Produced by Graham McDonald and Margaret Walters;
Recorded by Andrew Knight for Freetall Music Productions at Exeter House Studio, Sydney;
Cover design and typesetting by Graham McDonald Front cover photography by Richard Depledge;
Back cover photography by Bob Bolton

Musicians

Margaret Walters, Tony Cochrane, Robin Connaughton, Bob Fagan, Margaret Fagan, Tom Hanson, Paul Hemphill, Adele Hugill, Graham McDonald, Len Neary, Robert Walters: vocals;
Martin Carthy, guitar [3];
Bob Fagan, Gill Rees: guitars;
Andrew Knight, Graham McDonald: guitar, keyboards;
Martyn Oram: fiddle;
Peter Woodley: whistles, flute;
Trish McFarlane, James Fagan: keyboards;
Peter Bennett: bass;
Bush Band: Backblocks: Dave Johnson, Anne Pidcock, Bob Foggin, Bob Bolton and Pat Bolton

Tracks

1. Of Trees and Humankind (4.04)
   [Wendy Joseph, 1982]
2. Sailor Home From the Sea (2.53)
   [words Dorothy Hewett, c. 1960; music Chris Kempster, c. 1967]
3. Cyprus Brig, or: Seizure of the Cyprus Brig in Recherche Bay, 1829 (6.15)
   [words Frank the Poet (Francis MacNamara); music trad. arr. Margaret Walters, Martin Carthy]
4. The Secret Room (2.33)
   [Mary Jane Field, 1985]
5. Wife to a Cocky Farmer / Ernie Goodman’s Waltz (4.52)
   [Richard Keam, 1983 / trad. arr. Backblocks]
6. Number Twenty-two (3.35)
   [words “Javey” of Murrurindi, 1880, arr. Margaret Walters; music Margaret Walters, 1988]
7. On the Night Train (3.00)
   [words Henri Lawson, 1922; music Ade Monsbourgh, c. 1970]
8. The Nameless Convict / Raibh Tu ag an gCarraig (Were You at the Rock?) (3.45)
   [Wendy Joseph, 1980 / trad. arr. Peter Woodley]
9. The Four Elements and Ollie Baxter (4.17)
   [David Small, 1985]
10. Moreton Bay, or: A Convict’s Lament on the Death of Captain Logan (3.42)
    [words attributed to Frank the Poet (Francis MacNamara); music trad. from the singing of Simon McDonald]
11. Second Class Wait Here (4.54)
    [Henri Lawson, 1899; Tony Miles, 1981]
12. The Route March (3.59)
    [Henry Lawson, 1919; Cathy O’Sullivan, 1979]
13. People for Peace (2.53)
    [Leigh Newton, 1982]

Musical Direction by Kim Poole;
Recorded and mixed by Yossi Gabbay at the ABC Studios, Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney;
Mastered by Yossi Gabbay;
Design and layout by Margaret Walters, John Warner and Ian Mackay

Musicians

Margaret Walters: vocals, harmony vocals;
John Warner: vocals, 12-string guitar [2, 15, 18, 20], 6-string guitar [14, 16-17], harmonica [2, 18], concertina [4], kazoo, wahsboard and jug [18], clap sticks [19];
Taliesin (Kim Poole, Stephanie Osfield, Ian Barker and Michael Spencer): harmony vocals;
Kim Poole: 6-string guitar [2-4, 7, 11- 14, 16, 19], bass [2-3, 15], mandolin [3, 15-16], whistle [7], bouzouki [8, 20], bodhrán [8];
Michael Spencer: piano [11, 15, 17], piano accordion [3, 15], whistles [4, 7, 8], recorder [17];
Martin Rees: cello [4, 7];
Jackie Luke: hammered dulcimer [8];
Chris Chung, Cameron Davis, Gwynn Earl, Robyn Goodman-Jones, Amanda Lewis, Angela Bethan Lewis, Dean Nicholson, Clara Pearce, Miriam Saines, Aaron Skelsey, Curtis Wilson, and Alison Young: vocals [17]

Tracks

1. Winding Gear (1.35)
2. Pithead in the Fern (3.14)
3. Miner’s Washin’ (3.37)
4. Anderson’s Coast (5.24)
5. Kurnai link 1 (0.33)
6. South Gippsland Mud (3.42)
7. Dear Diary (3.35)
8. Great Southern Navvy (3.07)
9. Kurnai link 2 (0.37)
10. Devlin’s General Store (3.49)
11. Fires of ’98 (4.20)
12. Kurnai link 3 (0.39)
13. Gippsland Mining Man (2.58)
14. Blossom the Mining Horse (3.17)
15. Kitty Kane (5.13)
16. The Boiler and the Horse (2.24)
17. Gippsland Schoolhouse (3.40)
18. Drunks’ Express (2.55)
19. Where Have the Kurnai Gone (1.58)
20. Trainghosts (5.36)

All tracks by John Warner

Produced by Kim Poole;
Recorded under direction of Kim Poole in the Studios of the Music Deptartment, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, in January 1997;
Sound engineer Fergussomn Elliott;
Notes by John Warner and Margaret Walters;
Photography, design and layout by Bob Bolton

Musicians

Margaret Walters: vocals;
John Warner: vocals, 12-string guitar [4, 10], harmonica [4, 10], 6-string guitar [1, 3, 5-6, 8-9, 12, 14];
Kim Poole: cittern [6, 9, 12, 14], mandolin [11], whistle [5, 14], double bass [3-4, 10], hurdy-gurdy [9], accordion [9], harmony vocals [6, 14-15];
Gabriel Kankindji: violin [1, 6, 9, 11-13];
Judy Jones: banjo [11], Greg Wilson: melodeon [13], concertina [14];
Robert Pearce: Highland pipes [8];
Stephanie Osfield: harmony vocals [6, 14-15]

Tracks

1. Newell Highway (2.26)
2. Kilroy Was Here (3.01)
3. Harley Dinosaur (3.31)
4. Railway Widow’s Blues (2.51)
5. Kaikoura Railway Memorial (4.26)
6. The Bergen (3.09)
7. Song of the Sheet Metal Worker (2.01)
8. Piper on the Hilltop (4.42)
9. Telford’s Bridge (4.54)
10. Not Scared (2.51)
11. Pale Horse / Gold, Gold, Gold! (2.43)
12. William Conquest Turland (3.25)
13. Empire Hotel (3.26)
14. The Outside Track (4.38)
15. I Will Stand Fast (3.32)

All tracks by John Warner except
Track 2 Ewan MacColl;
Track 6 Jez Lowe;
Track 7 John Dengate;
Track 14 Henry Lawson, Gerry Hallom;
Track 15 Fred Small