Oral History Australia SA/NT will now hold its Annual General Meeting online using Zoom. The AGM will be held on Friday 6th August, as originally advertised, but will now commence at 4:30pm (Australian Central Standard Time). If you would like to attend the AGM, please RSVP to contact@oralhistoryaustraliasant.org.au by 5pm Wednesday 4th August. Meeting links will only be sent to
Please join us for our Annual General Meeting on: Friday 6th August, at 4:30pm (Australian Central Standard Time) Venue: ONLINE This is a free event, but RSVPs are required by Wednesday 4 August at 5pm. Please RSVP to contact@oralhistoryaustraliasant.org.au. Meeting links will only be sent to those who have replied. Our guest speaker will be Dr Sharon Mascall-Dare. Her talk
When Holden’s last factory, at Elizabeth in South Australia, closed in late 2017, an important era of Australian automotive production ended. At its peak, Holden employed around 24,000 workers around Australia. Holden employees were diverse: workers of all ages, migrants, skilled and unskilled, professional, transient and long-term. Holden & Me: Treasures from a Working Life tells the lives of people
Recording of 40th anniversary lecture now available The lecture by Professor Alistair Thomson – Forty Years On: The Transformations of Oral History – given last September is now available for you to listen to here. Professor Thomson, the current president of Oral History Australia, reflected on the transformations of oral history across the last 40 years, in Australia and abroad.
Oral History Australia SA/NT and The History Trust of South Australia invite you to September’s Talking History lecture: Forty Years On: The Transformations of Oral History Tuesday 17 September 2019, 5.00 pm for a 5.30 pm start, Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide. Professor Alistair Thomson presents September’s Talking History lectureForty Years On: The Transformations of Oral History. Celebrating forty years since the creation
Dr Carolyn Collins will be guest speaker at the Oral History Australia SA/NT AGM. Carolyn is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Adelaide. Please join us to hear her speak about her oral history project looking at the history of the Save Our Sons movement in Australia. Date: 9 August 2019 Time: 2 – 4 pm Place: Bronwyn