New South Wales Projects

This series looks at some significant albums from past to present.

Shannon, at the age of 21, is a unique Australian. He is currently the longest surviving HIV Positive person born here to go on and have children.

The program focuses on outback tourism in Australia from the 1890s to the present day.

A series of short doco-drama works from eight writers at the University of Wollongong Faculty of Creative Arts.

70 short interviews about music.

A beautiful project for the lovers of the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca.

A story of two female jockeys.

Silk on Wood is a music feature that explores the cultural milieu surrounding the silk string Qin.

This Street Stories program looks at male escorts for heterosexual women.

Sometimes acceptance in regional Australia comes through the most unexpected avenues of work...

The 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards are in their 7th year. They have been successful in uncovering emerging and existing musical artists in the Hunter and Central Coast regions since their inception.

A series of live concert performances recorded in regional NSW by ABC Classic FM.

Feature for Poetica on pregnancy and motherhood in an artist life.

The Newcastle floods on the June long weekend caused chaos. Six months on we look at how people coped and moved on.

A Radio National Hindsight documentary which will tell the personal histories of the Indigenous Mulan community of Lake Gregory and Sturt Creek, in the Kimberley

Sylvie Haisman has received RPF funding to develop her draft play "Tell Me A Shipwreck".

Sean O'Brien investigates the turbulent history of Bourke in the 1980s and the legacy this dramatic period left with his family.

Looks at the Bossa Nova - the sound that seduced the world.

This project looks at Hong Kong 10 years after its return to China.

This project looks at the controversy surrounding childhood immunisation

Looks at the impact on a family who have dealt with their son's acquired brain injury after a hit and run accident.

10 part series looking at the role of producers in the music industry.

This is the second part of the From a Trickle to a Roar series. This 10 part series looks at an Alpine summer in Australia.

Wag's Tales is aural snapshots of bush women and men featuring their working life and environment. Included in the mix will be poetry, verse, yarns , new and previously unused archival interviews mixed with contemporary interpretations of traditional songs.

This project tells the experience of the Bundilla's residents who get flooded in several times of the year.

Cathedral Cave, Wellingon becames the venue for a very special classic performance.

28 minute play for Airplay written by Matthew O'Sullivan from Wingello, NSW.

This project looks at Charles Cousens, who was prosecute for treason after World War One. Where his actions really treason or was he falsely accused.

This series is a journey along the history of the Great North Road.

The fourth in this series of regional concert for 2006 was held in Scone.

In the spectacular wilderness areas of eastern NSW, walking is not just walking.

Looks at the Kameruka Estate and it's pending sale.

The Wounding Song is a 55 minute music feature on the phenomenon of Ghana,Maltese vernacular singing.

This project looked at the town of Nymagee and the events around the Nymagee Outback Festival.

This is a 10-part series on the Australian Alps which span three states/territories.

A family focused live outdoor broadcast featuring the musicans from the Orange Regional Conservatorium to be held in a park in Orange.

This program looks at the impact that the loss of a factory, employing 150 people, has on a small rural community.

This is a documentary about the overlooked achievement of B Troop 14th Field Regiment in turning back the Japanese advance in New Guinea.

A second series of 10x5/6 minute pieces with a quirky take on country living.

In 2006, the Elision Ensemble in collaboration with the ABC will be celebrating their 20th anniversary, and have agreed to present The Fire Cycle as part of these celebrations.

SSO will perform in Orange to highlight the plight of drought affected regional NSW.

This story focuses on the history of the mutton bird who migrates each year to Mutton Bird Island, near Coffs Harbour.

Outback pubs often define remote townships, however, like the communities they service are they becoming an endangered species?

This program investigates the links between socio economic deprevation and mental health through the stories of a community.

An Australian family return to Czechoslovakia to reclaim their rights as nobles.

A lighthearted look at one woman's experience of pelvic floor injury after childbirth.

Concerts held in community halls within the ABC North Coast region, designed specifically to create a lounge-room atmosphere.

The sixth series of the popular gardening segments, broadcast on ABC North Coast NSW.

Shot Open is a short story that has been adapted as a theatre piece, which Radio National will produce for their Airplay program.

Two concerts recorded exclusively for ABC Classic FM from Camden Haven in Northern NSW, featuring local composers and performers.

The 140th anniversary of Australian bushranger Ben Hall is in May 2005. This feature covers yarns and music regarding the Hall legend.

This series questions how birth has become politicised and who the victims are.

A feature about the return of members of the Stolen Generation to their communities - how they cope, as well as how their families and friends deal with their return.

The Newcastle Region Gallery and The Deep End combine to create the country's first exhibition curated by the Australian Public.

A series of sports trivia and quiz night, staged in in regional Australia

The recording of one concert featuring Tex Perkins, Kev Karmody, Jez & Sara Tindley on February 27, 2005.

A five-part series on the heady days of the 70's rock music in Australia. Topics covered include musicians, touring, management, rock journalists and the audiences.

A three-part series on the formation of the State Emergency Service, how it's adapted to changing cultures and communities and what the SES means to rural Australia today.

A journey from conception to production of an unusual musical play - set in a caravan park.

A new prison recently opened in Kempsey. A project covering aspects of life revolving around its presence.

Mark McKenna wrote an award-winning history on Blackfellas Point, near Eden in NSW. This program explores his experience of coming to terms with living in the bush and his questioning of who lived there prior to white settlement.

A radio series revolving around colourful characters in the mythical town of Merrimba.

A live concert from the Broken Hill Entertainment Centre, featuring Sara Storer, Merri-May Gill and The Lees.

A 5-episode series containing personal stories about fatherhood and its issues, each covering a distinctive theme.

Every wondered what the roadcrew for rock'n'roll bands are really like. Howard Freeman has toured with Australia's best and had lived to tell the tale...

A science series that promotes original, imaginative thinking.

A series of live events in Katoomba where Greg Borschmann talks with various cultural identities about their relationship to their country and place.

A musical piece reflecting war, conflict and personal perspectives. The piece will be culturally diverse and will draw from immigrant and refugee experience.

A radiophonic composition inspired by the beauty of the Illawarra Coastline.

Martin returned to a remote village in Wales where he lived twenty years ago - and he documented his personal feelings, as well as the cultural memories of the villagers in the area.

Are our kids really becoming more anxious? And if so, what can be done? Parents, Teachers and Health Care Professionals take a critical childhood childhood mental health.

Night At The Wireless follows in the footsteps of the very successful Newcastle Drama that was held in 2003.

Hindsight into the Wattle Films & Records Company who pioneered the recording of Australian folk music.

The life story of 80-year-old Peter Hamilton, who has had a long an intriguing life.

A regional concert that was held at the Port Macquarie Civic Centre, featuring Bill Chambers and several local artists.

A look at couples that swap sexual partners - their relationships, dynamics and motivation.

A program outlining Harry Vanda's life story - from his own band The Easybeats through to his success as a songwriter and producer.

A story detailing the shortage of people to run community organisations in regional Australia.

A look at the reality of the dream many city-siders have about moving to the country.

The Newcastle Music Awards aim to uncover emerging and existing musical artists in the Hunter and Central coast Regions. They have taken place in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

A series of music news, interviews and performances which ran fortnightly on ABC North Coast NSW.

Looking at the folklore of people from the outback - concentrating on the aspects that make a particular location unique.

The drama and the heartache about the record flood of the Richmond River in March 1974.

A comic who-dun-it radio series.

Life stories and traditional music from regional Australia.

Berrima Gaol is probably best known as a tourist attraction, but it is still a low-medium security prison. Greg goes inside the cells to hear the prisoners stories.

A local history series about the famous Merimbula wharf.

A radio play - The Night They Nobbled Nobby's - performed live in Newcastle.

Assistance in the recording A Good Thing On Hold, a jazz CD from North Coast performer Sharny Russell.

A fortnightly report revealing talented individuals in the Newcastle/Hunter region of NSW.

Flash animations documenting life on NSW's North Coast.

Six feature stories exploring various communities living the utopian ideal - fleeing the city and living communally.

Poems that reflect on one of Australia's worst peace time disasters - the Mount Kemble Mine Disaster.

Surfing waves has inspired artists and determined Australia's national identity. This series of interviews looks at our relationships with the ocean.