The Sounds of Aus

The Sounds of Aus on ABC1 on 1 February

icycreek — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:32:47 +0000

We’re pleased to confirm that The Sounds of Aus will be screened again on ABC1 on Monday, 1 February at 6pm.

Lifestyle Channel screening

icycreek — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:55:52 +0000

Just found out that The Sounds of Aus is screening tonight (Sunday 4 October 2009) on The Lifestyle Channel. Full details here.

It’s back on ABC TV

icycreek — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:05:08 +0000

Nearly two years after it first went to air, The Sounds of Aus is back on ABC 1 this Wednesday at 11AM. Take the morning off, I reckon. And ask the master to pass the banana.

The Sounds of Aus screening tonight on The Lifestyle Channel

icycreek — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:07:25 +0000

I’m very chuffed that they’ve programmed this at 8:30 on a Sunday night straight after “Wife Swap”. Full details here

University of Missouri screening

icycreek — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:12:50 +0000

The Sounds of Aus had its first on-campus US screening on January 27 when it was shown to students and staff of the University of Missouri’s Journalism school in Columbia, which is the world’s oldest journalism education institution. Amongst the audience were students from Russia, Romania, China, Korea, and generated a lively discussion on what was the coldest day I’ve ever experienced.

Chilling out in Missouri on the day of The Sounds of Aus screening

The Sounds of Aus New Zealand premiere

icycreek — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:11:52 +0000

What will they think of us over the other side of the Tasman? We’ll know soon enough. The Sounds of Aus premiere’s on the New Zealand Documentary Channel at 8:30 pm this Saturday night (10th Jan). Full details here.

The Sounds of Aus at the Journalism Education Australia conference

icycreek — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:43 +0000

Next week I’m heading to Wollongong to attend the annual Journalism Education Association conference, where I’ll also be discussing the origins of the Sounds of Aus project at a session on Wednesday called “Creative Work, Creative Storytelling”.

Regional variation in the Australian accent

icycreek — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:08:25 +0000

Do people from Adelaide really sound different from the rest of us? Can you tell is someone’s from Queensland by the way they say “g’day”?

One of the most contentious issues explored in The Sounds of Aus is the extent of regional variation in the Australian accent. What do you think?

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Welcome to The Sounds of Aus blog

icycreek — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:15:24 +0000

The Sounds of Aus is a 55-minute documentary that tells the story of the Australian accent. Produced by Princess Pictures in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the program went to air for the first time on November 7, 2007. The Sounds of Aus is presented by John Clarke and was written by Lawrie Zion, who came up with original concept for the documentary. Yael Bergman produced the program, and it was directed by David Swann.

Over the next few weeks we will update details of the repeat screening on ABC TV, and lots of other stuff too.