The 2026 Victorian Community History Awards, which include a dedicated oral history award, are now open. Submit your entry by 5pm, Tuesday 30 June. The Victorian Community History Awards are proudly presented by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV).…
Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2026 OHA awards. The deadline is 31 July 2026. Winners will be announced at the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference in Adelaide, South Australia, from 3-6 December . Three awards are on…
Proposals are now being accepted from those wishing to present at the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Tardanya/Adelaide, South Australia, on the lands of the Kaurna people, from 3-6 December. The deadline for submission has been extended…
The deadline for contributions for the peer review section of the 2026 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 1 May 2026. The deadline for reports remains the same – 29 May 2026. This is the…
The sixth edition of Beth Robertson’s Oral History Handbook is now available. First released in 1983 as an A5 booklet, the handbook has long been the go-to guide for oral history practice in Australia, trusted by researchers, community groups and…
Tributes are flowing in following the passing of pioneering oral historian and academic Emeritus Professor Heather Goodall of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Professor Goodall died peacefully on 29 January 2026, aged 75. Her work spanned Aboriginal history, labour…
The Australian National University is looking for an oral historian to lead a project identifying and supporting oral history collections. The two-year position as Research Project Manager is being offered by ANU’s School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The successful…
A final report and online database is now available as part of the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project. The project, which ran from July 2024 to November 2025, was led by oral historian and Research Project Manager Dr…
Dr Mia Martin Hobbs and Dr Geraldine Fela have been appointed joint editors of the Oral History Australia journal Studies in Oral History, starting with the 2026 issue. Mia and Geraldine replace Dr Carolyn Collins and Dr Skye Krichauff whose…
Community oral historian and broadcaster Gwlad McLachlan passed away recently in Melbourne at the age of 94, leaving a priceless legacy of recorded interviews and activism. A life member of Oral History Victoria (OHV) since 2013, Gwlad is the only…