In an engaging address given at this year’s Byron Writers Festival, pioneering historian Henry Reynolds covered living in Townsville in the 1960s, the importance of local history, the extraordinary racial gaps in Australia’s early history telling, discovering the truths of frontier violence, his friendship with Eddie Mabo, and why the outcome of the Voice referendum will affect Australia’s international standing.

Archival audio from the ABC has been added to the recording of the talk.

Credits

• Phillip Adams, Presenter
• Ann Arnold, Producer