A Sporting Wager
The story of a private bet between friends that became a national event. Join the race from the town of Beechworth to the summit of Mt Buffalo, with the world's first pneumatic wheelbarrow.

Where on earth are we? Mathematics and celestial navigation
This story traces the history of mathematical instruments and their use in celestial navigation.

Didjeridu: The story of an ancient instrument
The didjeridu has been an integral part of Aboriginal culture for thousands of years. Images from the Yalga Binbi Institute and the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum.

Moving pictures: a pre-history of cinema
The story of early moving-picture devices, told using objects from the Powerhouse Museum.

Waisted and Busted: female fashions from 1860 to 1914
Discover the Australians of the past by studying their clothes and fashions. Images from Narryna Heritage Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Macleay Museum, Queensland Performing Arts Museum and Warrnambool Art Gallery.

The Trams of Ballarat
These trams were more than public transport as the anecdotes and historical documentation from the Ballarat Tramway Museum show.

Switched on: electronic music instrument prototypes of the 20th century
Two stories featuring Australian electronic music pioneers of the 20th century, Don Banks and Tony Furse. From the collection of the Powerhouse Museum.

Speaking machines: a history of sound recording devices
This story traces the history of sound recording devices with objects from the collection of the Powerhouse Museum.

Winging it! A short history of Australian flight
The story of early flight in Australia, with objects from the collections of Museum Victoria, the Qantas Founders' Outback Museum, Queensland Museum, Katherine Museum, The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre and the Australian War Memorial.

The Virginal
The collection and documentation of this fascinating and unusual instrument in the Powerhouse Museum.

Stories from Napranum and Thursday Island
Oral histories from two Indigenous communities of far north Australia highlight traditional craft and cultural practices.

The wheat belt: crop farming in Western Australia
This story looks at the recent history of wheat farming, using objects from the Wyalkatchem C.B.H. Agricultural Museum.

Greta Coal Measures
Audio interviews, photos and plans detail the people and places of this enormous coal mining site.