Practitioners Register

Oral History Western Australia (OHWA) members can apply for inclusion in our Practitioners Register. The register is provided for the information of those interested in engaging an oral history practitioner. OHWA does not, however, endorse individual practitioners.

Please note: OHWA recommends that those who use the register seek appropriate independent, professional advice before relying on or entering into any commitment based on material published here. The information on the register is based on that supplied by the practitioners and is purely for reference purposes.

Transcriber

KOPSEN, Margot

Address	16A Maude Street, East Victoria Park WA 6151
Contact	0477 005 268
Email	margot.dunner@gmail.com
Expertise	Transcribing
Qualifications	AHCILM404 Record and document community history, Goolarri Media Enterprises 2018; Bachelor of Arts (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management), Curtin University 2012.
Experience	Assisted with Oral History project at City of South Perth, recording and transcribing.
Special Interest	Local, community and family oral history; women’s oral history and LGBTQI+ oral history

Researcher, interviewer and transcriber

BALDWIN, Janet

Address	PO Box 131, Kalamunda WA 6926
Contact	0419 912 127
Email	oralhistorianjb@gmail.com
Expertise	Researcher, Interviewer and Transcriber
Qualifications	Bachelor of Social Science (History and Anthropology); First Class Honours (History); PhD (History) 2017; CELTA; Diploma of Project Management; Certificate in Oral History.
Experience	Oral History collection during PhD; Academic Lecturing; private/memoirs using Oral Histories; Oral History several community projects; Oral History of Perth Observatory and publication of three books, pertaining to the Observatory; Oral History workshop facilitator.
Special Interest	Medieval History; contemporary spiritual practices and histories; communities; workplaces; personal memories and histories.

CARGEEG, Leonard (Len)

Address	3628 Beacon Bencubbin Road, Bencubbin WA 6477
Contact	08 9685 1274
Email	len.cargeeg@bigpond.com
Expertise	Interviewing and Research
Qualifications	Diploma of Building and Construction; Statement of Attainment: Record and Document Community History; Basic Oral History, Doug Ayre, State Library recording oral history
Experience	Interview for Oral Histories in Mount Marshall’ Wyalkatchem, Kununoppin and Mukinbudin.
Special Interest	Farming, Early Wheatbeat history and Military history

PATTISON, Cate

Address	38 Boreham Street, Cottesloe WA 6011
Contact	0401 525 960
Email	catepattisonresearch@gmail.com
Expertise	Interviewing, Researching and Transcribing
Qualifications	BA (Hons) Communications and Cultural Studies; Diploma ED (secondary English and Humanities)
Experience	Had a career in media in the UK (BBC). Worked for the Grove Library producing oral histories since 2014. Currently working at UWA as a researcher and developing a doctoral topic in Geography and Oral History.
Published Work	Published social Histories for North Cottesloe Primary School, Richmond Wellbeing and Casson Homes.
Special Interest	Cultural history, mental health, industrial heritage, geography and planning.
References	A full resume with up to date references can be provided upon request.
Rate Charged	Research, interviewing and transcribing is negotiable.

PRESTON, Naomi

Address	6/235 Stock Road, Palmyra WA 6157
Contact	0434 005 644
Email	naomi.preston@research.uwa.edu.au
Expertise	Interviewing, Researching and Transcribing
Qualifications	BA (Hons) History with English, University of South Australia, MRes History (Early Modern Medicine and Women’s Writing), PhD Candidature (current) Memorialisation and Interpretation of the WA Legacies of British Slavery, University of Western Australia.
Experience	Interviewing and transcription as part of my PhD research, for which I have interviewed museum and heritage employees, artists, researchers and government employees. As an intern at Fremantle Prison I have transcribed interviews with ex-prisoners and prison employees. Whilst employed as a research assistant in Impact, I carried out transcription of interviews with government employees and refugees, and of group refugee ESOL classes. I also carried out oral history interviews with women of various ages regarding their life growing up in the South Wales valleys as a researcher for an independent theatre company.
Special Interest	Memory, museums, national identity, incarceration, slavery, forced labour, punishment, history of mental illness, gender and women’s history.

WALLIS, Julia K.

Address	27 Shenton Road, Claremont WA 6010
Contact	9384 6767
Email	juliakay@highway1.com.au
Expertise	Interviewing, Research, Transcribing
Occupation	Historian (Research, Writing, Oral History Interviewing & Transcribing)
Qualifications	Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Curtin University of Technology (2002). BA Hons (Major in History), University of Western Australia (2000).
Experience	Over 13 years’ experience in oral history projects. Over 20 years’ secretarial experience.
References	A full resume with up to date references can be provided upon request.
Rate Charged	As per OHAA(WA) and PHA(WA) Guidelines (all Rates are negotiable)