Media kit

Summary: Hey History! podcast

An Australian first

Hey History! is Australia’s first classroom history podcast for primary school students

Led by kids’ questions and ideas

• The podcast is hosted by a young person, 14 year old Axel Clark

• Each episode kicks off with questions about Australian history asked by students.

• Each episode features one school’s students sharing their ideas about a historical event

• We recorded students in 6 primary schools in 4 states and territories.

  Mapped to the Australian primary school curriculum, and for different states

• Each episode follows the Australian curriculum for history teaching, so that teachers can use it in class.

• Learning materials, made and road-tested by a primary school teacher, and extra resources are available for each episode.

• Looks at key events in Australian history

• First Nations people learning on Country - Ep 1 The Oldest Classroom

• The meeting between the Gweagal people and Captain Cook in 1770 - Ep 2 First Meetings at Kamay Botany Bay

• Life as a convict kid, from Britain to Van Dieman’s Land - Ep 3 Convict Kids

• Life on the goldfields of Central Victoria and First Nations people and the Gold Rush - Ep 4 Gold Fever

  Features some of Australia’s top historians and experts, including

  • Wayne Brennan, an archaeologist at the University of Sydney, a Gamilaraay person and Blue Mountains custodian.

  • Merrikiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Principal of Yirrkala Bilingual School and Yolngu leader.  

  • Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, specialist in convict history and Professor at the University of New England. 

  • Professor Fred Cahir, Professor in Australian History at Federation University. 

  • Ray Ingrey, a Dharawal person from the La Perouse Community and Director of the Gujuga Foundation. 

  • Paul Irish, professional historian who has worked for the past twenty years with Aboriginal heritage and history. 

  Award-winning production team and partners

• made by two of Australia’s top historians, Professor Anna Clark and Professor Clare Wright, with producer Jane Curtis (Best History podcast Australian Podcast Awards 2023) and Britta Jorgensen (Bronze award, Australian Podcast Awards 2022).

• made in partnership with the Australian Centre for Public History UTS, La Trobe University, and supported by the National Museum of Australia.

• endorsed by the NSW History Teachers Association.

• is accessible, with full transcripts for each episode

• Download Media Release

Download audio for broadcast

🔈What did convicts write on love tokens?

• Download high quality MP3 and wav file (48 kHz broadcast quality)

• Download example Presenter script PDF

🔈Princes Street Primary School year 4 and 5 students on convicts

• Download high quality MP3 and wav file (48kHz broadcast quality)

• Download example Presenter script PDF

🔈What did the gold rush sound like?

• Download high quality MP3 and wav file.

• Download example Presenter script PDF

🔈How was the meeting at Botany Bay in 1770?

• SHORT VERSION Dur 1:01 Download High quality MP3 and wav file (48kHz broadcast quality).

• LONG VERSION Dur 2: 21 (with kids reflections at end) Download High quality MP3 and wav file (48kHz broadcast quality)

• Download example Presenter script PDF

Download audiograms for social media

• Download The Oldest Classroom audiogram MP4 with Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs (1:01 min)

• Download First Meetings at Kamay Botany Bay MP4 with Captain Cook (diary) and Ray Ingrey, Dharawal person and Gujaga Foundation Director (1 min)

• Download Convict Love Token MP4 with Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart (58 secs)

• Download Gold Fever audiogram MP4 with Professor Fred Cahir (58 secs)