Oral History Associations
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Oral History Association of Australia www.ohaa.net.au
OHAA (Queensland) www.ohaaqld.org.au
OHAA (South Australia) www.ohaa-sa.com.au
OHAA (Victoria) www.home.vicnet.net.au/~oralhist
OHAA (Western Australia) www.ohaa-wa.com.au
International Oral History Association www.iohanet.org
The Oral History Society UK www.ohs.org.uk
Oral History Association (USA) www.dickinson.edu/oha
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History Associations
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Australian Council of Professional Historians Association www.historians.org.au
Royal Australian Historical Association Activities http://www.rahs.org.au/activities
List of Affiliated Associations http://www.rahs.org.au/list
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 2010 Conference "Outside the Circle" will be held in Melbourne 1-3 September 2010.
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Libraries, Museums and Archives
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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/oh
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/library
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 2010.
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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 |
New Masters Programme: Oral History & Historical Memory
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New at Monash University's School of Historical Studies from 2009. 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/
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Examples of Programs and Websites using Oral Histories
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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/culture_and_leisure/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 s many communities. www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/HistoryandArchives/OralHistories
www.telf.org/pioneers/oral_history.htm Video Oral Histories incorporating visual photographs and indexed so segments of the interview can be easily sampled.
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Other useful Manuals relating to Oral History
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'And then it becomes complete .. ORAL HISTORY, THE PROCESS, THE PRODUCT' produced by the Oral History Project, a division of the International Leprosy Association's Global project on the History of Leprosy in association with the IDEA Centre for the Voices of Humanity www.001_OralHistoryGuideID-M.pdf
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