A Track Winding Back

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Now we have a blog of the project, you can easily walk with us along A TRACK WINDING BACK!  Listen to - and download - audio samples Vie...

'A Track Winding Back' offers a pioneering model for the use of oral storytelling and digital technologies to break down the barri...

A TRACK WINDING BACK thanks and honours the 20 residents who participated in the project. By sharing their reflections on life, war, peace,...

Morshead Home for Veterans and Aged Persons has a commitment to storytelling and initiatives that foster positive approaches to ageing. ...

The Governor-General Quentin Bryce AC declared herself a 'huge fan' of A TRACK WINDING BACK at the launch of Stage II, a weblog sam...

 ' I really, really enjoyed that!'   'I forgot my backache!'    (at 97 years old)   'See! I can remember things!'...

Gathering a sense of the 'whole person' and listening to their 'whole life' experience allowed for a deeper appreciation of...

For Australian servicemen World War II meant deployment to far off  locations at a time when few ordinary Australians  had the means or o...

A number of  recordings included residents' anecdotes of  U.S marines:  their larger than life reputation for  nylon stocking suppli...

Jean and Tony recall wedding dresses made from airmen's parachute silk; Jean remembers sitting for hours with other women sewing on bea...

Never short of a life adventure or anecdote, whether it be flying out to Tangyanika on a flying boat 'Just Married ' with his new...

Terry's hat: A new lining in it but the original holder of many a good story and musical memory.

Best wishes to the participants, residents, family, friends, volunteers, staff and  Board at Morshead Home and all of who have helped The A...

On a recent trip to Vanuatu to rest and discover more about storytelling, A TRACK WINDING BACK visited an evocative Havana Bay WWII roadside...

In this recording extract, Clyde recalls the shallow and at times dangerously choppy waters of Lake George (or Weerewaa in the indigenous l...

Everyone loves a love story, and here's a lovely one! Betty describes a night where friend Jack  returns home to bathurst after being a...

Jean and Tony talk about a 'lost tank', the perils of  friendly fire in war and Tony's lucky escape via a floor hatch at the ...

Every day residents at Morshead  and Gardiner Grove enjoy the pleasure, safety and health benefits of a walking track around the perimeter...

To hear Maidie on working as one of Melbourne's highest paid telephonists  and about her short return to work as a married woman durin...

Pools hold more than water often expressing new hopes for new generations. Manuka Pool, Canberra's first public swimming baths is uti...

One of the challenges of the project was locating photos of the participants and reproducing photos sealed up  in their original picture fr...

George recalls the pot luck of ordering a car after the war; lengthy waiting lists and a car dealer's response to the rumour of the firs...

Maidie experiences her first Aussie Christmas; 108 degrees in the shade and not a real snowflake in sight! Cutting off her waist length ha...

I Images from Colin's albums, taken on voyages at the height of German U-Boat sinkings in the Atlantic, and on the way to a blacked out...

John recounts an extraordinary tale of being capsized by a tidal bore on the Sittang River in Burma. Remaining resourceful in the face o...

One of the privileges of the project was seeing newspaper clippings, photos and letters emerge out of long-closed albums and suitcases. W...

Often unknown interests, passions and achievements came to light as the participants' stories unfolded...

The way that we map our life journey can change over time. One of the most interesting aspects of the project was hearing how participants ...

"Do I remember the 'Air Chief'?" asks George with  widened eyes and raised eyebrows,"How could you ever forget it!!...

" War's a terrible thing, even for those not (directly) involved" says Peggy as she remembers the pain of war years and the ...

A common theme amongst residents' reminiscences was the strange juxtaposition of everyday life and its beauty - 'as though sometim...

Arguably the greatest riches in the  interviewes' stories were the relationships of love and connection which they had experienced thro...

The process of recording interviews was seen as just as important - if not more important- than the audio product. It was essential that re...

A humorous anecdote of  happy homecomings; Marge arranges a milktruck  for her husband's arrival back home from Korea. Click on:  htt...

Music and Song emerged as useful reminiscence tools throughout the project and its interviewing process. To hear  Bill's  vox pop abou...

Several  residents  were in Sydney on the night of the Japanese mini sub attacks on the Harbour; an evening vividly enscribed in  their mem...

Play it Swing style again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyLNZFtG3gU

Training to get his O-wings as an Observer with the RAAF in WWII, Clyde spent time in Canada  flying through the Rocky Mountains. Listen to...

Peg and Ted  saw Shirley Bassey in a Sydney nightclub  during the 1950's. "She's a screamer" said Ted driyly. Relish ...

The names we were given, christened with or nicknamed  tell a story or two! Sometimes the shoe - or slipper fits - other times not. Here...

Grace and Rita speak about their ongoing  work  -  after the war -   with the War Widows Guild and Rita's service on the Board at Morsh...