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Oral history

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Parkhill Collection

Recordings of the music of various language, nationality or region-based communities in Melbourne, 1975-1983, plus oral history interviews with people who lived in the Illawarra region from the 1920s to 1990s,  people involved with the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.

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People’s Forest Collection

Oral history interviews with people involved in all aspects of forest and around photographs depicting various aspects of forests and forestry work.

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Peter Ellis Collection

80 oral history interviews with musicians, dancers and others, and recordings of songs and performances, as well as sheet music, imprints and personal papers.

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Read Collection

Oral history interviews with Charles Perkins, a key figure in Aboriginal rights, alongside a pilot project on how people form mental maps. It also includes ongoing interviews for the 'Seven Years On' project, launched in 1995, which focuses on emerging Aboriginal leaders. This collection offers valuable insights into Aboriginal activism, leadership, and personal stories that have shaped history.

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First Australians
Dirt road cutting through forest of dark, leafless trees

Sean Davey, Aftermath of a large bushfire that swept through forest area along Yowrie Road, Yowrie, New South Wales, 31 December 2019, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2428728997

Remembering the Fires: How one community has recorded their memories

This special event explored some of the ways in which southern NSW community members have told and preserved their bushfire stories.

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Fijian Australian woman with short grey hair sitting on a rock on a beach

Leigh Henningham, Portrait of Everest Pitt, 2022, nla.obj-3110047460

Rights and the Oral History and Folklore Collection

A summary of copyright and rights in the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

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Ross Collection

1576 pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, newspaper and serial issues relating to trade unionism, socialism, left-wing parties in Australia, economics and labour issues, as well as the papers of Lloyd Ross and his father the socialist journalist R.S. Ross.

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Rummery Collection

40 recordings of folk music, folklore and reminiscences from people in rural New South Wales recorded 1983-1988.

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Schuster Collection

Recordings of folk songs and dance music from Queensland and also stories, legends and recollections of customs and immigrant settlement, particularly German and Scandinavian in rural Queensland.

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Scott Collection

Recordings of folk music, dance music, folklore and oral history from New South Wales and Queensland recorded during the period 1955-1990.

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Sturgess Collection

108 oral history interviews recorded by Sturgess between 1976 and 1986 while writing his two books and working on various ABC productions.

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Black and white photo of a man listening to a recording with a pen in hand and a piece of paper next to him

Loui Seselja, Portrait of Geoffrey Dutton seated in the Oral History collection at the National Library of Australia, 1992, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151764316

Using the Oral History Collection

A guide to requesting, accessing and publishing collection items in the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

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