This is a project initiated by Richard Allen (6DBY Manager from 2003-8) and which he describes as the highlight of his time at Larrkardi Radio. The project was designed to preserve the stories of history and country as told by local elders of the Kimberley. Richard recorded many of the stories on location to make these great historians feel comfortable and to preserve their authenticity.

In 2004 Radio 6DBY won the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia award for "Best New Program" with the Stories of History & Country series. The collection currently consists of more than 20 volumes and more than a hundred stories of many aspects of the Kimberley from graphic accounts of being chased up a creek by the policeman who wanted to put 3 year-old Sam Lovell on the back of a truck and take him away, to stories of being attacked by a crocodile, or people who communicated with sharks, and stories of the Japanese attack on Derby during WW2.

This ongoing project for Radio 6DBY is an effort to capture and preserve the stories before there is no one left to tell them. They are broadcast regularly on 97.9FM.
The stories  have been edited and formatted for ease of downloading. Please click on the link to hear the stories.