This is an electronic version of the written component of a PhD project in performance studies, undertaken by Margaret Trail at Victoria University, entitled: ‘there’s the siren!’ aurality and representation of the sounds of (Australian) football. This electronic version should be thought of as a representative part of the complete project, significant aspects of which are impossible to present in this form. The complete project comprises words printed on unbound pages, and major sections printed on different coloured papers (white, pink and gold). These pages and sections are tied in bundles by bootlaces, and presented in a box also tied with laces, which contains handfuls of small jingling bells. Also in the box is an iPod with headphones, on which the sonic component of the project has been uploaded. This complete version of the project - words on paper and iPod, boxed with bells and laces - is available for viewing/listening at the Victoria University library.