is more than a methodology. It is living history, practised for thousands of millennia, intrinsically woven into Aboriginal people’s way of life and culture.

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October 12, 2020

How toy pianos went from child’s play into classical concert halls

Paul Smith, University of New England

Toy pianos typically have a range of 12-36 keys, roughly one quarter the range of a full piano. But they are used by composers and music makers to write everything from concertos to pop songs.

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