Welcome to the West Australian branch of the Oral History Association of Australia.
WA Branch
2010 Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 17th August 2010 at 5pm
Wanneroo Community Library
3 Rocca Way, Wanneroo
Join us at 5pm for our AGM, after which we will be treated to a tour of Wanneroo's new Library and Cultural Centre,
including its
museum and local history collection.
Come along and see this beautiful new facility that truly captures the heritage and heart of historical Wanneroo.
2010 State Conference
Voices of Change: Tracking Communities Using Oral History
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September 2010
Bruno Giannati Community Hall
Munro Street, Jarrahdale
This year our State Conference will be held in Jarrahdale, approximately 50kms from the Perth GPO.
The Committee and the members of the Jarrahdale Historical Society are working together to bring you an exciting programme of events.
Our Keynote speaker is award-winning writer and documentary-maker Siobhan McHugh.
Siobhan's oral histories have featured in books, films, TV and radio documentaries, CDs, a stage play, and on-line.
Siobhan’s most recent project, ‘Marrying Out’, explores how up until just two generations ago Australian society was polarised between two main groups: Protestants and Catholics.
She spent three years gathering compelling personal stories of mixed marriage from the 1920s to the 1960s, describing how they bridged the gap, despite conflict with family and church authorities.
Other presentations include:
➢ Exploring and learning about the changes that have taken place in the community of Jarrahdale
➢ A hopeless hill: oral histories from Claremont-Graylands Hospital, 1940-1995
Click here to view the full conference program
Click here to download a registration form
Click here for accommodation information
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.
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