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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Photography skills for Oral Historians
OHWA's Philips Gostelow led a portrait photography workshop in July, helping oral historians capture their narrators stories visually as well as on audio.
Introductory Oral History Training
Don’t miss out on the next Introductory training opportunity, Saturday 29 August 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…
OHA 2026 awards now open
Nominations and applications are now being accepted for the 2026 OHA awards. The deadline is 31 July 2026. Winners will be announced at the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference in Adelaide, South Australia, from 3-6 December . Three awards are on…
Portrait Photography Workshop for Oral History Practitioners
Award-winning photographer and OHWA Committee member Philip Gostelow is offering an advanced training workshops for oral history practitioners. In this workshop you will learn how to create a sensitive, revealing photographic portrait, adding a new dimension to the story told…
Video on handbook now online
A recording of Oral History Victoria’s latest Talking about Listening event featuring Oral History Handbook author Beth Robertson and former OHV president Alice Garner is now available online. The Talking about Listening occasional series involves two oral historians discussing oral…
New deadline – 2026 Conference CFP
Proposals are now being accepted from those wishing to present at the 2026 OHA Biennial Conference to be held in Tardanya/Adelaide, South Australia, on the lands of the Kaurna people, from 3-6 December. The deadline for submission has been extended…
New deadline – Journal 2026
The deadline for contributions for the peer review section of the 2026 issue of our journal Studies in Oral History has been extended to 1 May 2026. The deadline for reports remains the same – 29 May 2026. This is the…
Introductory Oral History Training
Our next Introductory training opportunity is Saturday 18 April 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…
Community oral history guide
A free online guide and training package for community history groups that wish to create and preserve oral history collections is now available on the Oral History Victoria (OHV) website. Although developed specifically for Victorian community history groups, the package…
New handbook available
The sixth edition of Beth Robertson’s Oral History Handbook is now available. First released in 1983 as an A5 booklet, the handbook has long been the go-to guide for oral history practice in Australia, trusted by researchers, community groups and…