How does our history shape who we are as a country today? How does our history shape who we are as a country today? In this episode Nancy Cushing speaks with historian Dr Julie McIntyre who is writing a book on the global history of Australia for Princeton University Press, due for completion in 2022. Julie is an expert on the wine history of Australia led the Vines, Wines and Identity project and co-authored the book Hunter Wine: a history. She spent time in 2019 undertaking a Fulbright Scholarship at the Shields Library, University of California (Davis) where she began to investigate binational exchange between Australia and America in the grape and wine sciences. We talk about the discoveries she made while immersed in the archives of Davis and what insights her new book will reveal.
