Oral History Associations
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Oral History Association of Australia www.ohaa.org.au
OHAA (Queensland) www.ohaaqld.org.au
OHAA (South Australia) www.ohaa-sa.com.au
OHAA (Victoria) www.oralhistoryvictoria.org.au
OHAA (Western Australia) www.ohaa-wa.com.au
International Oral History Association www.iohanet.org
The Oral History Society UK www.oralhistory.org.uk
Oral History Association (USA) www.oralhistory.org
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History Associations
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Australian Council of Professional Historians Association www.historians.org.au
Royal Australian Historical Association NSW http://www.rahs.org.au
History Council of NSW http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au
The History Council offers an annual cash prize, the JOHN FERRY AWARD, to recognise outstanding local and community
histories within NSW. For more information or to download an entry form go to
http://www.historycouncilnsw.org.au/awards/john-ferry-award
Australian Historical Association www.theaha.org.au
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Sound
Association
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The Australasian Sound Recordings Association Inc (ASRA)
The Association is made up of private record collectors, professional sound archivists, radio broadcasters and social historians, consisting of individuals and institutions with a strong interest in sound recording history, its development and all related activities. ASRA is also responsible for the publication of the bi-annual journal Australasian Sound Archive. The journal features papers by fellow professionals in the sound an archival industries and often includes papers delivered at the ASRA annual. conference. The 2011 Conference http://www.ASRA.asn.au |
Libraries, Museums and Archives - useful research links
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State Library of NSW - Oral History Collection www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/collections/oral_history.html
Historic Homes Trust - Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection www.hht.net.au
Museums and Galleries NSW - www.mgnsw.org.au
National Library of Australia – Oral History Collection www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/oral-history-and-folklore See Related pages to browse digitised Oral History recordings in catalogue.
National Library National Directory of Oral History Collections www.nla.gov.au/ohdir/
TROVE an excellent search base from the National Library - books, journals, magazines, articles, pictures and photos, digitised newspapers, diaries, letters, archives, maps, music, sound and video, archives websites (1996 to now) http://trove.nla.gov.au
The National Film and Sound Archive www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/the_collection/oral_history.html
The Australian War Memorial National Collections Data Base – Sound www.awm.gov.au/database/biographical.asp
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Mura Catalogue – worldwide knowledge and understanding of Australian indigenous cultures past and present. www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/muraread.html
State Library of South Australia, J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection
http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?area_id=15&nav_id=591
Northern Territory Archives Service – Oral History Program www.nt.gov.au/nreta/ntas/oralhist/index.html
The British Library National Sound Archives www.bl.uk/nsa
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Oral History Network
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H-ORALHIST
H-Oralhist (http://www.h-net.org/~oralhist/) is an on-line network for those interested in studies related to oral history. It is a member of the H-Net, the Humanities & Social Sciences Online initiative, an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to utilizing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Its edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for scholars and the interested public. The computing heart of H-Net resides at the Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, at Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe.
Click here to register for a free subscription the oral history list http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-OralHist
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Copyright -
information and training
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Australian Copyright Council www.copywright.org.au
This is an excellent website providing comprehensive information about all aspects of copyright. Each year the Australian Copyright Council runs a two level training program Level 1: suitable for people with no prior knowledge of copyright and Level 2 : suitable for people who are familiar with the basic principles of copyright (eg.they have attended the Copyright Primer Training Session or have read the Council's Copyright Essentials book. Check their website for opportunities in 2011.
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Consultants’ Register
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Museums & Gallery Services Queensland Consultants & Suppliers Register is an online list of individuals and companies. The Register can be accessed Australia-wide therefore registration is not restricted to Queensland based consultants and suppliers. Fields which might be of particular interest to OHAA members - oral history, digital storytelling, historic sites interpretation, historical research/writing. Inclusion on the Register is free of charge.
Further information www.magsq.com.au/08_m&g_consup/index.asp |
Some Relevant Academic Courses
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Masters Programme: Oral History and Historical Memory,
Monash University's School of Historical Studies
This course is linked to three other innovative, applied Masters courses in - Biography and Life Writing, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Public History. Core units from each course are offered as electives on the other courses and thus facilitate interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation, for example between oral history and life writing, or oral history and public history.Contact: Professor Alistair Thomson, Course Convenor, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, Melbourne 3800. Phone 03.9905.9785
For further details about the Monash history graduate courses, see the School of Hisorical Studies website: www.arts.monash.edu.au/historical-studies/pgrad/coursework/
University of New England, Armidale
UNE has taught oral history since the early 1980s. The specific oral history unit (HIST 376) is part of a suite of applied history units that are available to internal and external students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including in the Advanced and Graduate Diplomas in Local, Family and Applied History and the new Bachelor of Historical Inquiry and Practice.There is also the opportunity to do postgraduate research in oral history as part of a Masters coursework program (UNE offers a dedicated Master of History as well as a Master of Arts), or as a focus for higher degree research for MA, Honours or PhD.
UNE has a track record in teaching by distance education as well as on campus, and courses are now available online. You can study at home and from anywhere in Australia or, indeed, the world.
Contact: Janis Wilton– jwilton@une.edu.au
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Examples of Programs and Websites using Oral Histories
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New Multi-media Exhibition - LEAVING CAMBODIA: Sydney's Pol Pot Survivors. Cambodia was devastated by the totalitarian Khmer Rouge Pol Pot regime. For every two people who survived, one person perished. Now living in Sydney, six survivors share their memories. Watch participants reminisce about family loss and separation, freedom and safety through keepsakes and family photos in compelling video oral histories.
http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/exhibition/leavingcambodia/sydneys-pol-pot-survivors/
ABC Radio National Programs
HINDSIGHT www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight Hindsight is the only feature program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. Hindsight offers new perspectives on and insight into the past, through stories that may be well known, or may have been ignored, or erased from the public record. Whether it be memories of war, work, or popular culture. Hindsight takes the listener into the past, blending a variety of sources - oral history, archival material, research, music and sound.
VERBATIM began in 1999 to chart the history of the 20th century through oral histories and memories of Australians. It features the life stories of ordinary Australians and individuals in the public eye. Verbatim looks to the past, and offers a journey into history through memory and experience.
Hills Voices Online. Baulkham Hills Shire Council's Oral History Project
www.baulkhamhills.nsw.gov.au/external/hillsvoices
SHOROC Councils of Mosman, Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Oral History Project. 72 interviews on the topic “On a Shoestring -The Depression and the 1930s” www.onashoestring.net.au/interviews.html takes you straight to the interviews
www.oneshoestring.net.au takes you to the oral history ‘front page’
RTA Oral History Program www.rta.nsw.gov.au/environment/heritage/rtaoralhistoryprogram/
Parramatta City Council's Parramatta Stories Project. Life Along the Riverbank - interpreting the colonial period of the early 1800s. The characters of the 1800s will be brought to life through four new soundscapes. You can listen to them from the website but it is a much better experience to download them to your mobile or ipod and listen to them as you take the walk from Parramatta Wharf. www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/play/facilities/arts/life_along_riverbank
The City of Sydney is committed to the ongoing collection oral history interviews that record and reflect the diverse nature of Sydney's many communities. www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
The TAFE NSW Sydney Institute Sutherland College Oral History Project This oral history collection applies oral testimony to teaching and learning resources. It was established to record the histories of students studying Social Inclusion and Vocational Access courses - second chance learners, and teaching and general staff of Sutherland College, past and present. The project records the memories of people who probably would not otherwise tell the history of their unique experiences. The histories recorded for this project support NSW TAFE and School curriculum. http://oralhistory.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/
Sudanese people in the Sutherland Shire - a moving community http://oralhistory.sydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/Sudanese+people+in+the+Sutherland+Shire+-+a+moving+community%2C+oral+history+project
This oral history project records the outstanding combined community efforts of people in the Sutherland Shire to support Sudanese people who settled in the area. Oral histories of people from the Sudanese community and people who have assisted them from Caringbah Anglican Church, Gymea Community Aid Information Service, Sutherland Shire Council and TAFE NSW Sutherland College are recorded. The oral history project not only records community history in Australia but records for posterity recollections of life in Africa, the Dinka language and images.
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Other useful Manuals relating to Oral History
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Currently being researched
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