Jean Teasdale Bursary 2024: Call for Applications
Oral History WA has created the Jean Teasdale Bursary - a fund of up to $2,000 to support and encourage Western Australian oral history projects.
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Precarious oral history collections
Calling all holders of oral history collections in Victoria. Are you confident that your collection will be safe in 10, 20 or even 50 years? If not, the Identifying Precarious Victorian Oral History Collections Project wants to hear from you.…
Introductory Oral History Training
Our next Introductory training opportunity is Saturday 7 June at the State Library WA. This one-day workshop is ideal for those who are new to oral history and want to know more about what is involved. The workshop is also…
General Meeting for Members
Saturday 17 May, OHWA is hosting a meet-year General Meeting for members, online via Teams. This is an opportunity for members to hear updates on the work of the Committee so far in 2025, including the launch of a new…
And the winner is …
Victoria’s top oral history award goes to Alexandra Pierce for her podcast series ‘Women, Conscription, War’. Oral History Victoria warmly congratulates Alexandra, the recipient of the 2024 Oral History Award, presented as part of the Victorian Community History Awards. The…
Introductory Oral History Training
Don’t miss out on the next Introductory training opportunity, Saturday 29 March at the State Library WA. This one-day workshop is ideal for those who are new to oral history and want to know more about what is involved. The…
Oral History WA News Bulletin (February 2025)
Welcome to our first news bulletin of 2025. We are looking forward to a year full of oral history activities.Reminder: In October, OHWA launched the John Ferrell Travel Fund. This is a new fund to support the travel costs associated…
Conference presentations now online
The Alessandro Portelli keynote address and closing plenary of our 2024 biennial conference are now available on the Oral History Australia (OHA) YouTube channel. The two recordings can be accessed from a dedicated playlist on the channel at: Several…
Journal 2025 – CFP extension
The deadline for contributions for the peer review section of the 2025 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 21 February 2025. If you plan on submitting a peer-reviewed article it would be greatly appreciated if you…
2024 Biennial Conference highlights
The 2024 Oral History Australia (OHA) Biennial Conference is now complete. Thanks to all the presenters and organisers. The next conference will be in Adelaide in 2026. Highlights of the 2024 conference, which was held in Naarm /Melbourne from 21…
2024 OHA journal now available
The 2024 issue of Studies in Oral History, the journal of Oral History Australia (OHA), is now available. Issue 46, which is freely available online, features the theme ‘Oral History and Working Lives’. It was edited by joint editors Skye…