A collection of mindful audio stories from the First Storytellers – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These stories bring an age-old practice of oral storytelling into the digital space, helping people slow down and connect to Country.
Yula, or short-tailed shearwaters as they're called in English, travel one of the world's longest annual migrations.
Travelling the Pacific Ocean, even down into the icy Antarctic Southern Ocean, they return home each year to the islands around Lutruwita/Tasmania to rest after their journeys and raise their young.
Listen to the story of one yula amongst millions returning home to the islands, in the language of the Tasmanian Aboriginal People, Palawa Kani.
Dedicated to the late Aunty Wendal, who's laughter and hugs always felt like "coming home", and my Pop Dick Graham who first introduced me to the birds.
With thanks to the palawa kani Language Program and the Healthy Country Unit, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
Production and mixing: Bedlam Music (Matthew Fargher)
Original score, sound design and sound mix by Sunless Studio (https://sunlessstudio.net/).
11 Aug 2026
Jalagungada Ganaygala
The listeners are greeted on a coastal headland ‘Ganaygal’. They are led into a guided meditation into deep time, to the ancient world, where the Ancestors harvest the coastal fish traps under the blue moon and the ‘Gurruuja’, the whales, sing of the Ancestral Country now underneath the ocean.
Dedicated to the Gumbaynggirr Elders who held onto our Creation stories and have nurtured our abilities to deeply connect with Country, the Ancestors and Place through stories, knowledge, and language. Darrundung to Gawa Gary Williams, for his teachings from Ganaygal, Nathan Brennan for language translation assistance, and to Daryn McKenny for providing audio of 'Gurruuja' (whale) relative.
Original score, sound design and sound mix Sunless Studio (https://sunlessstudio.net/)
11 Aug 2026
Ngayu Kaminji Dungayn Jukaranga (Day at the Beach With My Nannies)
Ngayu Kaminji Dungayn Jukaranga is a story capturing the moment Trinity began spending time with her Nannies, asking them to teach her their language. It celebrates their cherished days at the beach - learning about local plants, animals and Country, speaking language, hunting traditional foods, and continuing the rich cultural practices that "ngananga bama" (our people) have carried on for thousands of years.
Kuku Yalanji translations by Sharon Walker. Acknowledging all my learnings from my Kami's Lilly Yougie and Doreen Ball and my Bimakay Linda Walker.
Original score, sound design and sound mix Sunless Studio (https://sunlessstudio.net/)
11 Aug 2026
The Heartbeat of Biik
A guided sensory journey into Wurundjeri Country, where the sounds of the possum drum, rain, river, wind, and ancestral presence invite deep remembrance. Through storytelling, Woiwurrung language, and sound, participants reconnect with Country, spirit, and kinship, experiencing an intimate ceremony of healing, belonging, and the ancient wisdom of Wurundjeri culture.
Dedicated to Aunty Vicky Nicholson-Brown for her guidance in Walert Drum reclamation, Djirri Djirri Dance Group for song and dance, my Elders for always trusting me, to the bubups and next generations, to my Ancestors for their guidance and support, and to Wurundjeri Country for sustaining us and looking after all who call it home.
Original score, sound design and sound mix by Sunless Studio (https://sunlessstudio.net/).
11 Aug 2026
yula taypani, yula tapilti (palawa kani)
Yula, or short-tailed shearwaters as they're called in English, travel one of the world's longest annual migrations.
Travelling the Pacific Ocean, even down into the icy Antarctic Southern Ocean, they return home each year to the islands around Lutruwita/Tasmania to rest after their journeys and raise their young.
Listen to the story of one yula amongst millions returning home to the islands, in the language of the Tasmanian Aboriginal People, Palawa Kani.
Dedicated to the late Aunty Wendal, who's laughter and hugs always felt like "coming home", and my Pop Dick Graham who first introduced me to the birds.
With thanks to the palawa kani Language Program and the Healthy Country Unit, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.
Production and mixing: Bedlam Music (Matthew Fargher)
Original score, sound design and sound mix by Sunless Studio (https://sunlessstudio.net/).
1 Jul 2024
Land, the Sky, the Fire and I
Nayuka Gorrie shares a reflective story from interactions between the sun and moon, to stars Ancestors have seen and descendants will see; to sensory observations from the warmth of a fire built by their family, to the sounds of birds chirping, frogs croaking and insects humming.
Nayuka Gorrie is a Gunai/Kurnai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance and comedy television writer. Their writing centres on Black, feminist and queer politics.
1 Jul 2024
Margaret
Scott Wilson shares Gooniyandi thangarndi (language) in a story inspired by Gooniyandi Riwi (Country) and his grandmother Margaret, named after the Margaret River that runs through Gooniyandi Country. She spent most of her life by the ocean and fishing in the sea. It shares a journey of someone living away from Country, but knowing that Country lives within us.
Scott Wilson is a proud Gooniyandi and Gajerrong man from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Scott is now the co-creator and writer of the first Aboriginal Superhero Universe, called the Indigiverse and a new Green Energy company called, Gevolve Solutions.
1 Jul 2024
Buungbaa-ma-ndhu
Kirli Saunders centres Gundungurra language in this story of rising like the sun, with singing, dancing, dreaming, hunting and speaking in mother tongue, before the sun sets at dawn. Kirili shares gratitude for the teachings of Aunty Velma Mulcahy and Aunty Sharyn Halls.
This story was originally commissioned by Fremantle Biennale and Ngununggula, and has been extended through the Dreamy series.
Kirli Saunders (OAM) is a proud Gunai woman with Yuin, Dharawal, Gundungurra and Biripi ties. She is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist who works across a range of mediums spanning books, film, art, poetry and performance.
1 Jul 2024
Zagu
Yessie Mosby tells a story from the Torres Strait about Zagu and the fireflies. The story is as old as the oldest star in the sky and Zagu is a young boy of the sea who loves to play, dance, sing and be free like a dolphin.
Yessie Mosby is from Masig (Yorke Island) and belongs to the Kulkalgal people in Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait Islands and surrounding seas). Yessie is one of the #TorresStrait8 claimants campaigning for climate action with Our Islands Our Home.
3 Sept 2021
Bilabang
Jazz Money takes you on a reflective journey between bilabang which means pool of water in Wiradjuri, ancient skies full of ancient knowledges, connecting and caring for Country and its eternal heartbeat, and gathering seeds with baskets weaved.
Jazz Money is a Wiradjuri poet and artist producing works that encompass installation, digital, performance, film and print. Their writing and art has been presented, performed and published nationally and internationally.
3 Sept 2021
Moon Holds Water
Dr Romaine Moreton tells a story of fishing, cooking and eating yugeri from the beach shores of Fingal Heads, Bundjalung Country, a place of cherished childhood memories with family. In eating yugeri, Romaine reflects on the representation it has in the significance of knowledge from ancient lands, Countries and Old People.
Dr Romaine Moreton is the CEO of Binung Boorigan Pty Ltd, a First Nations owned and led media research production company that centres and promotes transformative processes of rematriation, language activism and storytelling activism. Romaine is a researcher, writer, academic, artist, and entrepreneur.
3 Sept 2021
Star Dust and Tagai
Ghenoa Gela shares the story of Tagai – a star warrior in her Torres Strait Islander culture who uses the Milky Way as a canoe, and the Southern Cross as a fishing spear. Connection to sky is equally as important as connection to land and sea, with the sun, moon and stardust taking you to rest, sleep and dreams, in this gentle dreamy journey.
Ghenoa is an award-winning, multi-dimensional storyteller and proud Torres Strait Islander woman. Ghenoa’s culture and family stories inspire her to share, whether it’s directing, writing, making, performing or teaching.
3 Sept 2021
Living Echoes
Dakota Feirer shares a journey of the living echoes of Saltwater Country. From swells and ripples of saltwater to warm kisses of winds and subtle breezes singing through gum leaf canopies. Living Echoes is a gentle, meditative story that connects water and Country.
Dakota is a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr descendent based in Lenapehoking (New York City). His work consists of poems, stories and mixed-media reflections that engage with Country, history and manhood. Dakota's believes in healing Country through art and storytelling.
3 Sept 2021
Journey to the Centre
Aurora Liddle-Christie provides a thoughtful space for breathing in, aheye-angkeme, and breathing out, in this journey to their homeland in the red centre of semi-arid desert Country with eucalyptus trees, ghost gums, hills of bouldering rocks and scrubby grasslands. Focusing on breathing and letting go of tension, this Dreamy story will help you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.
Aurora Liddle-Christie is an Arrernte-Afro-Caribbean creative professional based in Magandjin with extensive experience in the Arts as a writer, singer/songwriter, performer and facilitator.
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