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St Kilda audio walk - podcast

From riches to rags and back again

This is a walking tour of St Kilda’s domestic architecture and changing fortunes of the seaside suburb.

Narrated by Peter Mares from ABC Radio National, the tour guides you through some St Kilda streets that show how history is captured in bricks and mortar.

You can play this audio on your computer or transfer the files to a portable MP3 player.

Print out the map before you set out or pick it up from the Street Cafe and various other venues in St Kilda.

Subscribe to the RSS feed.

To download the files right click the link and select 'save target as' / 'save link as' and save to your computer.

The files can be played by a range of media player software including:  iTunes, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player.

St Kilda walking tour in one downloadable MP3 file.

St Kilda walking tour in separate tracks.

Acknowledgements

This tour has been created by Heritage Victoria and funded through the strategy, Victoria’s Heritage: Strengthening our communities.

Credits:
Producer: Malcolm McKinnon
Narrator: Peter Mares
Music and sound design: AYJ Cabrie
Map design: Dianna Wells Design

Heritage Victoria credits:
Scriptwriter and project manager: Tanya Wolkenberg
Steering Committee: Frances O’Neill, Kerry Taylor, Amanda Bacon, Kerry Jordan.
Thanks also to Martin Zweep, Pam Enting, Jennifer Dawson and Pauline Hitchins.

Thanks to Carmel Shute, Allan Powell, Robin Grow, Alex Njoo and Seamus O’Hanlon for giving up their time to be interviewed.

Thanks to Kirsty Hawkes, Rachel Faggeter, and Dione Gilmour for providing feedback on earlier versions of the walk, Richard Peterson for A Place of Sensuous Resort and Meyer Eidelson for early discussions.

This project has received in-kind support from the City of Port Phillip, St Kilda Historical Society, and ABC Radio National.

Special thanks to Peter Johnson for generously sharing his knowledge of local buildings.

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