The Precarious Oral Histories Project’s NSW/ACT survey has been extended until 27 November 2026.
If you hold, manage, or know of an oral history collection in NSW or the ACT, the organisers encourage you to complete the survey before the new closing date. Go to the survey at: https://precariousoralhistories.com/collections-survey/.
Your collection doesn’t need to be publicly available and you don’t have to share your collection with the team to participate. All you need to do is tell them about it.
The Precarious Oral Histories Project is a national initiative working to identify at-risk oral history collections across Australia as a necessary first step towards their long-term preservation. Led by the Australian National University team of the Language Data Commons of Australia, the project launched in 2025 with a survey of Victorian at-risk oral history collections.
The project aims to make its list of oral history projects as comprehensive as possible. You can help by:
- completing the form to tell the team about your collection
- assisting someone you know who has a collection to complete the form
- promoting this unique opportunity with your networks and encouraging others to participate.
If you would like to ask any questions, or get in contact with the project team, please send an email to: precariousoralhistories@anu.edu.au
Further information
Go to the project website at: https://precariousoralhistories.com/.