Click on any of the soundfields on the map above to play a story. Note: On location, GPS would trigger these stories automatically.
Drawing together history and heritage, local stories and great original music, the Inverell Heritage Soundtrail is a contemporary take on a truly historical town.It’s a locative audio walk through the past. You’ll hear about theatres and floods, sapphires and fires as local townspeople tell you real life stories and bring these streets to life.
There is only one Inverell in the world. It might have been named by a Scottish settler in the mid 1800’s but this area has long been part of the Kamilaroi nation. The Macintyre River, was called Caubawn Coonigal, meaning big river. The area’s indigenous name was Giree Giree, thought to mean ‘river with high banks’. The early white settlers simply called it ‘Green Swamp’. Since those days this town has grown and changed alongside the Australian nation.
So what are you waiting for? Download Soundtrails (App store or Googleplay), and then download Inverell. Start your walk outside the Inverell Tourist Information centre on the corner of Campbell and Byron Streets.
Credits & Contributors
Ann Hodgens, Historian. Elizabeth Weidermann, Historian. Tony and Margaret Ditchfield, Stuart Watkins, Inverell Club. Peter Caddy, Inverell Shire Council. Sonya Lange, Inverell Shire Public Library. Ron, Tanya, Beryl, Linda, Barbara, Doris and the Connors family. Gloria Baldwin, Inverell History Group. Brian Baldwin. Tony Sonter, Archaeologist. Sally Kelso. Bob Bensley, ex Councillor. Mitch McKay Heritage Consultant.
Music by Greg Appel
Photography acknowledgements
Inverell Library, Connors family, Greg Appel.
All photographs used with permission.