Australian Ghost Story
# Australian Ghost Story

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Beat Magazine | (positive) |
| Crikey News | (positive) |
| FasterLouder | (positive) |
| The Mercury | (positive) |
| Mess+Noise | (positive) |
| The Vine | (positive) |

Australian Ghost Story is an album by Australian group The Paradise Motel. It was released in June 2010 on Left Over Life to Kill and Inertia Records to positive reviews.

## Personnel

* Merida Sussex – vocals
* Matt Aulich – guitars, arrangements
* Esme Macdonald – bass guitar
* Mark BJ Austin – keyboards, organ, pedal steel
* Andy Hazel – drums
* Campbell Shaw – violins
* Charles Bickford – various

## Themes

The album was released to coincide with what would have been the 30th birthday of Azaria Chamberlain, and was cited in national press as an insightful and respectful companion-piece to the resurgence in media interest in the case. Chief songwriter Charles Bickford stated "We wanted to write a record about a contemporary event that was unique to Australia and part of our shared experience. A lot of artists explore things like convicts eating each other, but to me that's the ancient past."

