{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64641926f0153d00110f04a9/652384272020800011a1a113?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bushfires: Infernos of the Outback","description":"<p>In this episode we look at the devastation that bushfires have wrought upon the Australian landscape, and their effect on early colonial literature with PhD candidate, Finnuala Morgan.</p><p><br></p><p>Our featured story - Black Thursday - profiles the first recorded 'major' bushfire in Victoria in 1851.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Mentioned in the episode</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Charles Harpur’s 1851 poem called<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.australianculture.org/the-bush-fire-charles-harpur/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Bush Fire</a></p><p><br></p><p>A collection of Australian bushfire stories published by Orbiter -&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/shows/64641926f0153d00110f04a9/episodes/Black%20Thursday%20and%20Other%20Lost%20Australian%20Bushfire%20Stories\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Black Thursday and Other Lost Australian Bushfire Stories</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://theconversation.com/mythologised-memorialised-then-forgotten-a-history-of-australias-bushfire-reporting-170778\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting</a> by Finn Morgan</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/black-thursday-bushfires\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Black Thursday bushfires</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Main Stories</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7138460?searchTerm=Black%20Thursday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Black Thursday</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143007102?searchTerm=RIA.%20A%20WEST%20AUSTRALIAN%20STORY.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ria: A West Australian Story</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://trove.nla.gov.au/blog/2019/09/09/be-continued\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">To Be Continued in Trove</a></p>","author_name":"Engaged ANU"}