James Dunk's guest appearances

James Dunk

Good Reading Podcast

Write Around the Murray

Pip Williams

Delia Falconer

Emma Viskic

Jock Serong

Lisa Jewell

Rebecca Wilson

Yotam Ottolenghi

Ann Patchett

Greg James

Lisa Barr

Ronni Kahn

Markus Zusak

Geraldine Brooks

Ned Kelly

Lee Child

OwlTail

In Bedlam at Botany Bay, historian James Dunk looks at how mental illness surfaced in colonial New South Wales. Weaving a narrative of freedom and possibility, unravel and collapse, he traces the path of people who found themselves at the edge of the world and at the edge of sanity. Dunk’s research ranges from the eighteenth century to the present, exploring how internal disorder has helped to shape the exterior world we live in. With Jenni Munday. Bedlam was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2020 Recorded 12/09/2020

In Bedlam at Botany Bay, historian <a href="https://www.writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/james-dunk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Dunk</a> looks at how mental illness surfaced in colonial New South Wales. Weaving a narrative of freedom and possibility, unravel and collapse, he traces the path of people who found themselves at the edge of the world and at the edge of sanity. Dunk’s research ranges from the eighteenth century to the present, exploring how internal disorder has helped to shape the exterior world we live in. With Jenni Munday. Bedlam was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2020 Recorded 12/09/2020

Bedlam: James Dunk with Jenni Munday

Chris Flynn

Clare Wright

Tony Birch

Lucy Treloar

With Professor Clare Wright at the helm, we hear from Megan Davis, Tony Birch, Lucy Treloar, Chris Flynn and James Dunk responding to the NSW History Week theme, History: What is it good for? Past Tense. History: What is it good for? was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2020 Recorded 12/09/2020

With Professor <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/clare-wright" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clare Wright</a> at the helm, we hear from <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/megan-davis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Megan Davis</a>, <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/tony-birch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Birch</a>, <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/lucy-treloar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lucy Treloar</a>, <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/chris-flynn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Flynn</a> and <a href="https://writearoundthemurray.org.au/program/authors/james-dunk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Dunk </a>responding to the NSW History Week theme, History: What is it good for? Past Tense. History: What is it good for? was part of the Write Around the Murray program for 2020 Recorded 12/09/2020

Past Tense. History: What is it good for? Clare Wright, Megan Davis, Tony Birch, Lucy Treloar, Chris Flynn and James Dunk

What was life really like in the early years of the colony of Botany Bay? Upon arrival, convicts and free settlers faced the perils of an unknown continent, thousands of miles from home and with a very uncertain future. This new Australian history shines a light on the illness, the chaos, the delusion and the terror experienced by everyone who arrived on these shores. Gregory Dobbs talks to James Dunk about his new book Bedlam at Botany Bay which traces the history of madness in the early colony of Sydney and how the early settlers grappled with the challenges of a new country, taken from its Indigenous inhabitants, and ruled by the weight of imperial justice.Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2NGVDYKListen on Google Podcasts: bit.ly/2MXSxQ8Bedlam in Botany Bay: bit.ly/2XCkxRa

What was life really like in the early years of the colony of Botany Bay? Upon arrival, convicts and free settlers faced the perils of an unknown continent, thousands of miles from home and with a very uncertain future. This new Australian history shines a light on the illness, the chaos, the delusion and the terror experienced by everyone who arrived on these shores. Gregory Dobbs talks to James Dunk about his new book Bedlam at Botany Bay which traces the history of madness in the early colony of Sydney and how the early settlers grappled with the challenges of a new country, taken from its Indigenous inhabitants, and ruled by the weight of imperial justice. Listen on Apple Podcasts: <a href="http://apple.co/2NGVDYK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/2NGVDYK</a> Listen on Google Podcasts: <a href="http://bit.ly/2MXSxQ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2MXSxQ8</a> Bedlam in Botany Bay: <a href="http://bit.ly/2XCkxRa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2XCkxRa</a>

James Dunk on illness, chaos and delusion in Australia's early colonies