Historical information

Listening to the landscape is a project in sound, made from recordings and interviews collected in and around the Shire of Eltham over the course of 12 months which were published in 1989. Thirty people, all of whom have lived or worked around the region most of their lives, were interviewed. There are six "channels" of stories: 1. Getting around - 2. "they were the wildflowers - we used to pick armfuls of them in those days" - 3."Up around Kinglake" - 4. "But it was home and no-one could put us out of it" - 5. "It was all orchards" - 6. "gradually the houses came". Each with a slightly different theme. The stories are supported by environmental and historical sound recordings.
Tapes converted to three CDs - titled "Getting around" - Armful of flowers" and "Up around Kinglake" which includes the six "channels".

Physical description

Master recordings on three compact cassette audio tapes, TDK AD46.
Each tape labeled with the recording track in red ink and Dolby B Noise Reduction activated) also in black ink copyright Duncan King-Smith 1989
Copy 1
Channel 2: Armfuls of Wildflowers
Channel 4: “It was home . . .”
Copy 2
Channel 1: Getting around
Channel 6: “Gradually the houses came . . . ”
Copy 3
Channel 3: Up around Kinglake
Channel 5: “ . . it was all orchards.”

Also commercial compact cassettes and CD formats held and information booklet. Converted to mp3 format from CD
1 - Getting Around; 17:17, 23.7 MB, 192kbs
2 - Gradually the houses came; 17:32, 24.0 MB, 192kbs
3 - Up around Kinglake; 23:31, 32.3 MB, 192kbs
4 - It was all orchards; 23:52, 32.7 MB, 192kbs
5 - Armful of wild flowers; 20:38, 28.3 MB, 192kbs
6 - But it was home, and no-one could put us out of it; 20:58, 28.8 MB, 192kbs