Our online drop in sessions are back soon for 2024!

We are excited to announce that our first session for the year will include a special presentation from our 2023 Community History Award recipient Margaret Gray about the project The Silent Generation.

In 2024 we will be offering focus themes and topics for each drop in session to get the conversation flowing. Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to informally discuss all things oral history. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday 11 April 2024

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

You are cordially invited to attend our online Annual General Meeting.

DATE: Saturday, 28th October 2023
TIME: 10:30am -12 noon
LOCATION: Online via Zoom

Registrations for this event closed at the end of Wednesday 25th October.

Presented by Oral History NSW, Mastering The Recording is a hands-on training day to help you become confident with the technical side of oral history.

In this full day training workshop, you will learn

• the recommended ways to set up your digital recorder

• microphone placement

• editing and processing audio

• backing up and archiving

You will NOT just be watching how it's done. You will be actively involved in each stage.

As this is very hands-on, it is essential that you bring with you your own digital recorder and laptop computer.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.

This event is fully subscribed.
No more bookings can be taken.

WHERE

SMSA - Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
280 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

DATE AND TIME

• Saturday, 19th August 2023

• Arrive at 9:30am for 9:45am start.

• Expected completion is 4:30pm.

Morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided.
Lunch may be brought from home or purchased from nearby cafés.

COST

• $160 for members of Oral History NSW.

• $180 for non-members.

• $190 to attend and also become a new member of Oral History NSW.

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday 10 August 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday 13 July 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday 8 June 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday 11 May 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

In this introductory seminar, Oral History NSW Vice President Scott McKinnon will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research methodology and will outline important steps in planning oral history projects, including tips on preparing for, undertaking and preserving interviews.

Time

10am-12noon,
Saturday 29th April 2023

Location

Online.
Log in details will be emailed to you on the afternoon of Friday, 28th April.

Cost

$20 for Oral History NSW members,
$30 for non-members

BOOKINGS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT.

About the Presenter

Scott McKinnon is a historian at La Trobe University and vice president of both Oral History NSW and Sydney’s Pride History Group. Scott is author of Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community (Intellect 2016) and co-editor of Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe (Palgrave MacMillan 2020).

Enquiries

events@oralhistorynsw.org.au

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Wednesday 5 April 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

Join committee members online from Oral History NSW to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We’d especially be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event.

Date

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom - meeting link is here

We will be hosting regular online chats throughout the year and look forward to meeting you!

Oral History NSW members are warmly invited to join us online via Zoom at our 2022 AGM to find out about the organisation’s work in the past year and our future plans.

We will also hear from some of our members who will discuss their recent oral history projects.

DATE: Saturday, 29th October 2022
TIME: 10:30am - 12 noon

You can view or download the meeting agenda and committee nomination form below:

Agenda for 2022 Annual General Meeting - PDF

Committee Nomination Form - PDF (Nominations due 22 October)

Bookings have now closed for this event.

Join committee members from Oral History NSW online to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We would like to keep everyone connected in some way during these strange times, and we’d be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

There is no charge for this event, but bookings are essential.

Date

Thursday, 29th September 2022

Time

5:30 pm for approximately one hour

Where

Online via Zoom

A link to the Zoom session will be emailed on the afternoon before the event.

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED.

Presented by Oral History NSW, Mastering The Recording is a hands-on training day to help you become confident with the technical side of oral history.

In this full day training workshop, you will learn

• the recommended ways to set up your digital recorder

• microphone placement

• editing and processing audio using Audacity

• backing up and archiving

You will NOT just be watching how it's done. You will be actively involved in each stage.

As this is very hands-on, it is essential that you bring with you your own digital recorder and laptop computer.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.

Bookings have now closed for this event.

WHERE

SMSA - Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts
280 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000

DATE AND TIME

• Saturday, 6th August 2022

• Arrive at 9:30am for 9:45am start.

• Expected completion is 4:30pm.

Morning tea and afternoon tea will be provided.
Lunch may be brought from home or purchased from nearby cafés.

COST

• $160 for members of Oral History NSW or RAHS.

• $180 for non-members.

• $190 to attend and also become a new member of Oral History NSW.

Join committee members from Oral History NSW online to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We would like to keep everyone connected in some way during these strange times, and we’d be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED.

Join committee members from Oral History NSW online to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We would like to keep everyone connected in some way during these strange times, and we’d be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE CLOSED.

Join committee members from Oral History NSW online to talk all things oral history.
This is a casual forum to discuss, share and ask any questions, advice or thoughts you might have on oral history with us and each other. We would like to keep everyone connected in some way during these strange times, and we’d be interested to hear about projects or interviews you’re working on or planning.

If you would like to join us for this free Zoom session, please register below and a link to join the session will be emailed to you in the days leading to the event.

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED..

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED

In this introductory seminar, Oral History NSW Vice President Scott McKinnon will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research methodology and will outline important steps in planning oral history projects, including tips on preparing for, undertaking and preserving interviews.

Time

10am-12noon,
Saturday 12th March 2022

Location

Online.
Log in details will be emailed to you on the afternoon of Friday, 11th March.

Cost

$20 for Oral History NSW members,
$30 for non-members
Bookings close at noon on Friday, 11th March.

About the Presenter

Presenter: Scott McKinnon is a historian at the University of Wollongong and vice president of both Oral History NSW and Sydney’s Pride History Group. Scott is author of Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community (Intellect 2016) and co-editor of the forthcoming Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe (Palgrave MacMillan 2020).

For our final History Matters, we will discuss the creative applications of history and oral testimonies in digital and multimedia projects. Referring to recent examples, we look at the innovative ability of these contemporary approaches in presenting, highlighting, and connecting history, memory, and experiences to the past, present, and well into the future.

Register for free online, hosted by the State Library of NSW

Chair: Dr Alana Piper

Dr Alana Piper is a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Public history at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research interests draw together the social and cultural history of crime with criminological, legal and digital humanities approaches. Her current project, Criminal Characters, uses digital history to chart the lives and criminal careers of Australian offenders across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has authored over 40 academic publications, and is currently an investigator on the ARC Discovery project ‘Sex and the Australian Military, 1914–2020’ (2021–23) and the ARC LIEF project ‘Time-Layered Cultural Map of Australia’ (2019–21).  
 

Stephanie Arnold
Melbourne-based cellist Stephanie Arnold creates musical memoryscapes, combining edited interview material and oral history recordings with music performance and audio art. Tracing voices and histories through this form of musical storytelling, her work focuses on the role of performance as a way to share stories, while mindful of the ethics of interviewing, editing and collecting recorded stories. 
 

Noëlle Janaczewska  
Noëlle Janaczewska is a playwright, poet, essayist, and the author of The Book of Thistles (UWA Publishing). The recipient of multiple awards, including the 2020 NSW Premier’s Digital History Prize for her work Experiment Street, and a Windham-Campbell Prize from Yale, her collection, Scratchland (UWA Publishing Poetry Series), came out in 2020. 

History Matters is a monthly seminar series co-presented by Oral History NSW and the Professional Historians Association NSW & ACT. Generously hosted by the State Library of NSW.

Oral History NSW members are warmly invited to join us online at our 2021 AGM to find out about the organisation’s work in the past year and our future plans.
We will also hear from some of our members who will discuss their recent oral history projects.

You can view or download the meeting agenda and committee nomination form below:

Agenda for 2021 Annual General Meeting - PDF

Committee Nomination Form - PDF (Nominations due 2 October)

BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW CLOSED.

Cancellation

It is with deep regret that we have had to cancel this event. Full refunds will be offered to anyone who has already booked.

We hope to hold this event in Canberra at some time in the future, and as per previously, there this seminar will also take place online in the future.

Seminar

In this introductory seminar, Oral History NSW Vice President Scott McKinnon will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research methodology and will outline important steps in planning oral history projects, including tips on preparing for, undertaking and preserving interviews.

Time

10am-12noon, Saturday 26 June

Location

Canberra, ACT - SRWB [Sir Roland Wilson Building, ANU] Rm 3.02

Cost

$20 for Oral History NSW members,
$30 for non-members

About the Presenter

Presenter: Scott McKinnon is a historian at the University of Wollongong and vice president of both Oral History NSW and Sydney’s Pride History Group. Scott is author of Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community (Intellect 2016) and co-editor of the forthcoming Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe (Palgrave MacMillan 2020).

BOOKINGS HAVE CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT.

In this introductory seminar, Oral History NSW Vice President Scott McKinnon will explore some of the key ideas behind oral history as a research methodology and will outline important steps in planning oral history projects, including tips on preparing for, undertaking and preserving interviews.

Time

10am-12pm, Saturday 24 April 2021

Location

Zoom (Registered participants will be emailed a zoom link in the week before the event)

Cost

$20 for Oral History NSW members,
$30 for non-members

About the Presenter

Presenter: Scott McKinnon is a historian at the University of Wollongong and vice president of both Oral History NSW and Sydney’s Pride History Group. Scott is author of Gay Men at the Movies: Cinema, Memory and the History of a Gay Male Community (Intellect 2016) and co-editor of the forthcoming Disasters in Australia and New Zealand: Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe (Palgrave MacMillan 2020).

History Matters is back in 2021: Presented by Oral History NSW and Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT), generously hosted by the State Library of NSW.

Women’s history has burst into the public domain over recent months. Several feature films focused on women’s battle for equality in the 1960s and 1970s, a new statue dedicated to women’s rights campaigner Mary Wollstonecraft sparked intense international public debate, and the Australian project Invisible Farmer connected us to the experiences of women on the land.  Two speakers involved with projects on the history of women’s work will discuss the process of engaging with the public to gather women’s true stories.

Speakers:

Martha Ansara is a veteran filmmaker, and consulting producer/archival researcher on Women of Steel, which follows the group of women who fought for the right to work in Wollongong’s steel industry. She is the author of The Shadowcatchers: A History of Cinematography in Australia (2012), and collaborated with the Aboriginal protesters on the sacred site of the Waugal at Perth’s Swan Brewery on the documentary and book Always Was Always Will Be (1989).

Sophie Couchman is an independent professional historian and curator who works closely with communities to tell their stories, and was a curator on the Invisible Farmer Project (2019). Previously a curator at the Chinese Museum in Melbourne, Sophie has worked on a range of projects including the British Migrants: Instant Australians exhibition (2018), Shooting the Past podcast (2018), Chinese Australian Hometown Heritage Tours (2017-2019), and the Makassar-Yirrkala: Creative Collaboration (2019). 

Chair:
Jeannine Baker is a historian who researches women’s work in the media industries. She is the author of Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam (2015) and co-curator of the website ‘100 Voices that Made the BBC: Pioneering Women’.

Bookings online via the State Library