Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends?Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) will b deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days on 10th & 11th October at Wireless Hill Club Rooms in Perth.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

Too busy to treat yourself to a weekend of oral history – think again?

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

The Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies and the National Oral History Association of New Zealand (NOHANZ) present the New Zealand Oral History Conference.

The conference theme is ‘Ko wai mātou? Who are we?’.

See the Call for Papers.

Three webinars – two hours each – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm WST – 11,16, 18 February 2021

This practical training is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities. You will explore, plan and prepare for an oral history interview. You’ll develop an understanding of the cultural protocols and ethical considerations associated with documenting community histories. And when restrictions are lifted, you’ll have an opportunity to attend a one-day face to face practical recording workshop.

Registration

• Three online sessions – 2 hours each – 10.30 – 12.30 (WST)
• 
Student resources

Course fees: $195 (ex GST) for three sessions

Enquiries and registration contact:

• Elaine Rabbitt – email: elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, phone: 08 9194 9999.

Presenter

For Elaine Rabbitt oral history training and recording is a key focus and passion. She has recorded and continues to record the stories of people from all walks of life. In addition to working on state and national oral history projects, she has developed the accredited, oral history training materials for AHCILM404 ‘Record and Document Community History’. Elaine is the Training Manager at Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome, Training Convenor for Oral History Australia WA (OHAWA) and President of the Broome

Further workshop planned

Recording workshop (later date TBA)
:

• 6-hour workshop of practical tips and tasks
• use of professional recording equipment
• individual feedback on your interview practice
• student resources and assessment materials.

Course fee: $195 (ex GST)

Saturday 6 March 2021, 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 7 March 10 am to 4 pm

Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends? Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) and Doug Ayre will  deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days in Perth.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and Document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

Too busy to treat yourself to a weekend of oral history – think again?

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

Includes enrolment fees, resources, participant handbook, and assessment and issuing certificate.

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

Learn the basics of oral history from Dr Janet Baldwin.

The cost for this three-hour workshop is $60.00 per person. Numbers will be limited to ensure comfort and tea and coffee will be provided.

For further information and to register send an email to oralhistoryjb@gmail.com.

Saturday 1 May 2021, 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday 2 May 10 am to 4 pm

Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends? Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) and Doug Ayre will  deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days in Perth.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and Document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

Too busy to treat yourself to a weekend of oral history – think again?

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

Includes enrolment fees, resources, participant handbook, and assessment and issuing certificate.

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

Facilitators: Elaine Rabbitt (PhD Oral History) and Doug Ayre

6th Annual Broome Oral History Winter School

Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends? Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) and Doug Ayre will deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days in Broome, Western Australia.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

Includes enrolment fees, resources, participant handbook, assessment and issuing certificate. Student accommodation available.

Those who complete the workshops, an interview and their assessment workbook, will be awarded their certificate issued by the Goolarri Media Enterprises (GME) Registered Training Organisation No.51278. Your certificate will be recognised nation-wide under the Australian Quality Framework.

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

How can we make sure the stories of local communities recorded by oral historians survive the ravages of time? This Oral History Victoria (OHV) online symposium is an opportunity to explore and discuss the challenges facing communities and oral historians in preserving recorded interviews for the future.

We have a great line-up of speakers including:

• National Library of Australia, Shirleene Robinson
• State Library of Victoria, Greg Gerrand and Jenelle Colston-Ing
• Royal Historical Association of Victoria, Jillian Hiscock
• Hotham History Project, Lorna Hannan

Find out more: https://oralhistoryvictoria.org.au/event/2021-symposium/

Bookings: https://ohv-symposium-2021.eventbrite.com.au

The historian’s job in the 21st century is richer than ever before. Technological advances have created new audiences with diverse needs, and allowed historians to chart and chronicle the past in ways that have never been conceived before. These developments in our profession have created new challenges and new learnings, which will be interrogated in this year’s Professional Historians Australia conference, hosted in Brisbane on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September 2021.

This year’s conference features a diverse range of speakers, with keynote by Professor Melanie Nolan, Director of the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University, and General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB). In her presentation, Professor Nolan will review the ADB’s current cultural journey amid the transition to a digital environment, the matter of diversity and the rise of transnationalism.

On day two, Dr Ian Britain, honorary senior research fellow in the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne, will deliver an extended presentation on the challenges of censorship and public attitudes towards sensitive issues. Other discussions on navigating multiple stories in historic narratives, providing space for multiple voices in history, and challenges of interpreting historical source material will feature in the rich conference program. Social activities will also enable conference participants to share learnings and current projects in a convivial atmosphere.oral history.

Bookings

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After many years of being known as the Oral History Association of Australia (WA Inc), we are the now known as Oral History WA (OHWA).

Over the years the organisation’s logo and promotional material has changed but the focus has always been on recording of oral histories that documented the history of families, communities, organisations and the state of Western Australia.

We know you will enjoy stories of the journey of oral history in Western Australia since 1978 delivered by the by the following remarkable members;

• Bill Bunbury
• Heather Campbell
• Kyra Edwards
• John Ferrell
• Jan McCahon-Marshall
• Julia Wallis.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, 8 September 2021. Advise attendance and invited guest by sending an email to contact@oralhistorywa.org.au.

The event is listed for 1:00 pm for a 1:30 pm start.

Oral History Western Australia will be holding its Annual General Meeting on:
Sunday 17th October 2021
The Great Southern Room 4th level of the State Library of WA.

12.00 pm AGM
12.45 pm Lunch
A light lunch will be provided.
1.30pm Guest Speaker Janet Baldwin

Guest speaker and committee member Janet Baldwin will share the work with the Perth Observatory.

Perth Observatory, since its establishment in 1896, has been a major contributor to astronomy. Important discoveries have been documented in scientific journals and records. Janet Baldwin was commissioned to capture the personal stories of staff and early volunteers who worked at the Observatory to give new perspectives and fill gaps in the written records.

Join us to hear the many voices and history of the Perth Observatory.

Please RSVP by Monday, 11 October 2021. Advise attendance and invited guest by sending an email to contact@oralhistorywa.org.au.

Please feel free to download the flyer.
AGM 2021

The Oral History Association (United States) will hold its 2021 annual meeting on October 13-17, 2021. The conference was originally planed for Cincinatti, Ohio but It has not yet been determined if the conference will be possible for Cincinatti or another way.

The conference theme is ‘Moving Stories. Find out more about the conference and the Call for Papers at: www.oralhistory.org/2021-call-for-papers.

Saturday 9-10 October 2021, 10 am to 4 pm 

Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends? Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) and Doug Ayre will  deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days in Perth.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and Document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

Too busy to treat yourself to a weekend of oral history – think again?

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

Includes enrolment fees, resources, participant handbook, and assessment and issuing certificate.

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

Saturday 13-14 November 2021, 10 am to 4 pm 

Interested in learning how to interview to hear the best stories from family and friends? Want to learn about cultural protocols and how to use the recording equipment?

Elaine Rabbitt (Phd Oral History) and Doug Ayre will  deliver the nationally accredited oral history training over two days in Perth.

Elaine has developed the oral history training package for AHCILM404 Record and Document Community History, drawn from the wealth of oral history teaching materials that are available in Australia and overseas.

Too busy to treat yourself to a weekend of oral history – think again?

This is a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the practicalities of oral history and gain nationally recognised certification. This is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities.

Course costs: $395 (ex GST)

Includes enrolment fees, resources, participant handbook, and assessment and issuing certificate.

For further information about the course content contact or to register please contact elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, PH: 08 91949999

Tis the season to be jolly with Bill Bunbury

Wednesday 1st December from 5.30pm-7.00pm
Great Southern room, State Library of WA

Shake off the day’s cares and join OHWA Committee to welcome Bill Bunbury to the final meeting for 2021. You will be inspired and entertained by his vast interviewing skills that have a way of getting the best out of the people he talks with.

For this last meeting, Bill has delved into his extensive library of recorded oral histories, gathered over 40 years, to share ‘Gems from the air’. The selection of amusing incidents and comments will lift your spirits as you head into the Festive Season.
Don’t be surprised if you find you have a hankering to learn more about becoming skilled oral historian after spending the evening with Bill.

Light refreshments provided.

RSVP Monday 29th September to Lynn O’Hara contact@oralhistorywa.org.au or phone 0408 959 006

Oral History WA joins with the UWA Historical Society
to invite you on a walking tour of the original UWA Crawley campus

Tuesday 18 January 2022, 9:30 am – 11:00 am 

Did you know that the University of Western Australia’s history began as an idea in 1910 and took three years to become a reality? It was in March 1913 that the inaugural academic year began with the admittance of its first cohort of students, both women and men, in Irwin Street, Perth.

Learn more by joining us when Ron Bodycoat, Conservation and Heritage Architect, takes us on a journey through time while sharing his abundant knowledge of the history of the UWA’s iconic buildings and gardens. The finish time & route will depend on the morning’s temperature.

After the walk relax and chat while having morning tea at the UWA’s Catalyst Café with other tour members.

RSVP January 16, 2022. Lynn O’Hara contact@oralhistorywa.org.au or 0408 959 006 See the website
www.https://oralhistorywa.org.au for more details

Pre-payment essential
Account name: Oral History WA Inc
BSB 066 155 Account number 10484448
IDENTIFY your e-payment: UWAtour Last name First name initial

Where to meet: Under the fig tree in the UWA Entrance 3, off Hackett Drive

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Interviewing Skills: A practical workshop with Bill Bunbury

Do you know a special someone whose life story or interests should be recorded for either the sake of the family, the community, the organisation, or as a contribution to WA’s history?

The glitch is that you don’t feel confident or perhaps don’t know how to get started?

Join us for an enjoyable afternoon with Bill Bunbury who will give you first hand experience and shared feedback about developing your skills. Although, it might be that you simply need to refresh what you know already.

Don’t worry about recording equipment because you won’t need any!

Date: Sunday 20 February
Time: 1.30 pm – 4.00 pm with a 1.45 pm start.
Place: State Library of WA, The Great Southern Room, 4th Level
RSVP: 16 February 2022 by emailing contact@oralhistorywa.org.au or contact Lynn O’Hara, Secretary on 0408 959 006.

For more information or if you have any questions please email or call the Secretary Lynn O’Hara.
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Three webinars – two hours each – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm WST – 8,10, 15 February 2022

This practical training is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities. You will explore, plan and prepare for an oral history interview. You’ll develop an understanding of the cultural protocols and ethical considerations associated with documenting community histories. And when restrictions are lifted, you’ll have an opportunity to attend a one-day face to face practical recording workshop.

Registration

• Three online sessions – 2 hours each – 10.30 – 12.30 (WST)
• Student resources

Course fees: $195 (ex GST) for three sessions

Enquiries and registration contact:

• Elaine Rabbitt – email: elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, phone: 08 9194 9999.

Presenter

For Elaine Rabbitt oral history training and recording is a key focus and passion. She has recorded and continues to record the stories of people from all walks of life. In addition to working on state and national oral history projects, she has developed the accredited, oral history training materials for AHCILM404 ‘Record and Document Community History’. Elaine is the Training Manager at Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome, Committee Member of Oral History Australia WA (OHAWA) and President of the Broome

Further workshop planned

Recording workshop (later date TBA):

• 6-hour workshop of practical tips and tasks
• use of professional recording equipment
• individual feedback on your interview practice
• student resources and assessment materials.

Course fee: $195 (ex GST)

Three webinars – two hours each – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm WST – 16, 23, 30th March 2022

This practical training is a stepping stone for further learning and possible employment opportunities. You will explore, plan and prepare for an oral history interview. You’ll develop an understanding of the cultural protocols and ethical considerations associated with documenting community histories. And when restrictions are lifted, you’ll have an opportunity to attend a one-day face to face practical recording workshop.

Registration

• Three online sessions – 2 hours each – 10.00 – 12.00 (WST)
• Student resources

Course fees: $195 (ex GST) for three sessions

Enquiries and registration contact:

• Elaine Rabbitt – email: elaine.rabbitt@gme.com.au, phone: 08 9194 9999.

Presenter

For Elaine Rabbitt oral history training and recording is a key focus and passion. She has recorded and continues to record the stories of people from all walks of life. In addition to working on state and national oral history projects, she has developed the accredited, oral history training materials for AHCILM404 ‘Record and Document Community History’. In 2021, Elaine was awarded the National Oral History Prize for oral history and the media. She is the Training Manager at Goolarri Media Enterprises in Broome, Committee Member of Oral History Australia WA (OHAWA) and President of the Broome

Further workshop planned

Recording workshop (later date TBA):

• 6-hour workshop of practical tips and tasks
• use of professional recording equipment
• individual feedback on your interview practice
• student resources and assessment materials.

Course fee: $195 (ex GST)

An introduction to transcribing a recorded interview

We are pleased to invite you to attend an introductory transcribing workshop, conducted by one of the OHWA’s very experienced life member, Jan McCahon Marshall. Come along so Jan can introduce you to the protocols of transcribing an oral history recorded interview.

Date: Saturday 12 March 2022
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Venue: Tuart College Campus, corner Banksia and Hodgson Streets, Tuart Hill in the WA Multicultural Association Centre
RSVP: 7 March to Lynn at contact@oralhistorywa.org.au (Preferred option) If unable to email then phone Lynn O’Hara T. 0408 959 006
Cost: $40
Pre-payment to
Account name: Oral History WA Inc
BSB: 066 155
Account number: 10484448
IDENTIFY your e-payment: WshopMar 12 Last name First name initial

Enter building from Hodgson Street

Important notes:
1. Bring your mobile phones or handheld recorders with saved interview recording
2. Morning & afternoon tea/coffee provided but bring your own lunch
3. Participants limited to 10 people
4. Participants need pens and paper to supplement handout material

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Sat 5 March, 9.30 am – 12 noon and 1.30 – 4 pm, AND Sat 12 March, 9.30 am – 12 noon and 1.30 – 4 pm

Have you always wanted to learn how to create an oral history interview? Or has the coronavirus inspired an interest in recording the memories of elders in your family or community? Maybe you’re wondering whether or not to record remotely, or you’re thinking about starting face-to-face interviews as soon as it is safe to do so.

This popular Oral History Victoria two-day online training workshop is for anyone who would like to learn how to prepare, conduct, record and document an oral history interview. Facilitated by two of Australia’s most experienced oral history trainers – Prof. Al Thomson and professional historian Sarah Rood – and using Zoom technology, you will learn and practice essential interview techniques and discuss important ethical issues.

After the first Saturday sessions, you will conduct your own oral history interview (remote recording or face-to-face), which will be a learning resource in the second Saturday sessions. The workshop will be limited to 16 participants to enable lively discussion and practical work in an online format. Participants will need a computer with wifi connection – the Zoom link will be provided, along with Zoom instructions.

Find out more on the Oral History Victoria website – https://oralhistoryvictoria.org.au/event/online-training-oral-history-interviewing-for-beginners-2/.

For bookings go to: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-training-oral-history-interviewing-for-beginners-tickets-230119893797.

Please note that members of Oral History State associations are charged the same discount rates as OHV members.

The 40th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference, will be hosted by Deakin University Contemporary Histories Research Group on the theme ‘urgent histories’.

History-writing is proving both persistent and insistent in the face of current assaults on the human condition. The pandemic and climate change demand historians respond as both scholars and engaged citizens in the face of worldwide political efforts to realign the past to fit present imperatives. Populism and authoritarianism are undermining the humanities and revealing the urgent need for historical thinking in public and policy debate. Our response to these challenges depends on how they are understood in relation to human experiences past and present, narrated in rich historical context, and made compelling through skilled storytelling.

Urgent Histories, on Wadawurrung country in Geelong, Australia, invites historians to focus on the uses and usefulness of the past in pressing contemporary public debates, disputes and narratives. It welcomes histories and history-making distinctive to the local and particular through to addressing shared human conditions.

The convenors welcome proposals for papers and panels on any geographical area, time period, or field of history, especially those relating to the theme of urgent histories. Confirmed AHA and affiliated streams include environmental history, economic history, oral history, children and youth, and religious history.

We are very excited to be organising an in-person conference for the first time since 2019. Thanks to the wonders of technology some conference sessions will include opportunities for virtual presentations. You can indicate your preference to present online when submitting an abstract. Preference will be given to postgraduates, early career researchers not currently in full-time employment and proposals from outside Australia.

Online registrants should understand that not all conference sessions will be available to view online. In the event of a pandemic-induced disruption, the conference will transition to a fully online event.

Deadline for proposals

The deadline for abstracts and proposals for panels, including roundtables, is 13 March 2022.

Submissions should be made via the portal available on the new conference website – https://eur.cvent.me/woqyE.

If you have any difficulties submitting your abstract, please contact the convenors at aha2022@deakin.edu.au.

An introduction to transcribing a recorded interview

We are pleased to invite you to attend an introductory transcribing workshop, conducted by one of the OHWA’s very experienced life member, Jan McCahon Marshall. Come along so Jan can introduce you to the protocols of transcribing an oral history recorded interview.

Covid interrupted our earlier attempts to host this workshop, but we anticipate that we’ll have more success with planned small group workshops in the coming months. Masks are not mandatory, but you may prefer to wear one.

Date: Saturday 30 July 2022
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Venue: Tuart College Campus, corner Banksia and Hodgson Streets, Tuart Hill in the WA Multicultural Association Centre
RSVP: 27 July to Lynn at contact@oralhistorywa.org.au (Preferred option) If unable to email then phone Lynn O’Hara T. 0408 959 006
Cost: $40
Pre-payment to
Account name: Oral History WA Inc
BSB: 066 155
Account number: 10484448
IDENTIFY your e-payment: WshopJul30 Last name First name initial

Enter building from Hodgson Street

Important notes:
1. Bring your mobile phones or handheld recorders with saved interview recording
2. Morning & afternoon tea/coffee provided but a short break will allow time to eat a quick BYO lunch
3. Participants limited to 10 people
4. Participants need pens and paper to supplement handout material

Download Flyer

An introduction to conducting an ethical and successful oral history

We are pleased to invite you to attend an introductory oral history interviewing skills workshop, conducted by one of the OHWA’s very experienced life members, Jan McCahon Marshall.
Come along so Jan can introduce you to aspects of an interview such as: gaining written consent from an interviewee; confidentiality; questioning techniques; the completed interview, and more.
This is the first in what we hope will be a series of small group workshops to be conducted throughout the coming year.

Covid interrupted our earlier attempts to host this workshop, but we anticipate that we’ll have more success with planned small group workshops in the coming months. Masks are not mandatory, but you may prefer to wear one.

Date: Saturday 16 July 2022
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Tuart College Campus, corner Banksia and Hodgson Streets, Tuart Hill in the WA Multicultural Association Centre
RSVP: 7 February to Lynn at contact@oralhistorywa.org.au (Preferred option) If unable to email then phone Lynn O’Hara T. 0408 959 006
Cost: $70
Pre-payment to
Account name: Oral History WA Inc
BSB: 066 155
Account number: 10484448
IDENTIFY your e-payment: WshopJul16 Last name First name initial

Enter building from Hodgson Street

Important notes:
1. Bring your mobile phones or handheld recorders for recording practice
2. Morning & afternoon tea/coffee provided but bring your own lunch
3. Participants limited to 10 people
4. Save your practice recording for the transcribing workshop to be held late July.

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The Oral History Society, United Kingdom, will hold its annual conference for 2022 on 8-9 July. The theme is ‘Home‘.

Home as both an idea and a physical place has deep meanings for all of us. It connects us to family, generation and communities, both past and present; it is conveyed and expressed through memory, objects, images and the emotions. Home can confer and establish identity and belonging but it can also signify status or position. It can be a place of safety but also of danger, a refuge but also a site of confinement. Our experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has put home in the forefront of shared understandings and discussions of home.

To access the Call for Papers (submission deadline 31 January 2022) and further information about the conference go to: www.ohs.org.uk.