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April 2021 Rewind now available

The April 2021 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Highlights include: new First Nations training for oral historians, coming soon award deadlines vale Bill Wilson 2021 OHA Biennial Conference. Current OHV members receive the the newsletter by…

Grants for 2021 OHA Biennial Conference

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…

2021 Oral History Award Entries Open

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…

You Tube video – Oral History Award 2020 finalists

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…

Announcement of Victorian Community History Awards

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…

Awards shortlist – Check out the nominees

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…

Oral History Australia journal – Call for papers

The first issue of the Oral History Australia journal under the new name Studies In Oral History will be based on the theme ‘Oral history, place and environment’. Journal editors Skye Krichauff and Carla Pascoe Leahy announced the theme of the special…

July 2020 Rewind issue available

The July 2020 issue of the OHV newsletter ‘Rewind’ is now available. Highlights include: overview of our online event program annual symposium recording on new OHV You Tube channel new OHV membership system OHV web manager Jessica Ferrari talks oral…

Big response to online events

After cancelling our first two workshops for the year due to COVID-19 restrictions, Oral History Victoria has staged five online events and has a further two scheduled. The response has been overwhelming. Online training Our first online training event, ‘Oral…

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