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Stories
Listen to excerpts from a selection of great conversations recorded with The Story Project. The full 40-minute versions have been gifted to various local and State archives. Contact us if you'd like to hear a full 40-minute recording.
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December 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This beautiful collection of stories was recorded for the Uralla Story Project in the rural NSW town of Uralla. Visit urallastories.org
“Every day I’d make an excuse to go across to the bank… just to say hello to her.”
November 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Peter and Helen Phillips, married for 45 years, remember how they first met and began their romance.
Recorded in Uralla, NSW
“Spotlessly clean, all the chairs on the table and $300 in the till.”
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Steve Gapes, former manager of The Lone Rock Cafe, remembers the night the customers helped themselves.
Recorded in Uralla, NSW
“You’d see him sitting over in the paddock for two or three hours, studying them.”
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Madge Cook and her grandson, John Dawson, tell stories of Madge’s husband, Jack, and his love of bees.
Recorded in Bundarra, NSW
“Sometimes we’d put a few dogs in bed with us to keep us warm.”
November 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Aboriginal elder, Bob Faulkner, fondly recounts what it was like doing it tough in the 40s-50s.
Recorded in Uralla, NSW
“It’s like a big nest.”
July 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Eleven year old Opia Hamilton-Delmas talks to her mother, Anne Delmas, about why she loves living in the hinterland town of Maleny.
Recorded in Maleny, Queensland
“I used to watch the brumbies swim over from Bribie and eat the grass.”
May 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Friends John Ensor and Des Dwyer remember their childhood in Caloundra.
Recorded in Caloundra, Queensland
“I’ll tell you how to catch whales.”
May 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Malakai Koloi talks to his two granddaughters about what it was like to grow up in Tonga in the 1930s.
Recorded in Bundaberg, Queensland
“Your friends have emptied out your house.’”
May 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
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Tony Moore and his family were holidaying in New Zealand in January 2011, unaware that floods had hit Brisbane and flooded their West End home. He also had no idea that friend Cesca Lejeune and her family had saved all Tony’s possessions before the floods hit. Tony and Cesca talk about that time.
