Our annual gathering is Saturday 17 October, 12.30-3.00pm at the State Library of WA. For those who aren’t able to attend the OHA Conference in Adelaide (or even those who can), the formal AGM will be followed by a series of lightening talks by OHWA members.
AGM Program:
12:30pm Arrival / refreshments
12:45pm AGM Formal Proceedings:
- Welcome! Acknowledgement of Country
- President’s and Financial Reports
- Election of 2026-2027 Committee
1:15pm Awards and Appreciation
- Recognition of John Ferrell’s contributions to oral history. (Speaker: Rose Ferrell)
- Presentation of Awards (John Ferrell Travel Grant and Jean Teasdale Bursary)
1:30pm Short Reports from Supported Projects
- Brenda McInnes and Jennifer McRae, Great Southern Women in Higher Education (2025 Jean Teasdale Bursary recipient)
- Graham Grundy, West Pride (2024 JF Travel Grant recipient)
- Helen Flavell, Kinship Connections (2024 Jean Teasdale Bursary recipient)
2:00pm AGM Close (short break)
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OHA26 Conference Preview
(Lightening talks from OHWA members who will be presenting at the OHA26 Conference in Adelaide.)
- Mark Wong, IOHA President and Conference Keynote: Who is Listening? The AI oral history interview and what it forces us to ask.
- Elaine Rabbitt, Forging connections: Australia’s Cocos Island Disconnect.
- Mary Blight, Beyond the Written Record: Methodologies and Approaches When Writing Colonial History Using Oral Tradition
3:00pm Event Close
This is a Hybrid event. Please email contact@oralhistorywa.org.au for a Teams link.