Corrugations of Skippies!
Wilson St Eveleigh/The Skippie Girls Mural
Words by Jen Craig | Sounds by Stephen Adams
Long flout skirted kids skipping rope, these kids looking as if they also preferred to play outside.
On Wilson st, childhood is immortalised in thick blue paint and corrugated iron.
About the Artists
JEN CRAIG writes and lives on Gundungurra and Darug lands in the Blue Mountains of NSW. She is the author of three novels: Since the Accident (2009), Panthers and the Museum of Fire (2015), and most recently Wall (2023), which was shortlisted both for the 2024 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the 2024 Miles Franklin Award. Panthers and the Museum of Fire was longlisted for the 2016 Stella Prize. Jen’s writings have been published in Australia, North America and Spain.
STEPHEN ADAMS is a composer-improviser, media producer, voice and sound artist. He’s created music for choirs, chamber ensembles, orchestras, rock bands, and theatre, as well as studio works for radio and other media. Stephen’s Piano in a field of recordings was selected Australian work, 2022 ISCM World Music Days. His studio piece for 2024 ‘Sonic Hugs’ project is premiering on air across Australasia, Europe, North America. His music is on ABC Classics, Hyperion, Tall Poppies, Wirripang, and Harrigans Lane Collective.
This story is part of
Imaginative Recreation Project 2023 – sharing little-known stories from Sydney’s past.
curated + presented by
SONIC CITY SYDNEY
Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.
