Click on any of the soundfields on the map above to play a story. Note: On location, GPS would trigger these stories automatically.
Warialda sits on the crossroads between Inverell, Bingara and Moree in north west New South Wales.
A service centre for a predominantly rural farming sector, its stories here suggest that Warialda is also a fascinating historical and cultural marker in Australian history.
The town served as a hub on the frontier for bushrangers, convicts and large landholding squatters, and many here today still have a direct line back to that time.
This is a district rich in stories of survival and courage, and of community and friendship.
Beautifully produced by award-winning sound producers, the Warialda Soundtrail is a living, breathing geo locative audio walk into the voices, sounds and music of the people of Warialda.
Credits & Contributors
Honey:
Honey Dawson, Debbie Ford. Music by Maddie-Rose
Football:
Jim Payne & Ray Lindsey
The Government Run:
Peter Hancock. Original composition by Michael Whiticker
Lawlessness:
Peter Hancock. Original composition by Michael Whiticker
Warialda Gums:
Bill McIntosh
Mr Keating:
Peter Hancock. Reading by Rick Hutton & Henry Young
Stan Hunt:
Stan Hunt. Original composition by Hamish Sewell
Charlie Woollett:
Charlie Woollett. Narration by Helen Wilkinson
Maddie-Rose:
Maddie-Rose
Keith Moor:
Keith Moore
Murder at Racehorse Inn:
John Hay, Tim Smith & Robyn Smith.
Carinda House:
Harold Rolfe, Yvonne Ledingham & Anne. Music, ‘Sash’ by Michael Houlahan, from the Kez and Friends album, Follow Me
Undertaker’s Daughter:
Jeanette Wilson. Original composition by Saul Standerwick
Grace Munro:
Hugh Munro, Heather Gilmore. Readings by Jen Mead