Grant Scheme

The Western Australian Branch of the Oral History Association of Australia has a grant pool of $2,000 available to members to assist with their attendance at relevant conferences, or to assist with oral history projects.

To apply, see the ‘Activities’ link on this site to download the application form.

Grant to save oral history collection

An application to Lotterywest for over $800,000 to preserve and make accessible to the public, the oral history collection held at the State Library of WA, has been successful!

The application was developed by representatives of many interested groups, including the Friends of Battye Library, the Oral History Association of Australia WA Branch, the Professional Historians Association and the Royal Western Australian Historical Society, and will be managed by a combined stakeholder group, the Oral Historical Records Rescue Group (OHRRG).

This important and exciting project will result in the preservation of 7,500 hours of interviews collected since 1969 by transferring them from increasingly obsolete cassette tape to digital format. This process not only allows for their better care and protection through the longer lasting digital format, it will also mean that once permissions have been given, the voices of Western Australians can be more easily made available to the public through such means as the State Library’s website.

 

What is the Oral History Association of Australia?

The Oral History Association (OHAA), a non-profit body, was formed in 1978.

The aims of the OHAA are:

• to promote the practice and methods of oral history
• to educate in the use of oral history methods
• to encourage discussions on all aspects of oral history
• to foster the preservation of oral history records

State and national conferences include discussions about oral history projects and issues such as ethics, recording technology and copyright.

 

Branches of the Association

Western Australia Dr Mary Anne Jebb President PO Box 1065 Nedlands WA 6909 08 9433 2793	Tasmania Jill Cassidy President Queen Victoria Museum 2 Wellington Street, Launceston Tas 7250 email: mandjcassidy@gmail.com
Queensland Lena Volkova President Queensland Museum 37 Westbourne Street Highgate Hill Qld 4101 0416 178 774 email: lena.volkovatwrm@qm.qld.gov.au	Victoria Ann Sells President 345 Cherry Tree Road Panton Hil Vic 3759 03 9719 7438 email: annesells@bigpond.com
New South Wales Rosemary Block c/-Oral History Program State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 Email: rblock@sl.nsw.gov.au	South Australia June Edwards President PO Box 3113 Unley SA 5061 email: edwards.june@slsa.sa.gov.au
ACT is incorporated into NSW Branch NT is incorporated into SA Branch