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Robyn Annear on the untold history in our public toilets
The Weekend Read
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2 years ago
Robyn Annear on the untold history in our public toilets
Today on the show, writer and historian Robyn Annear, with her piece from the September edition of The Monthly.
While researching the opening of the Yan Yean reservoir in the 1800s, Robyn followed a thread, unravelling the history of sewage and sewerage in Victoria.
From cast-iron pissoirs and open-air urinals, to robo-dunnies and the National Public Toilet Map app, our local history of public toilets is rich with squalid detail.
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Guest: writer and historian, Robyn Annear
The Weekend Read
Listen to Australia's best writers and thinkers read out longform essays from The Monthly magazine, the country's leading publication on politics, current affairs and culture.
