This audio tour is designed to be listened to with head phones.

The audio tour presents the early 20th century Kings Cross. It focuses on the local people, famous characters, atmosphere, drugs, gangs, prostitutes and the bohemian life overall. The whole piece is structured chronologically starting in the 1910’s and finishing in the 1970’s. It is inspired by my own experience of living in Kings Cross for the past three years and the desire to know about the place and its past. 

All the facts included in the piece are based on historical book Pictorial History Kings Cross written by Anne-Maree Whitaker, ABC Sidetracks audio archives, The Glittering Mile 1964 documentary and Stations of the X YouTube video clips. The audio tour features many excerpts from these sources that are combined with my own material, foley and sound effects recordings.

The audio tour experiments with sound effects, background noises, audio archive excerpts and a structured narrative creating a sonically wealthy engaging work. It allows the listener to immerse in the sounds and stories of the early 20th century Kings Cross while walking through the ‘new, cleaned up’ suburb.


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