Our next Introductory training opportunity is Saturday 18 April at the State Library WA. This one-day workshop is ideal for those who are new to oral history and want to know more about what is involved. The workshop is also…
The 2022 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA), is now available. Issue 44, which can be accessed online, features the special theme ‘Migrant Voices: Community Collaboration and Telling Migration Histories’. It was edited…
Oral History Australia is delighted to announce the winners of our three big awards. They are: the 2022 Hazel de Berg Award for Excellence in Oral History goes to community oral historian and Oral History Victoria life member Gwlad McLachlan…
Articles for peer review in the 2023 issue of the OHA journal Studies in Oral History are now being accepted. The deadline for submission is 25 November 2022. The theme for the issue, No. 45, is ‘Oral History in Troubling…
The final program for the 2022 OHA Biennial Conference is now available on the conference website. See the Program page at: Download the final program as a PDF: Have you booked for the conference dinner, post-conference excursions? It’s…
Concerned about the preservation of oral history collections? Oral History Australia President Professor Alistair Thomson recently joined a panel discussing a proposal for the development of an Australian Language Data Commons which could also potentially provide a home for some…
A reminder that the 1 August deadline for our three OHA awards is approaching Those interested in making a nomination or application for any of the OHA awards should refer to the following information: The Hazel de Berg Award for…
Registrations are now open for the 2022 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Launceston, Tasmania from 13 to 16 October 2022. The conference is being presented by Oral History Australia and Oral History Tasmania in partnership with the College…
Organisers of the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium have issued a Call for Proposals to present at the symposium to be held from 15 to 17 November 2022. Hosted by the National Archives of Singapore for the Southeast Asia Regional…
2020 has been a year of contemplation. Filled with troubling times for us all, the uncertainty of living with a pandemic has made us stop and think about our lifestyle and values. Memories of happier times play on our minds.…