Do you have an oral history collection that is located in NSW or the ACT but doesn’t have an archival home? The Precarious Oral Histories Project wants to hear from you. Led by the Australian National University team of the…
Contributors are invited to submit articles for peer review and reports for the 2027 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA). The deadline for peer review is 3 December 2026 and for reports, 31 January…
Prominent oral historians Alistair Thomson and Heather Goodall have been honoured with lifetime achievement awards by the Australian Historical Association (AHA). Past Oral History Australia (OHA) president Alistair Thomson and Professor Heather Goodall were two of three historians to be…
The 2026 OHA Biennial Conference is getting closer. Registration is scheduled to open in early August and applications and nominations for the OHA awards will be closing soon. The OHA Book Award will close as scheduled on 31 July 2026,…
There has been an extension for entries to the 2026 Victorian Community History Awards, which include a dedicated oral history award, are now open. The new closing date is 5pm on July 7. The Victorian Community History Awards are proudly…
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…