Thomas Rome Lecture

The Thomas Rome lecture is named after the man who made the oldest known surviving sound recording in Australia. Rome’s recording, made in 1896, was a novelty song called The Hen Convention which featured a shop assistant imitating a clucking chicken.

Established in 2008, the Thomas Rome Lecture gives leading figures in the Australian recorded sound industry an opportunity to present their thoughts and ideas on current issues faced by industry.

2011 Thomas Rome Lecture: Chris Winter

Chris Winter is Manager of New Services at ABC Innovation, and has a long background in new media, digital TV, technology marketing and radio. Amongst his many achievements, Chris was presented with the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award.

Winter presented the annual Thomas Rome Lecture on 27 September 2011. Listen to his lecture:

Winter used a number of sound and video clips to illustrate the lecture. These clips are listed below, with the time-points where they appear in the sound file and links to web resources.

1) 2’41” – 'The Hen Convention’ JJ Villiers 1897
2) 10’40” – 'Somebody That I Used To Know’ Gotye 2011
3) 25’50” – 'Sound Sculpture with Resonators’ Bill Fontana 1977
4) 26’03” – 'Kirribilli Wharf’ Bill Fontana 1977
5) 29’44” – 'Idol’ Dr Donna Hewitt 2010
6) 32’14” – 'Lament’ A Chorus of Women 2003
7) 33’08” – 'Short Memory’ Midnight Oil 1982
Chris also refers to this additional Bill Fontana material that was not played during the lecture.

Past lectures

Ed St John’s lecture on You Tube