The 40th Australian Historical Association (AHA) Conference, will be hosted by Deakin University Contemporary Histories Research Group on the theme Urgent Histories, at the Deakin Geelong Waterfront Campus, 27th June – 1st July 2022. Oral History Victoria is supporting an…
OHV warmly congratulates the winners of the 2021 Oral History Award (Victorian Community History Awards) Lynda Mitchelson-Twigg, representing the Gippsland Lakes commercial fishing community, assisted by Nikki and Leigh Henningham, Tanya King, Donna Squire and Geoff Stanton) for their…
Organisers of the 2021 Oral History Award, awarded jointly by Oral History Victoria, the Royal Historical Society and Public Records Office Victoria, have announced the shortlisted nominees. COVID Kids Oral History Project – Way Back When Consulting Historians. End of…
By Alice Garner On Sunday 20 June, we held our annual symposium, ‘Plan or Perish: Ensuring the survival of community oral histories’. Uncertainty due to changing CoVID-19 restrictions meant that the event took place online. The aim of the symposium…
The April 2021 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Highlights include: Ideas and skills exchange, coming soon OHV Annual symposium summary Membership renewal reminder 2021 OHA Biennial Conference. Current OHV members receive the the newsletter by email…
Oral History Victoria (OHV) is pleased to announce it is offering four grants of up to $750 each to encourage presentations at the upcoming Oral History Australia Biennial Conference to be held in Launceston Tasmania from 14 to 17 October…
Entries are now open for the Victorian Community History Award for Oral History. Presented in partnership with the Public Records of Victoria and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Established in 1998, the Victorian Community History Awards are held annually…
We’re very excited to announce that we have just posted a video on YouTube showing presentations from the finalists in the 2020 Oral History Award, presented as part of the Victorian Community History Awards. The award was jointly sponsored by…
Winners of the 2020 Victorian Community History Awards, including the 2020 Oral History Award, are to be announced online in a special video presentation on Wednesday 28 October at 4:30 pm. The annual awards are held jointly by Public Record…
Organisers of the 2020 Oral History Award, awarded jointly by Oral History Victoria, the Royal Historical Society and Public Records Office Victoria, have announced the shortlisted nominees. They are: Cockatoo: Voices from the Past – Dot Griffin, Jan Shaw, Ruth…