The enduring love story that drove one of Australia's greatest boxers who never was.Music credits​I got 99 broadswords but this isn't one (Komiku)Androids always escape (Chris Zabriskie)Tent show audio courtesy of TenSecondsOut For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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6 - Les Darcy and the locket

Searching for the man whose adventures inspired a generation of Australians.Music creditsBig tree (Evan Schaeffer)I will not let you let me down, Honcho Graham from Birmingham (Josh Woodward)Ambient truth (Komiku)Readers do you read, God be with you till we meet again (Chris Zabriskie)Journey of Documentary clips courtesy of Atalanti Dionysus For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

5 - Lynn Santer and the Alby Mangels collection

The humble objects treasured by Mao's last dancer.Music creditsMirror lake (Cyrus)Opening, Wake up heroic figure, Dreaming of you (Komiku)Nirvana VEVO (Chris Zabriskie)Honcho Graham from Birmingham (Josh Woodward) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

4 - Li Cunxin and his father's stool

A young mother makes a desperate bid to save her infant son.Music creditsDeep dive, Persistence with beat (Raphael Angel)La Citadelle (Komiku)Three kites circling, The thorn revisit (Axletree)I need to start writing things down (Chris Zabriskie)​Lizard Island audio courtesy of Delaware North For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

3 - Mary Watson and the sea cucumber tub

The private pleasures of Australia's greatest composer, only discovered a decade after his death.Music creditsAction investigation, Time (Komiku)A queer and pleasant danger (Mystery Mammal)Vervain (Axletree)All archival audio courtesy of the Estate of Percy Aldridge Grainger For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

2- Percy Grainger and his whips

How a Solomon Island war canoe launched a signature swimming style.Music creditsBut enough about me Bill Paxton, Undercover vampire policeman (Chris Zabriskie)This is not a rock song (Monplasir)You're right but I'm me (Doctor Turtle)Flutter by Butterfly, Frannie (Josh Woodward) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

1 - The canoe and the crawl

Welcome to The Theory of Objects, launching December 16. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Six objects. Six stories. The Weekend Australian Magazine's Trent Dalton searches for the things in which we store Australia's history.

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The Theory of Objects

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