Collected Podcast Episode 21: Peacekeeping

Australia has a proud record of peacekeeping around the world, from the Middle East to Asia, Africa to the Pacific. These operations have often involved ensuring the wellbeing of children. In Episode 21 of Collected, Louise Maher discovers the peacekeeping stories behind toy guns collected in Somalia, an artwork about the conflict in Bougainville and a song about a cow recorded on cassette.

Presented by: Louise Maher

Produced by: Louise Maher

Interviewed:

David Sutton, Historian and Curator, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Galleries

Margaret Farmer, Senior Curator, Honour Rolls, Official and Private Records

Collection Items:

Collection Item C260350

Accession Number: REL/22009.001

Toy Submachine Gun Somalia

Collection Item C266515

Accession Number: P01735.515

Corporal Sean Robinson photo with child in Somalia

Blog about Fred Smith https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/fred-smith-and-anzac-day

(NB Margaret also has photo of the cover of Songs for Peace)

Sami and the Panguna mine #1   https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2677102

Original Music: Andy Heaney, Vice Like Grip

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