Oral History Australia wishes to publicly support voting ‘Yes’ in the forthcoming Australian Indigenous Voice referendum. The first recommendation of the ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ was the creation of a ‘Voice to Parliament’ enshrined in the Australian Constitution which…
One of the world’s leading authorities on oral history, Alessandro Portelli, will deliver a keynote address at the next Oral History Australia Biennial Conference to be held in Melbourne from 21 to 24 November 2024. The conference features the theme…
Contributions for the peer review and reports sections of the 2024 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History are now being accepted. The deadline for submission of peer review articles is 1 December 2023 and for reports it is…
The 2024 Oral History Australia technology survey has now closed. Thanks to all who participated. We received responses from all our State associations and are now analysing the results with a view to preparing a new technology page on our…
A short documentary about pioneering oral historian Wendy Lowenstein and her involvement in the Australian folk music scene will be available for free viewing in a webinar on 8 October 2023. The 25-minute documentary ‘What Wendy found’ was produced by…
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of oral history over many years, Oral History Western Australia has issued the following tribute to Doug Ayre who passed away early last month. Western Australia lost one of its most…
Calling all members – the deadline for the Oral History Australia Technology Survey has been extended to 17 July 2023. Please take part. We need your input so that we can develop resources and training relating to technology for oral…
Oral History Australia is now on YouTube. To see our new channel go to OHA YouTube channel. Please subscribe. Our first videos are from our 2022 Oral History Australia Biennial Conference which was held in Launceston, Tasmania from 14-16 October.…
Calling all members. Help us to help you by completing a survey on the technology you use in your oral history practice. The survey results will be shared to our members and our website and used to develop resources to…
The deadline for submitting reports for the next issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended from 30 April to 14 May 2023. Reports may describe oral history projects conducted by academic researchers, museum curators, heritage professionals,…