Through Australian Eyes is an exhibition of photographs and audio-visual material covering the history of the ABC’s foreign correspondents and camera crew: a retrospective of seven decades of ABC foreign reporting from the 1930s to the present day. It was on display at Old Parliament House from March to June, 2006.
The exhibition included recollections, anecdotes and material from the ABC archives. The first ABC news bureaux overseas was opened in London in the 1930s. By 2004 the ABC had news bureaux and correspondents in 13 countries.
The ABC’s enduring commitment to foreign reporting is supported by the most extensive network of foreign correspondents and foreign news bureaux of any Australian media organisation. Today, ABC foreign correspondents and camera crew live, work and travel widely in the countries and regions they cover.
Correspondents report with local insight and understanding—but their perspective of world events and issues, of peoples and cultures, is a close-up view through Australian eyes of the world beyond Australia’s shores.
The correspondents and camera crew are story-tellers, independent-minded, adventurous, questioning and curious. They bring the world to life for Australian audiences and as an independent newsgathering network overseas are a uniquely Australian resource.
Through Australian Eyes online
The ABC have an in-depth online version of the Through Australian Eyes exhibition. It provides a snapshot of the correspondents and camera crew who have provided the most comprehensive international coverage of any Australian media outlet using its own staff overseas.
Picture credit
ABC correspondent Tim Bowden in Singapore, 1965. Image courtesy of the ABC.