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Grants for OHA 2019 Conference

Oral History Victoria is pleased to announce that four grants of up to $750 each may be awarded to any member, and at least one student member presenting a paper at the 2019 Biennial Oral History Australia Conference, ‘Intimate Stories,…

OHA 2019 Biennial Conference – Call for Presentations

Oral History Australia’s next biennial conference will be held at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane on 10 to 13 October 2019  and proposals for presentations are now being accepted. The 2019 Biennial Oral History Australia Conference takes place…

OHV awards winner

Congratulations to Kirby Fenwick whose audio documentary ‘The First Friday in February‘ took out the 2018 Oral History Victoria Award at our awards and annual general meeting night on 25 October 2018. Kirby’s documentary tells the story of the first AFLW…

Rewind – September 2018

As of September 2018 the Oral History Victoria newsletter ‘Rewind’ has a new electronic format. Distributed through the MailChimp platform, the new-look ‘Rewind’ newsletter brings together all the latest news from our website, Facebook page and beyond. You can view it…

OHV Innovation Award ceremony and AGM

Members and friends of Oral History Victoria are invited to attend our presentation evening and AGM at the Royal Historical Society Building on the corner of A’Beckett St and Williams St (opposite Flagstaff station – enter via Williams St entrance)…

Our annual symposium – special journal issue

Our annual Oral History Victoria Symposium, held on 29 July 2018, has inspired a special edition of the Oral History Australia (OHA) journal. OHA Journal editor Dr Sue Anderson recently announced that the 2019 issue of the journal would be…

Oral history appointment at National Library

Prominent oral historian, academic, author and public commentator Dr Shirleene Robinson is to take up one of Australia’s most senior oral history posts as the Senior Curator Oral History and Indigenous Programs at the National Library of Australia (NLA). Dr…

Shelly Grant retires from National Library

The National Library of Australia will next week farewell one of its leading oral history professionals when Shelly Grant retires after more than three decades of public service. Shelly began work at the National Library of Australia (NLA) in 1984 when…

Oral History Victoria 2018 Award – Call for entries

Oral historians based in Victoria (anyone engaging with oral history) are encouraged to apply for this annual award judged by Oral History Victoria (OHV). The award is open to oral historians working in any field, across community, academic or professional…

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