2b Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) Visit My Websitehttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2008/2277583.htm Documentary aired on Radio National yesterday, highly recomended. Pod cast or live stream available from above link. In 1876, explorer WO Hodgkinson led the last government-funded expedition into the Simpson Desert, ostensibly to find land suitable for pastoral expansion. But Hodgkinson's diary from the journey reveals that his main interest in the desert country was to find the source of a valuable native narcotic known to the local Aboriginals as 'Pituri'. In this feature, a group of latter-day expeditioners follow in Hodgkinson's footsteps. They, too, went in search of the story of Pituri, and found that this, in turn, revealed a larger history of colonisation and environmental change in the Simpson Desert. The contemporary expeditioners comprise biologist Mike Letnic, writer, filmmaker and historian Tom Murray, and archeologist Hugh Barton. Presenter Michelle Rayner Edited June 30, 2008 by 2b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks 2b. Gonna listen to it on the walk to work tomorrow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plantsoma Posted June 27, 2008 Thanks. Downloading now. You might want to edit the link. I had to delete the http// part in the new window that was doubled to make the link work, might be just my browser though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2b Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks, i should have checked the link. All good now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolwarra Posted July 31, 2008 Great stuff 2b! thanks for posting "The natives bring large shells from the NW, and tell mysterious legends of a place called Peecheringa" I remember this Hodgkinson quote blowing me away in P.Watson's 'This Precious Foliage'. Brilliant! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites