Oral History Australia [OHA] is a non-profit body whose members practice and promote oral history. The aims of OHA are:
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- promote discussion and training on all aspects of the methodology and ethical practices of oral history as a discipline and a means of gathering and preserving social and cultural history
- foster preservation access and use of oral history collections
- support State and Territory Oral History associations
- provide a national voice on all aspects of oral history, and
- link Australian oral historians to the international oral history movement.
Find out more about other branches here.
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Do you need the services of an Oral History Practitioner, or a Transcriber?
Check out our Links page.
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Oral History Queensland General Meeting via Zoom
10.00am Saturday 30 May 2026
Find out more (including Zoom link) here.
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Oral History Basics and Interviewing Workshop
9.00am – 3.00pm Friday 12th of June 2026
Queensland Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Artists Hall
12 Payne Street, Auchenflower, Brisbane, QLD
Find out more here.
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This year’s History Walk led by Anne Monsour., will take place on Saturday 14 June starting at 9.30 am. Here is the flyer. Everyone attending will be entertained and educated about early Lebanese settlement in the heart of Brisbane. We always finish with morning tea.
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The Brisbane History Group’s next event, Brisbane Icons III will be held at St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, on Sunday, 21 June 2026. ‘The subjects range from an Archbishop to an aviator, and from a philanthropic family to an early temperance and women’s rights activist’.
We encourage you and your friends to attend what should be a very interesting afternoon.
Booking details are on the flyer.
Paul Sayer
Brisbane History Group Inc