Bringing together the voices of Australian communities for you to explore, listen to and transcribe.

Pride 2023

Fiona Kelly McGregor [Part 1] interviewed by Holly Zwalf 16 November 2022.

Fiona Kelly McGregor is a writer and artist...

1h 25m 52s

2 contributors

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Janet Fielding Oral History

Janet Fielding oral history September 2016

An oral history interview with Australian born...

1h 34m 3s

4 contributors

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Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 40 Part 1] Interview with John Andrews

Interview summary: John Andrews speaks of his...

30m 33s

12 contributors

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Arthur Gillott [Tape OH 39 Side B]

Part 2 of an interview with Arthur Gilott....

22m 9s

2 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Herbert Olufson, 23 Apr 1995 [Part 4]

The Olufson family has the longest history on...

31m 33s

6 contributors

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Rod Wells, 16 Feb 1994. [Part 1, Side B]

Mr Wells was the headmaster from 1970-1973.

31m 16s

8 contributors

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20% awaiting review

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Bob McFarland Part 2

Bob McFarland talks about his memories of the...

41m 40s

13 contributors

Local Personalities

Interview with Mollie Baldwin

Born in 1901, Mollie Baldwin lived at Arden...

14m

3 contributors

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Drought NSW

Nea Worrell interviewed by Louise Whelan, 15 May 2019.

Nea Worrell shares her personal experiences of...

45m 48s

5 contributors

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3% awaiting review

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 2 Part 5] Eager Family

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

9m 34s

7 contributors

Mapoon Oral Histories

Norman Wheeler (1992) Interview Part 5

Interview with Norman Wheeler, a Mapoon elder....

30m 31s

4 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bob Harlow, 8 May 1995 [Part 1]

Bob Harlow was raised on the Daintree and came...

31m 35s

6 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Nita McKimm

Nita is the widow of the late Alexander Trvitt...

48m 18s

8 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of Mrs Lottie Reade, Gwen and Reg Walker, Lance Robinson, Norm and Ann Treble, Frank Wandsworth, and Keith and Beth Douglas [tape 1]. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Lottie Reade, who ran the local delicatessen...

1h 1m 17s

5 contributors

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Newcastle Earthquake 1989

Part 2: John McNaughton, Lord Mayor of Newcastle at the time of the earthquake

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle talks about his...

1h 23m 8s

6 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Oral History Project

Tony Maston, 31 Patten Avenue, Merrylands [tape 1]. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

This very informative tape gives clear...

24m 12s

5 contributors

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Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Laraine Dillon (29 July 2008) Oral History Part 1

29m 57s

2 contributors

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Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 19 Side A] Interview with Bob Tissott.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 29s

15 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Louise Crossley interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded 11th August in Hobart, Tasmania. ...

1h 6m 15s

7 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Rev. Sam Seymour, 4 Aug 1993 and 6 Aug 1993. [Part 3, Side A]

Rev. Sam Seymour was headmaster of Somerville...

31m 24s

6 contributors

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Jack Takagaki (21 November 1997) Oral History Part 1

Interview with Jack Takagaki, son of a...

31m 20s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 8 Side A] Interview with David Hallet.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 34s

19 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Rosemary Hunter, Tape 1, Side B

Rosemary's father and stepmother moved to a...

30m 4s

2 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Rex Simpson

Rex speaks about growing up at Tallawudjah...

16m 45s

1 contributor

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Email Factory, Orange

Percy Moss interviewed by Yolanda Takacs

Percy Moss is interviewed by Yolanda Takacs on...

38m 23s

6 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Nancy Lockley (nee North), 15 May 1993. [Part 1, Side A]

Nancy Lockley has had a long association with...

25m 58s

11 contributors

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Surf Clubs of the Illawarra

Kevin Crick - Woonona

Kevin grew up in the Woonona Surf Club and is...

30m 43s

5 contributors

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2% awaiting review

Women in Local Government

Interview with Marjorie O'Neill

“Being on local council has been one of the...

53m 53s

3 contributors

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Ashley Atkinson

Ashley Atkinson was born in the Northern...

41m 31s

10 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Ross Austen

Ross has always been involved in cattle...

39m 12s

4 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with John Sproul, Tape 2, Side B

John recounts his memories of growing up and...

24m 2s

8 contributors

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2% awaiting review

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Henry Walker, 6 Jul 1995 [Part 2]

Henry Walker talks about his father, growing...

31m 41s

6 contributors

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Email Factory, Orange

Norman South interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards

Norman South is interviewed by Elisabeth...

1h 22m 34s

6 contributors

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Raymond George Clarke, Tape 1, Side A

Raymond details the history of the Combined...

30m 55s

6 contributors

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13% awaiting review

Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Janine Craike (2 July 2008) Oral History Part 1

Janine Craike discusses her involvement with...

29m 57s

2 contributors

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Wollongong Stories

Mary Rose Liverani Part 1 of 2

Mary Rose was born in Glasgow and migrated to...

47m 27s

5 contributors

Army Nurse Interviews

Edna Nell Doig interviewed by Jan Bassett

QFX55875 Colonel Edna Nell Doig was one of 20...

41m 20s

11 contributors

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6% awaiting review

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Eric Cooper [Tape OH 13 Side B]

Part 2 of an interview with Eric Cooper. Eric...

19m 43s

3 contributors

Fort Scratchley Oral History Project

Fort Scratchley: Carl Christie Part 2

Carl was posted to Fort Scratchley in 1960.

23m 45s

3 contributors

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6% awaiting review

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Isabel Hammond and Albert Hammond [OH 61 Side A]

Isabel Hammond and Albert Hammond interviewed...

26m 7s

4 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Bill Skelly

Bill in his early life worked on the Broken...

1h 1m 58s

12 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Albert Vreman

Albert Vreman was nineteen when he emigrated...

1h 35s

6 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Neville Hackett Part 2

Neville worked at Mackellys all his working...

1h 10m 18s

7 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 2 Side A] Interview with Graeme Dunstan.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 38s

18 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Letitia Ruby St Julian, Tape 1, Side B

Letitia has only ever lived in two places:...

26m 18s

6 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall

Janet Bitter and David Bryars

Dave Bryars and Janet Bitter, members of the...

52m 36s

8 contributors

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Central Coast Voices

Roberta Morrison: life on the home front WW2 Part 2 of 2

Roberta Paterson married airman Leslie...

6m 36s

8 contributors

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Gordon Smith, Tape 1, Side A

Gordon grew up in Adelaide Street, West Ryde,...

30m 50s

5 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Ron O'Connor

Ron is a lifelong resident of Grafton. ...

22m 48s

4 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 5] Interview with George Scott

Interview summary: George Scott explains the...

16m 14s

22 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Jimmy Johnson, 30 Jun 1995 [Part 3]

Jimmy Johnson’s parents worked for the Masons...

20m 25s

4 contributors

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Stanton Library Anniversary

Feiko Bouman (2017) Interviewed by Ian Hoskins

Originally from the Netherlands, Feiko Bouman...

2h 15m 45s

3 contributors

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Email Factory, Orange

Bill Ryan interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards - Part 1

Bill Ryan is interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards...

1h 30m 9s

11 contributors

100% have edits

Surf Clubs of the Illawarra

Alan Beveridge

Alan is the president of the club which is...

41m 33s

0 contributors

Army Nurse Interviews

Janet Lucas interviewed by Jan Bassett

NX12618 Lieutenant-Colonel Janet Lyall Lucas...

32m 18s

11 contributors

100% have edits

Women in Local Government

Interview with Paula Masselos

“Local council is the place where you can...

1h 4m 51s

5 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 2

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

47m 49s

6 contributors

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6% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 38 Part 1] Interview with S.C. Robertson

Interview summary: S.C. Robertson discusses...

32m 32s

11 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 1 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

45m 49s

5 contributors

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3% awaiting review

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 2 Part 2] Eager Family

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

9m

6 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 4 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Depression era, 1930s;...

31m 38s

18 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 1 Part 2] Philip Reid, Robyn Reid, Lenny Thompson, Kerrie Evans, Barrie Aitchison

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

9m 54s

4 contributors

Dapto Stories

Einir Brunkhurst Part 2 of 2

Einir Brunckhorst (nee Jones) was born in...

19m 59s

5 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Richard (Dick) Page

Prominent Clarence River grazing family,...

55m 23s

1 contributor

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Ernest (Ernie) Stinson, Tape 1, Side A

Ernie's parents moved to Eastwood in 1923. He...

30m 23s

14 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Tony Coase, 2 May 1995 [Part 2]

Tony first moved to the area working in the...

31m 38s

5 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Elizabeth Lee, 22 Jul 1995 [Part 5]

Elizabeth Lee was formerly known in Bloomfield...

21m 52s

4 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Neroli Clark

Neroli's father was a policeman and so they...

45m 12s

0 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Viv Edwards: Part 2

Vic Edwards talks with Carman Netherclift...

32m 7s

6 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dorothy Partington, Tape 2, Side A

Dorothy recalls her childhood including school...

13m 4s

8 contributors

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Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Robert Muggeridge, Waterfall/ Garrawarra Sanatorium & Cemetery 2013

Robert Muggeridge’s aunt, Gladys Muggeridge,...

19m 48s

1 contributor

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Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Aubrey Laidlaw [Tape 2, Side A]

Aub Laidlaw was one of the most famous...

47m 25s

5 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Royce Lee, 30 Mar 1995 [Part 4]

A cattleman at heart, Royce Lee came down to...

31m 26s

5 contributors

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Manshine 2016 Oral History

Conversation between Hamish Sewell and Douglas Wilson (1 May 2016)

Douglas reflects with Hamish Sewell about his...

39m 44s

2 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Clarry Hartwig, 12 Aug 1995 [Part 1]

Clarry Hartwig came to Bloomfield in 1957 and...

31m 41s

4 contributors

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Kogarah Stories 1995

May Grieve - Kogarah Oral History Program, 1995 - Part Two

Interview conducted by Reference Librarian,...

33m 14s

1 contributor

Ku-ring-gai During War

Interview with Joseph Craggs [KDW 8/3 Tape 1 of 2 Side B]

Joseph Craggs was interviewed by Louella...

35m 21s

1 contributor

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Reflections on the Clarence

Bill Dougherty

Bill recalls memories of his rather remarkable...

1h 2m 39s

5 contributors

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Graham White

Graham White is a farmer, and was Captain of...

18m 8s

7 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Adrian Dean interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 27th July 2011 in Margate,...

57m 41s

3 contributors

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

George Murray Part 2

George Murray was born in Scotland and arrived...

24m 59s

1 contributor

Pride 2023

Barry Charles [Part 3] interviewed by Scott McKinnon, 22 July 2022.

Interviewees across the Pride 2023 oral...

3m 37s

2 contributors

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North Sydney Olympic Pool

Bill Berge Phillips (Tape 2 Side B) 28th November 1997, interviewed by Janet Ingham

Bill Berge Phillips was a swimming official at...

30m 2s

3 contributors

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Joe Toft (16 March 1998) Oral History

Interview with Joe Toft, inventor and...

28m 31s

3 contributors

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Mrs Sheila Young (nee Shedden), 12 Jun 1993. [Side A]

Mrs Young was associated with Somerville first...

31m 29s

4 contributors

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7% awaiting review

Pride 2023

Virginia Keft [Part 2] interviewed by Tammi Gissell, 28 August 2023

Virginia is a Murriwarri Woman and an artist,...

1h 3m 45s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Wollongong Stories

Jack Hyland

Jack has colourful memories of the Wollongong...

57m 27s

8 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Bob Dingle interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [2nd Interview Part 3]

Recorded on 24th August 2011 in Swansea,...

38m 37s

1 contributor

Hawkesbury Voices

Donald Woodhill

Donald Woodhill was born in 1919, spending his...

1h 44s

5 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Neville Collins interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 4]

Recorded on 10th December 2011 in Brisbane,...

32m 54s

7 contributors

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2% awaiting review

Pride 2023

Svetlana Gilerman [Part 3] interviewed by Holly Zwalf, 11 October 2022.

Interviewees across the Pride 2023 oral...

16m 57s

1 contributor

100% have edits

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 38 Part 2] Interview with S.C. Robertson

Interview summary: S.C. Robertson discusses...

32m 30s

17 contributors

100% have edits

6% awaiting review

Shacks of the Royal National Park

Bob Marshall

Bob enjoyed holidaying at Bulgo his whole life...

36m 14s

14 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 22 Side A] Interview with Nan Nicholson; Hugh Nicholson; David Spain.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 25s

8 contributors

Women in Local Government

Interview with Joy Clayton

“We are there to make good decisions for the...

35m 8s

3 contributors

Army Nurse Interviews

Gwendolyn Merle Taylor interviewed by Jan Bassett

TX6034 Major Gwendolyn Merle Taylor,...

41m 53s

12 contributors

100% have edits

5% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Irene (Reta) Palmer

Reta grew up in Grafton during the 1920's when...

43m 10s

2 contributors

Pride 2023

Frances Rand [Part 2] interviewed by Holly Zwalf, 8 June 2023

Frances Rand (she/her) speaks about 'Lesbians...

31m 17s

1 contributor

4% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Victor Thomas Ugarte, 6 May 1990. [Side A]

Vic Ugarte has been fishing since he was 14...

30m 53s

6 contributors

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1% awaiting review

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dorothy Partington, Tape 1, Side B

Dorothy recalls her childhood including school...

31m 34s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

David Johns interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 4th July 2011 in Lenah Valley,...

52m 17s

2 contributors

Email Factory, Orange

Dudley Roth interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards - Part 1

Dudley Roth is interviewed by Elisabeth...

1h 29m 12s

10 contributors

45% have edits

12% awaiting review

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Joyce Chapman Part 2 of 2

Joyce remembers happy days at Woonona as a...

31m 54s

5 contributors

Dapto Stories

David John Ritter Part 5 of 6

David John Ritter was born in Crows Nest, NSW...

24m 30s

5 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Trevor Cowell interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [1st Interview Part 2]

Recorded on 25th August 2011 in Perth,...

30m 7s

7 contributors

Ku-ring-gai During War

Interview with Joseph Craggs [KDW 8/3 Tape 1 of 2 Side A]

Joseph Craggs was interviewed by Louella...

47m 21s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Reflections on the Clarence

Robert Hastings

Robert provides an insight into the history of...

58m 59s

2 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Rex Filson interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey

Recorded on 23rd March 2011 in Sandy Bay,...

53m 7s

6 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Leffy Buhmann, 20 Apr 1995 [Part 3]

Leffy Buhmann talks about life at Shipton’s...

31m 32s

9 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Richard Willing interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 1st November 2012 in Adelaide,...

1h 2m 7s

3 contributors

Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Adrian Bell (12 June 1996) Oral History Part 2

Two part interview with Adrian Bell. In the...

16m 47s

5 contributors

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Surf Clubs of the Illawarra

John Dryden

John Dryden shares his experiences as...

25m 38s

4 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Linda Zillfleisch, 11 Apr 1993. [Side B]

Mrs Zillfleisch was a boarder at Somerville...

17m 30s

3 contributors

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10% awaiting review

PCL_Oral_Histories

Jack_Flitcroft

Lorna Parr interviewed Jack Flitcroft on 15th...

34m 12s

2 contributors

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Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 21] Interview with Vera Holliday (Lawson)

Interview summary: Vera Holliday speaks of her...

22m 48s

8 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Norma Stead

Norma Stead, a long time resident of Kiama,...

42m 31s

6 contributors

Townsville City Oral Histories

John and Gladys Plant Oral History (7 June 1995) Part Two

Two part interview with John and Gladys Plant....

31m 5s

3 contributors

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Reflections on the Clarence

Doris Edmunds (nee Smith)

Doris was born in South Grafton. ...

19m 41s

1 contributor

1% have edits

Email Factory, Orange

Peter Cottrell interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards

Peter Cottrell is interviewed by Elisabeth...

1h 7m 36s

7 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Frank O'Rourke, 21 Mar 1995 [Part 2]

Frank O'Rourke speaks with Camilla Darling...

31m 28s

3 contributors

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12% awaiting review

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Pamela Davenport, 24 Jun 1993. [Part 1, Side A]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

30m 30s

12 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Norman Whitford

Norman was born in Grafton and grew up...

51m 21s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 4A Part 4] James Spaile, Greg Morris, Sue Mackie

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

3m 26s

4 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Thelma Harris talks about Pearl Beach

Mrs Thelma Harris was interviewed by Jill...

37m 31s

10 contributors

100% have edits

Huskisson Public School

Interview with Amelia Seery and Khloe Houghton

Megan Crook interviewing Amelia Seery and...

4m 48s

2 contributors

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Seniors and Schoolies

SS04 - Kevin Benjamin

Kevin Benjamin talks about a passion for...

14m 42s

5 contributors

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Coral Sea '92 Commemoration Oral History

Interview with Max Norman, 7 May 1992

Interview with Max Norman, a New Yorker who...

25m 23s

8 contributors

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11% awaiting review

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Gordon Alexander Sadlier [Tape OH 89 Side B]

Part 2 of an interview with Gordon Sadlier....

19m 43s

4 contributors

94% have edits

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Miss Margaret Waugh, 15 Jul 1993.

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

12m 8s

6 contributors

100% have edits

17% awaiting review

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 3 Part 2] Kerry Wellsmore, Cecilia Wellsmore, Mildred Wellsmore, Donald Wellsmore, Mark Troha

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

2m 52s

7 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Dick Thompson interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 18th August 2011 in Sydney, NSW. ...

51m 43s

3 contributors

Queensland Windmills Oral History

Gavin Caird (2012) Oral History

Gavin Caird was born in 1943. His father was a...

1h 16m 42s

3 contributors

14% have edits

Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Mary 'Kitty' Wheeler (20 August 1996) Oral History Part 1

Two part interview with Mary 'Kitty' Wheeler....

31m 22s

2 contributors

12% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Jack Ward interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [2nd Interview Part 3]

Recorded on 11th January 2011 in North...

25m 53s

3 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Herbert Olufson, 23 Apr 1995 [Part 9]

The Olufson family has the longest history on...

31m 39s

2 contributors

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NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Dr Anthony Cutler [Part 2], 18 Jaunary 2018

Dr Anthony Cutler is the son of Roden...

35m 11s

10 contributors

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27% awaiting review

Long and the Short of It

The Long and the Short of It Interview with Tina Morrison-Turner

Tina Morrison-Turner interviewed by Veronica...

22m 54s

2 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Ian McLeod interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 24th June 2011 in Canberra, ACT. ...

14m 9s

12 contributors

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Matt Munro

Matt Munro shares a detailed reflection of his...

1h 1m 10s

2 contributors

Community Stories

Charlie & Ivy Farrell

Charlie Farrell was born in Dapto in 1914 and...

28m 49s

6 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Central Coast Voices

Robert Anthony Harris of Booker Bay, New Zealand Army artilleryman Part 1 of 2

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

44m 42s

5 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Gerry and Mary Collins, 13 Jun 1995 [Part 1]

Gerry’s mother was Mable Hislop, daughter of...

31m 42s

5 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 37 Side B] Interview with John Seed.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

15m 10s

6 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 31] Interview with Peter Meichen

Interview summary: Peter Meichen speaks of his...

18m 51s

21 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 1 Side A] Interview with Jenny Del.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 23s

17 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Ken East and Charlie Christensen [Tape 1, Side A]

“You need to love the surf, and be a good...

47m 21s

2 contributors

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Community Stories

Bill Kierse

Bill was born in Kalgoolie in 1936 and trained...

26m 44s

7 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Ronald Rozzoli

Ronald Rozzoli was born in Chatswood in 1936,...

1h 3m 17s

12 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of John Langford. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster and Harry Maley.

Mr Langford tells of the development of the...

20m 35s

5 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 2 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Funeral of Faith's father -...

30m 18s

18 contributors

Email Factory, Orange

Leon Kiho interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards - Part 3

 Leon Kiho is interviewed by Elisabeth...

30m 3s

3 contributors

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Australian Dance

Brian Thomson [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Brian Thomson interview...

2h 28m 19s

22 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

David Abrahams Part 2

David relates the history of Gerards and...

31m 34s

6 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Gwen Smith: Memories of The Entrance and Long Jetty

Gwen Smith was a constant holiday visitor to...

32m 32s

10 contributors

Australian Dance

Brian Thomson [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Brian Thomson interview...

3h 57m 37s

23 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Fred Elliot interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 14 May 2011 in Berwick, Victoria. ...

32m 15s

3 contributors

Women in Local Government

Interview with Elaine Keenan

“You have to have a bit of a thick skin...

42m 1s

5 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Letitia Ruby St Julian, Tape 3, Side A

Letitia has only ever lived in two places:...

18m 29s

5 contributors

Army Nurse Interviews

Shena Campbell Bewglass interviewed by Jan Bassett

TX6396 Lieutenant Shena Campbell Bewglass,...

35m 51s

15 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Email Factory, Orange

Frank Victor Barlow interviewed by Yolanda Takacs

Frank Victor Barlow is interviewed by Yolanda...

34m 59s

5 contributors

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Jan Pollard Part 1

Jan Pollard was born in 1946 in Wagga Wagga...

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

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Miss Williams was on the staff at Somerville...

31m 28s

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Bridge Builders

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30m 31s

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Royal Brisbane Hospital Graduate Nurses' Association Oral History

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30m 5s

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18m 48s

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31m 40s

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29m 4s

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North Sydney Olympic Pool

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32m 29s

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Bridge Builders

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Pride 2023

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3h 9m 51s

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Huskisson Public School

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9m 12s

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25m 54s

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Antarctic Expeditions

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41m 2s

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Wollongong Stories

Nellie (Tibb) Hynd Part 4

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28m 4s

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Central Coast Voices

Robert Anthony Harris of Booker Bay, New Zealand Army artilleryman Part 2 of 2

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

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Surf Clubs of the Illawarra

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42m 47s

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Pride 2023

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Joy Ng discusses moving to Australia from...

58m 22s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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1h 6m 10s

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1h 31m 16s

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Bridge Builders

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21m 54s

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Reflections on the Clarence

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

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31m 30s

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Stories of Life in the Graceville and Chelmer Area

Betty Applegate (2012) Oral History Part 2

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24m 28s

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NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Jacqueline Samuels [Part 2], 9 December 2017

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6m 10s

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20th Century Ryde

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30m 56s

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Harold Alva (Dick) and Emily May (May) Wybrow, Tape 1, Side A

Dick and May discuss their lives as a young...

32m 21s

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Central Coast Voices

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 1 of 6

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45m 5s

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Rainbow Archives

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31m 28s

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Local Personalities

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24m 31s

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Townsville City Oral Histories

George Nankivell Oral History (24 June 2008)

Interview with George Nankivell. George talks...

32m 15s

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Pride 2023

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37m 31s

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Wollongong Stories

Fred Kirkwood

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28m 15s

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Second World War Voices

Albert Koorey interviewed by Don Barnby [Part 5]

Part 5 of an interview with NX4633/433077...

45m 48s

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Snowy Mountain Bushfires

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3m 49s

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Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Ray Jones

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48m 23s

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Oral History Project

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Daphne gives clear memories of early...

30m 11s

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Second World War Voices

Robert Hardiman presentation to the Australian Historical Aviation Society [Part 2]

Part 1 of a presentation by Robert Hardiman to...

46m 54s

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Antarctic Expeditions

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Recorded on 24th August 2011 in Swansea,...

38m 35s

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Drought NSW

David Baker interviewed by Louise Whelan, 10 August 2019.

David Baker talks about growing up in...

38m 57s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Paul Tuckerman - Thirroul Railway Institute

The Thirroul Railway Institute Preservation...

33m 25s

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Lifeguard History Project

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Brian Collins, born in 1922, was a Bondi boy...

47m 26s

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Wollongong Stories

Mary Rose Liverani Part 2 of 2

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30m 5s

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

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24m 49s

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

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Elizabeth and Helen are sisters and third...

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Gail Norris - Social Media Manager, Illawarra Folk Festival 2020

The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...

12m 20s

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Army Nurse Interviews

Lorraine Stewart interviewed by Jan Bassett

NX35145 Captain Lorraine Stewart Blow,...

19m 30s

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Dapto Stories

Frederick Moore Part 2 of 3

Fred Moore was born in Cobar, NSW on September...

26m 4s

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

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One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

28m 42s

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Drought NSW

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Robert Miller is a fifth-generation dairy...

12m 43s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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22m 27s

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Kiama Stories: oral histories

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29m 17s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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31m 43s

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Garry Wotherspoon

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Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

1h 2m 26s

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Dapto Stories

Denise Lawler

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25m

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Aboriginal Community Members' Stories

Kevin Butler

Uncle Kev Butler is a respected Aboriginal...

33m 39s

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Hawkesbury Voices

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Dorothy Phipps was born in 1935 in Richmond,...

1h 40s

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Lifeguard History Project

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Aub Laidlaw was one of the most famous...

47m 26s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Colin Gibson

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30m 30s

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Antarctic Expeditions

Ian Allison interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [1st interview Part 1]

Recorded on 23rd August 2011 in Dynrrnne,...

57m 49s

12 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Faith Bandler

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30m 33s

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NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Ms Anni Rowland Campbell [Part 3] 29 November 2017

Anni Rowland-Campbell is the daughter of James...

41m 59s

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Wollongong Town Hall

Grahame Bond

Grahame Bond AM is an Australian actor,...

31m 56s

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Moorebank Women's Project

Constance Jewell (née Isaac)

Constance Jewel (née Isaac) (1897 -...

22m 11s

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2WG Women's Club

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Doris Britt remembers a life spent on farms,...

46m 39s

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Bridge Builders

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30m 24s

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Joan Murray, Tape 1, Side B

Joan and her husband Max moved to North Ryde...

20m 9s

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Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Sharon Reddel (15 July 2008) Oral History Part 2

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6m 6s

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Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Ash Castro

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9m 17s

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Email Factory, Orange

Pat Egan interviewed by Yolanda Takacs

Pat Egan is interviewed by Yolanda Takacs on...

39m 10s

9 contributors

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Community Stories

George & Penny Laing

George Laing was born in Wollongong in 1913...

24m 7s

1 contributor

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 30 Part 1] Interview with Frank Villagrand

Interview summary: Frank Villagrand speaks of...

23m 26s

13 contributors

Australian Dance

Rafael Bonachela interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: The interview covers a...

2h 34m 39s

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Fred Thompson (7 March 1998) Oral History Part 2

Interview with Fred Thompson, retired union...

8m 35s

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Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon [Tape 5 Side A] Interview with Erica Mann and 'Shirley'

Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

1h 2m 36s

16 contributors

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Drought NSW

Susan Ainge [Part 5] interviewed by Louise Whelan, 15 May 2019.

Recorded at Coonamble. In this third and final...

14m 30s

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20th Century Ryde

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Patricia details her life at Edward Street,...

23m 5s

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Fort Scratchley Oral History Project

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Jim Jim was posted to Fort Queenscliff,...

21m 56s

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Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Jessie Landsberg (24 September 1996) Oral History Part 2

Two part interview with Jessie Landsberg....

2m

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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Both Mabel and Lizzie were born at Banabila on...

31m 31s

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Shacks of the Royal National Park

Joy Friend

Joy Friend went camping with her parents at...

23m 14s

6 contributors

75th Anniversary of the Library Act

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Ross was a Library technician at Newcastle...

1h 41m 24s

3 contributors

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Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

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Two part interview with Mary 'Kitty' Wheeler....

6m 27s

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Pride 2023

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Ahmed (he/him) was born in Pakistan, grew up...

16m 35s

2 contributors

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Shacks of the Royal National Park

Fay Connor

Fay has been staying at Bulgo all her life and...

49m 50s

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Women in sport

Jane Flemming interviewed by Tanya Evans, 6 February 2019

Jane Flemming, born 1965, is a former...

1h 12m 22s

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History of Warren

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Interview of a past business house owner on...

59m 5s

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Wollongong Stories

Norma Todd

Norma Todd travelled widely and always...

1h 9m 50s

5 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

David Carstens interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 10th December 2011 in Brisbane,...

54m 9s

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Wollongong Stories

Sharyn Mackenzie

Sharyn Mackenzie shares her involvement in...

49m 8s

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Central Coast Voices

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 2 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

42m 46s

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Reflections on the Clarence

Gordon Rogers

Gordon and Elaine Rogers came to the Clarence...

23m 35s

0 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 1 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Faith's memories of her...

30m 59s

14 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Kent Keith interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 23rd June 2011 in Bowral, NSW. ...

7m 8s

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

John Camilleri (11 November 1997) Oral History Part 2

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29m 37s

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Oral History Project

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Mr Pankhurst begins by giving a picture of the...

29m 46s

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Austinmer Stories

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Marge Gilleland talks about her life growing...

46m 50s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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Jimmy Johnson’s parents worked for the Masons...

31m 35s

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Email Factory, Orange

Gunther Sielicki interviewed by Gai Winter

Gunther Sielicki is interviewed by Gai Winter...

31m 6s

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NSW Governors' families & staff

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Brian Davies was the private secretary to...

1h 44m 12s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Matthew Black - Singer

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23m 13s

5 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 14] Interview with Ivan Stenson

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25m 32s

14 contributors

Peacekeeping Voices

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John Glenn was one of 600 Australians who...

2h 9m 12s

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Wollongong Stories

Helen Moon

Helen Moon is a volunteer for the Friends of...

37m 29s

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75th Anniversary of the Library Act

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3m 40s

4 contributors

Second World War Voices

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Part 4 of an interview with NX4633/433077...

58m 7s

9 contributors

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Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Therese Cosgrove (29 July 2008) Oral History Part 1

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15m 58s

1 contributor

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North Sydney Olympic Pool

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Bill Berge Phillips was a swimming official at...

26m 7s

5 contributors

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Pride 2023

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1h 36m 35s

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Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

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Lance Hayward obtained his professional...

30m 47s

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Huskisson Public School

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Anne Lee interviewing Nicole George at...

2m 2s

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Mapoon Oral Histories

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30m 18s

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Rainbow Archives

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31m 29s

13 contributors

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

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Heinz Kausche speaks in his capacity as the...

56m 28s

8 contributors

Dapto Stories

Pamela Towers Part 2 of 3

Pamela Towers (nee Bain) was born in 1938 in...

20m 18s

5 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

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Gerry’s mother was Mable Hislop, daughter of...

31m 43s

5 contributors

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Fort Scratchley Oral History Project

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Kevin lived at Fort Scratchley as a child as...

23m 35s

3 contributors

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Email Factory, Orange

Shirley Naylor interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards

Shirley Naylor is interviewed by Elisabeth...

59m 25s

9 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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Roy Haack first came to the area in 1940,...

31m 36s

5 contributors

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Bloomfield River Oral History

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Ailsa Hooker’s mother was a Kuku Nyungkul...

31m 31s

3 contributors

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20th Century Ryde

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John recounts his memories of growing up and...

31m 30s

7 contributors

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Dapto Stories

Neil & Tera Wheway Part 2 of 2

Tera (nee Hendriksen) Wheway was born in 1943...

22m 25s

2 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

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Pearl and Joe Kenderick came to Bloomfield...

31m 32s

7 contributors

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3% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 13 Side B] Interview with Marie Soward; Daisy Stewart.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 32s

8 contributors

Faith Bandler

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Interview summary: Visiting schools and...

30m 40s

13 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 7] Interview with Hugh Dunn

Interview summary: Hugh Dunn speaks of his...

25m 25s

16 contributors

Wollongong Stories

Coralie Cunningham

Coralie Cunningham’s father worked at Mt Keira...

11m 5s

1 contributor

Email Factory, Orange

Olive Green interviewed by Gai Winter

Olive Green is interviewed by Gai Winter on 10...

37m 33s

7 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

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Mrs Young was associated with Somerville first...

24m 12s

6 contributors

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2% awaiting review

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Cecil James Watkins, 5 May 1990. [Side A]

Cecil 'Cocky' Watkins began fishing with his...

30m 29s

8 contributors

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8% awaiting review

Wollongong Town Hall

Joseph (Joe) Smith

Joe Smith was a much respected swim coach at...

1h 7m 54s

4 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 15 Side A] Interview with Peter Pedals.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 25s

15 contributors

Prickly Pear Control Oral History

Prickly Pear Control Oral History Tape 3

Interview with Alan Dodd.

1m 38s

6 contributors

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Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 3 Part 7] Kerry Wellsmore, Cecilia Wellsmore, Mildred Wellsmore, Donald Wellsmore, Mark Troha

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

8m 11s

9 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 4B Part 2] Fran Drew, Steve Horsley

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

16m 7s

6 contributors

Pride 2023

Barry Charles [Part 1] interviewed by Scott McKinnon, 21 July 2022.

Barry Charles (he/him) aka Troughman, was born...

1h 20m 43s

2 contributors

6% have edits

North Sydney Olympic Pool

Bill Berge Phillips (Tape 2 Side A) 28th November 1997, interviewed by Janet Ingham

Bill Berge Phillips was a swimming official at...

29m 54s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 8 Side B] Interview with David Hallet.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

21m 48s

15 contributors

Local Personalities

Interview with Douglas Cumming

Interview with Douglas Cumming, Waverley...

1h 5m 59s

1 contributor

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Patricia Norah Jenkins, Tape 1, Side A

Patricia details her life at Edward Street,...

30m 57s

12 contributors

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2% awaiting review

20th Century Ryde

Interview with John Sproul, Tape 2, Side A

John recounts his memories of growing up and...

6m 22s

9 contributors

Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Beryl Tolhurst

Beryl gives a description of life and how...

44m 15s

3 contributors

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

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Snowy Maltman spent most of his time fishing...

30m 44s

6 contributors

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13% awaiting review

Antarctic Expeditions

Bob Dingle interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [3rd Interview Part 2]

Recorded on 28th August 2011 in Swansea,...

54m 39s

7 contributors

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1% awaiting review

Antarctic Expeditions

David Johns interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 4th July 2011 in Lenah Valley,...

29m 20s

2 contributors

Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Jo-Anne Fahey

Jo-Anne Fahey talks about the history of...

44m 25s

5 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

John Williams interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 25th June 2011 in Sandy Bay,...

57m 27s

6 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of Janelle Patterson. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Information for this interview was supplied by...

32m 41s

4 contributors

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Ocean Pools of the Illawarra

Peter McDonald

Peter and his son were inaugural members of...

32m 46s

9 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Joan Murray, Tape 1, Side A

Joan and her husband Max moved to North Ryde...

31m 30s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Greg Firman

Greg has lived in Primbee all his life and...

20m 22s

3 contributors

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Noline Maloney

Born in the 1930s, country girl Noline moved...

20m 39s

3 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

James Doyle

James Doyle, also known as Jim, was a...

49m 16s

8 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Nancy Shaw, 24 Feb 1993.[Part 1, Side B]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

31m 20s

8 contributors

100% have edits

4% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 5 Side A] Interview with Harry Freeman.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 42s

18 contributors

Email Factory, Orange

Elaine Young interviewed by Gai Winter

Elaine Young is interviewed by Gai Winter as...

35m 15s

8 contributors

Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Katherine Frugoni (26 March 1998) Oral History

Interview with Katherine Frugoni, a wife of a...

31m 41s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Wollongong Stories

Ron Knowles

Ron grew up in Wollongong in the 1950s and has...

28m 23s

8 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Bronwen Chamberlain

Bronwen Chamberlain grew up in Bulli. When she...

36m 56s

8 contributors

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Noel Gallagher, 18 Apr 1990. [Side A]

Noel Gallagher has had vast experience in the...

29m 58s

10 contributors

100% have edits

8% awaiting review

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Ellen Christensen, 19 Apr 1993. [Side A]

Ms Christensen taught at Moreton Bay High...

31m 26s

12 contributors

100% have edits

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Molly Tuohy

Molly Tuohy talks about growing up on her...

33m 5s

14 contributors

Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon [Tape 7 Side B]

Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

40m 6s

16 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dorothy Stevens, Tape 1, Side A

Dorothy recalls her visits to family in...

31m 30s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Gordon (Snowy) Archibald Maltman, 17 Apr 1990. [Part 1, Side B]

Snowy Maltman spent most of his time fishing...

29m 43s

7 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Lives of Novocastrians

Lives of Novocastrians - Iris Lang

Iris Lang talks with Sandra Woods about her...

36m 22s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Alfred George Ness, 24 Apr 1990. [Part 2, Side B]

Alf Ness has been fishing for over 30 years,...

30m 57s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Email Factory, Orange

Ryan Critchlow, Email Production Manager, interviewed by Marilyn Bull

Ryan Critchlow is interviewed by Marilyn Bull...

50m

7 contributors

100% have edits

Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Beryl Kennedy [Part 1]

In this interview Beryl speaks about the Mungo...

46m 2s

24 contributors

Former Mayors of Strathfield Council

Viv Hudson, Deputy Town Clerk, Interview 1

Viv Hudson worked for Strathfield Council from...

59m 18s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

John Elton - Grevillea Park

John has been a passionate volunteer with the...

30m 34s

5 contributors

Coral Sea '92 Commemoration Oral History

Interview with Michael Kobylarz, 7 May 1992

Interview with Mr Mike Kobylarz from New...

25m 34s

10 contributors

100% have edits

7% awaiting review

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Hazel Gray, 9 Dec 1992. [Part 1, Side A]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

31m 24s

10 contributors

100% have edits

12% awaiting review

Life in Penrith

Interview with Bruce Turner

Interview with Bruce Turner

40m 30s

3 contributors

99% have edits

Wollongong Stories

Felicity Skoberne

Felicity Skoberne interview for Illawarra...

18m 13s

1 contributor

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Doreen Stiff, 14 Jun 1995 [Part 2]

Doreen Stiff came first to Shipton's Flat...

31m 42s

4 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dorothy Jacobs, Tape 1, Side A

Dorothy's childhood was spent on a small...

30m 44s

13 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Aileen Radcliffe Part 1

Aileen (nee Dunston) was born and raised in...

1h 6m 31s

14 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 1 Part 3] Philip Reid, Robyn Reid, Lenny Thompson, Kerrie Evans, Barrie Aitchison

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

6m 17s

2 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Aubrey Laidlaw [Tape 1, Side A]

Aub Laidlaw was one of the most famous...

47m 17s

3 contributors

100% have edits

20th Century Ryde

Interview with George Wares, Tape 1, Side A

George came to live in North Ryde in 1956. In...

30m 49s

16 contributors

100% have edits

4% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 34 Side A] Interview with Sally Oliver Geake; Jonah Oliver

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 58s

11 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 1 Part 5] Philip Reid, Robyn Reid, Lenny Thompson, Kerrie Evans, Barrie Aitchison

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

15m 32s

4 contributors

Pride 2023

Mazz Image [Part 2] interviewed by Holly Zwalf, 7 March 2023.

Mazz Image (she/her) reflects on a life spent...

1h 2m 38s

2 contributors

86% have edits

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Maree Miller - Long term attendee

The Illawarra Folk Festival was first held at...

9m 16s

2 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 12 Part 2] Interview with Tom Evans

Interview summary: Tom Evans speaks of his...

2m 12s

10 contributors

Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Janine Craike (2 July 2008) Oral History Part 2

Janine Craike discusses her involvement with...

5m 39s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Men's Shed stories

Ron Dryburgh - Albion Park

Ron has been involved in the establishment of...

26m 57s

6 contributors

Islamic Faith in NSW

Interview with Mohammed Anwar

Mohammed Anwar speaks of his life, and that of...

1h 14m 53s

5 contributors

Manshine 2016 Oral History

Conversation between Oliver Bergel and John Callanan (1 May 2016)

In this conversation Oliver Bergel and John...

39m 36s

1 contributor

12% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Jack Ward interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [2nd Interview Part 4]

Recorded on 11th January 2011 in North...

9m 42s

5 contributors

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

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Ham Tuesley of Tewantin began mackeral...

12m 16s

5 contributors

100% have edits

13% awaiting review

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 15 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Dismissal of Whitlam in...

27m 20s

6 contributors

Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Dorothy Rook

Dorothy talks about her family’s connections...

17m 52s

5 contributors

Local Personalities

Interview with Jenny Priestley

Interview with Jenny Priestley (née O'Brien),...

53m 41s

1 contributor

35% have edits

Aboriginal Community Members' Stories

Sonny (Henry) Simms Part 2

Sonny is a Bidjigal man who was born in La...

40m 17s

5 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of Bill Pincott [tape 1]. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Born on the Prospect property near Lawson's...

1h 51s

3 contributors

100% have edits

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Gaetano Mauceri, Tape 1, Side A

Gaetano details his memories of arriving in...

30m 53s

11 contributors

Australian Dance

Sue Healey interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Sue Healey is a...

2h 7m 35s

11 contributors

100% have edits

12% awaiting review

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Bryan Short Part 1

Bryan Short, a third generation Wagga man,...

44m 32s

10 contributors

NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Ms Anni Rowland Campbell [Part 1] 29 November 2017

Anni Rowland-Campbell is the daughter of James...

1h 42m 12s

17 contributors

84% have edits

23% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 5 Side B] Interview with Harry Freeman.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 37s

10 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 24 Part 1] Interview with Bill O'Brien

Interview summary: Bill O'Brien discusses his...

18m 22s

11 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

David Carstens interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 10th December 2011 in Brisbane,...

16m 8s

2 contributors

Balgay Cannery

Interview with Laurie Rolfe, 18 September 1991

Laurie Rolfe talks about his time working at...

45m 21s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bob Harlow, 8 May 1995 [Part 5]

Bob Harlow was raised on the Daintree and came...

31m 42s

7 contributors

100% have edits

4% awaiting review

Islamic Faith in NSW

Interview with Randa Abdel-Fattah

Randa Abdel-Fattah speaks of her family,...

1h 26m 7s

11 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Noeleen Watson, 29 Jul 1993.[Part 1, Side A]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

31m 18s

8 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Cyril Fredericks

Cyril speaks extensively on his long career on...

1h 3m 19s

1 contributor

2% have edits

Camden Voices

Joan Higgin's Oral History

Joan Higgins was born in Camden and her...

38m 31s

1 contributor

16% have edits

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Warren Riley [Tape 1, Side A]

Warren Riley was born in 1936 in Bronte, where...

47m 6s

3 contributors

100% have edits

4% awaiting review

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Rube Hargrave

Rube (Mary Ruben) Hargrave (nee Chamberlain),...

23m 5s

6 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Herbert Olufson, 23 Apr 1995 [Part 12]

The Olufson family has the longest history on...

31m 33s

5 contributors

100% have edits

5% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 16 Side B] Interview with Robyn Moore.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

24m 37s

7 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Sydney Sheldon

Sydney Sheldon moved to the Hawkesbury area...

56m 23s

9 contributors

100% have edits

Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Clive Hughes (15 July 2008) Oral History Part 3

Clive Hughes discusses his life as an Alderman...

4m 7s

1 contributor

96% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Peter Cutler interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 26th August 2011 in Evandale,...

51m 37s

16 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Ailsa Hooker, 25 Jul 1995 [Part 2]

Ailsa Hooker’s mother was a Kuku Nyungkul...

31m 1s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Dapto Stories

Trevor Smith Part 3 of 4

Trevor Smith was born in Wollongong in 1947...

23m 33s

2 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 1 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Childhood in Tumbulgum,...

31m 38s

6 contributors

Prickly Pear Control Oral History

Prickly Pear Control Oral History Tape 1

Audio recording of the history of the Prickly...

10m 33s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Oral History Project

Memories of Norman and Shirley Grinyer and Brenda McDonald. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Mr Grinyer outlines his personal background...

49m 2s

5 contributors

Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Marjorie Kellar (15 July 2008) Oral History Part 2

Marjorie Kellar discusses growing up in West...

13m 21s

3 contributors

99% have edits

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 12 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: 1950s; Friendship with John...

11m 48s

8 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

John Forbes

John's father was a ferrymaster before the...

19m 8s

3 contributors

99% have edits

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 6] Interview with Bob Ross

Interview summary: Bob Ross speaks of working...

40m 39s

23 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Noel Barrett interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 4th July 2011 in Hobart, Tasmania....

42m 55s

6 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 14 Side B] Interview with Don Johston.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

17m 30s

10 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Hank and Ruth Hershberger, 19 May 1995 [Part 5]

Hank and Ruth Hershberger moved to Bloomfield...

31m 33s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Dapto Stories

Neil & Tera Wheway Part 1 of 2

Tera (nee Hendriksen) Wheway was born in 1943...

22m 55s

3 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Charles Argent

Charles Argent was born in 1911. His...

24m 30s

12 contributors

ACT Stories

Padma Menon interviewed by Sanika Godbole, 20-05-2022

Padma Menon was born in 1966 in the South...

36m 22s

2 contributors

7% have edits

Coral Sea '92 Commemoration Oral History

Interview with John Perkins, 8 May 1992 [Side 1]

Interview with John Perkins from Connecticut,...

31m 21s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Newcastle Earthquake 1989

Bob Cochrane of the BWIU

Bob Cochrane of the BWIU talks about the...

56m 50s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Surf Clubs of the Illawarra

Terry Hagen - Sandon Point

Terry is a life member of Sandon Point Surf...

28m 51s

1 contributor

Hawkesbury Voices

Robert Danvers Power [part 2]

Robert Danvers Power, known as 'Bob' was born...

20m 50s

3 contributors

Wollongong Stories

Jack Faulkner

Jack Faulkner was born at Glebe NSW, in 1922...

27m 35s

2 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Andrew Klekocuik interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 3]

Recorded on 29th August 2011 in Kingston,...

15m 29s

2 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Keith Woodward

Keith Woodward lived in The Waves, a street in...

20m 49s

1 contributor

Pride 2023

Atul Joshi [Part 1] interviewed by Bruce Carter, 11 January 2023.

Born in Burma, Atul Joshi (he/him) migrated to...

2h 33m 2s

2 contributors

41% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Ralph and Wilma Watkin, and Louise Dean, 28 Jul 1995 [Part 3]

Wilma and Louise are sisters, from a mining...

31m 30s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Reflections on the Clarence

Keith Ellem Part 1

Long time district family. Top cricketers...

19m 7s

9 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 28 Side A] Interview with Will Singer.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 32s

12 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 18 Side A] Interview with Martin Kovacic.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 35s

8 contributors

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Frank Newah Jarfoi

Frank Newah Jarfoi relates the story of how he...

43m 49s

9 contributors

53% have edits

Australian Dance

Michael Scott-Mitchell [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Michael Scott-Mitchell's...

2h 38m 17s

40 contributors

100% have edits

13% awaiting review

Australian Dance

Nick Schlieper interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Nick Schlieper's interview...

2h 34m 22s

17 contributors

100% have edits

5% awaiting review

Email Factory, Orange

Harry Paton interviewed by Marilyn Bull

Harry Paton is interviewed by Marilyn...

43m 9s

8 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Laura Brackenbury, Tape 2, Side A

Laura moved to Batten Avenue, Melrose Park...

31m 25s

5 contributors

100% have edits

3% awaiting review

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Hans Buettner & Gordon McComb - Thirroul Ski Club Interview

Thirroul Ski Club celebrated its 50th...

1h 4m 9s

19 contributors

Army Nurse Interviews

Nell Williamson interviewed by Jan Bassett [Part1]

NX413 Major Nellie "Nell" Williamson (née...

47m 52s

12 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

John Windolf interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 18th December 2011 in Coolum,...

37m 27s

10 contributors

100% have edits

17% awaiting review

Shacks of the Royal National Park

John Arney Part 2 of 2

John first built a shack at Bulgo in 1962...

24m 5s

6 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Joan Grey

Joan Grey talks about where she grew up, on...

17m 46s

5 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bob Harlow, 8 May 1995 [Part 2]

Bob Harlow was raised on the Daintree and came...

31m 42s

5 contributors

100% have edits

3% awaiting review

Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Roy Kennedy and Beryl Kennedy

In the interview Roy speaks at length about his...

1h 31m 43s

27 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Alex Menzies [Tape 1, Side A]

Alex Menzies was born in August, 1937, and has...

47m 7s

7 contributors

99% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 23 Side B] Interview with Kali McLaughlin; Sally Spain.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 32s

10 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 23 Side A] Interview with Kali McLaughlin.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 31s

8 contributors

Wollongong Stories

Tom Dixon

Tom Dixon Born in 1914 in Durham England, he...

29m 12s

2 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Betty Chittick

Betty Chittick recalls her early life growing...

15m 24s

9 contributors

Wollongong Stories

Ronald Mather

Ron is a people person and as well as his...

43m 59s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 39 Part 1] Interview with Norm McAlpine

Interview summary: Norm McAlpine speaks of his...

30m 31s

17 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Geoffrey Tom Maidment, British Merchant Seaman WW2 Interviewed at Saratoga, NSW 1995 Part 3

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

46m 45s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Wollongong Stories

Barbara Street Part 2

Barbara Street has devoted much of her time to...

53m 50s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 18 Side B] Interview with Martin Kovacic; Gloria Constine.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 30s

14 contributors

100% have edits

Oral History Project

Mrs Joan Gauci, Mrs Carmen Portelli and Mr Paul Portelli, 114 Greystanes Road. Tape 1. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Focus for this interview was a local newspaper...

1h 1m 59s

3 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Mike Sherwood interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 31st August 2011 in Sandy Bay,...

56m 10s

4 contributors

Local Personalities

Interview with Jean and Hazel Isherwood

Interview with Jean and Hazel Isherwood,...

26m 54s

0 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Melinda Wishart - Performer Illawarra Folk Festival 2020

The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...

14m 24s

6 contributors

Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre Oral History

Janine Craike (2 July 2008) Oral History Part 3

Janine Craike discusses her involvement with...

5m 52s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with John Herbert Clarey, 26 Apr 1990. [Side A]

John Clarey began fishing at the age of...

30m 23s

7 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Leffy Buhmann, 20 Apr 1995 [Part 2]

Leffy Buhmann talks about life at Shipton’s...

31m 42s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Women in sport

Poppy Starr Olsen interviewed by Tanya Evans, 10 May 2018

Poppy Starr Olsen is a professional...

46m 43s

6 contributors

100% have edits

23% awaiting review

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Tony Coase, 2 May 1995 [Part 3]

Tony first moved to the area working in the...

31m 33s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bob Harlow, 8 May 1995 [Part 6]

Bob Harlow was raised on the Daintree and came...

31m 42s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Bill Storer interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 17th August 2011 in Sydney, NSW. ...

1h 12m 57s

3 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Raymond George Clarke, Tape 1, Side B

Raymond details the history of the Combined...

22m 45s

3 contributors

94% have edits

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Martyn Hopkins - Volunteer

Martyn Hopkins was a volunteer at the 2020...

3m 45s

2 contributors

Australian Dance

Kate Champion interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Kate Champion introduces...

1h 42m 53s

18 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Post 45 Cold War Voices

Colin Humphery Brown interviewed by Michael Boyle

382581 Colin Humphrey Brown was one of almost...

1h 41m 18s

10 contributors

100% have edits

5% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Audrey Fitzgerald

Audrey was born at South Grafton, the daughter...

1h 1m 1s

9 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 14 Side A] Interview with Marie Soward; Charlie Soward; Don Johston.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 29s

3 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Ken East and Charlie Christensen [Tape 1, Side B]

“You need to love the surf, and be a good...

9m 41s

4 contributors

99% have edits

Remember When

Betty Butler 2 - Eulogy, OAM

Elizabeth “Betty” Joan Monkley, was born 1929...

22m 15s

7 contributors

100% have edits

4% awaiting review

Antarctic Expeditions

Michael Ooyendyk interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey

Recorded 20th January 2011 in Sandy Bay,...

22m 54s

6 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with John Dudley, Tape 1, Side A

John recalls details of his childhood in North...

31m 33s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Ralph and Wilma Watkin, and Louise Dean, 28 Jul 1995 [Part 4]

Wilma and Louise are sisters, from a mining...

30m 7s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Noel Melville Haysom, 20 Apr 1990. [Part 1, Side A]

Noel Haysom is a biologist and began his...

30m 33s

7 contributors

100% have edits

Reflections on the Clarence

Frank Ford

Frank comes from early family settlers Ford -...

1h 1m 24s

13 contributors

Shoalhaven Stories

Interview with Brian (Jack) Wallace

Megan Crook interviewing Brian (Jack) Wallace...

31m 3s

0 contributors

Austinmer Stories

Jane Taylor

 Jane worked at Cringila Public School...

44m 9s

3 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Dorothy Mellish

Dorothy Mellish lived in Windsor since 1939....

1h 2m 52s

3 contributors

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Chris Adams

Chris grew up in Lake Heights and worked at...

1h 30m 45s

10 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Kirsty Hunter, 13 Oct 1994. [Part 1, Side B]

Kirsty attended Somerville House from...

30m 22s

3 contributors

100% have edits

7% awaiting review

Bossley Park High School

Interview with John Gassner

This interview consists of one audio...

1h 11m 52s

7 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 8 Part 2] Interview with Jack McCrae

Interview summary: Jack McCrae discusses his...

47m 19s

17 contributors

Pride 2023

Reverend Nicole Fleming [Part 3] interviewed by Patricia Curthoys, 21 October 2022.

Interviewees across the Pride 2023 oral...

6m 24s

1 contributor

97% have edits

Wollongong Stories

Helen Cavenagh

Helen worked at Wollongong City Libraries from...

18m 5s

6 contributors

Email Factory, Orange

Patrick Ryan interviewed by Yolanda Takacs

Patrick Ryan is interviewed by Yolanda Takacs...

47m 7s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Second World War Voices

Maxwell Shean interviewed by Dr Daniel Oakman [Part 2]

Part 2 of an interview with Maxwell Henry...

18m 49s

6 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Letitia Ruby St Julian, Tape 2, Side A

Letitia has only ever lived in two places:...

30m 43s

3 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

Stan Mussared

Stan was born at Tamworth and raised on dairy...

30m 28s

6 contributors

Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Neville Little

Neville recounts his experiences of living in...

29m 6s

6 contributors

Pride 2023

Christine Dean [Part 2] interviewed by Holly Zwalf, 15 November 2022

Christine Dean is an artist, teacher and...

1h 1m 32s

1 contributor

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 1 Side B] Interview with Jenny Del.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

29m 7s

23 contributors

2WG Women's Club

2WG Women's Club: interview with Evelyn Patterson part 1

Evelyn Patterson's involvement with 2WG...

1h 2m 31s

7 contributors

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

John Mallia Part 2 of 2

John Mallia migrated to Australia from Malta...

52m 13s

8 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 6 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Living in Woolloomooloo;...

30m 3s

10 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dorothy Partington, Tape 1, Side A

Dorothy recalls her childhood including school...

31m 35s

12 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Kinchela Boys Home

Vincent Wenberg interviewed by Paulette Whitton, 24 June 2017

Vincent Wenberg (1932-2022) was born on...

1m 31s

1 contributor

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Claude LeRoy, 6 Apr 1995 [Part 2]

Claude LeRoy had mined on and off on the Big...

31m 31s

3 contributors

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with June Eva Doherty, Tape 1, Side A

June details her early life in Waterview...

30m 51s

10 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Ken Hawthorne [Tape 1, Side A]

Ken Hawthorne, born in February of 1920, first...

47m 11s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 37 Part 4] Interview with H.A. Peach

Interview summary: H.A. Peach discusses his...

6m 14s

9 contributors

Second World War Voices

John Wherry interviewed by Aaron Pegram [Part 1]

Part 1of an interview with John James Wherry....

1h 32m 23s

11 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Sydney Klein

Sydney (Sid) Klein was born in 1904 in Parkes...

54m 31s

4 contributors

Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon [Tape 6 Side B] Interview with Nick Matheson-Lines

Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

39m 1s

15 contributors

100% have edits

Shacks of the Royal National Park

John Arney Part 1 of 2

John first built a shack at Bulgo in 1962...

19m 42s

9 contributors

Community Stories

Josie Ludwig

Josie Ludwig was born in the Netherlands in...

21m 9s

3 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 4A Part 2] James Spaile, Greg Morris, Sue Mackie

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

9m 13s

13 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 1

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

41m 20s

10 contributors

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3% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 23] Interview with Alf Shields

Interview summary: Alf Shields speaks of his...

23m 20s

16 contributors

Huskisson Public School

Interview with Skye Platten

Megan Crook interviewing Skye Platten at...

7m 22s

1 contributor

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Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

Snowy Webster

Snowy Webster was born in Melbourne in 1920,...

1h 17m 16s

4 contributors

58% have edits

NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Llynne Salom, 4 June 2018

Llynne Salom (nee Morgan) was the private...

1h 42m 29s

12 contributors

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Florence Thomas [OH 65 Side A]

Part two of an interview with Florence Mary...

31m 41s

5 contributors

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Author Talks

Rebecca Wilson "Kate Kelly" : Author Talks @ Singleton Library

Rebecca Wilson talks about her book Kate Kelly...

33m 27s

4 contributors

75% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Leffy Buhmann, 20 Apr 1995 [Part 1]

Leffy Buhmann talks about life at Shipton’s...

31m 41s

6 contributors

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14% awaiting review

Islamic Faith in NSW

Interview with Diaa Mohamed

Diaa Mohamed speaks of his experiences as one...

46m 13s

12 contributors

100% have edits

Reflections on the Clarence

Amy See Part 2

Amy and her daughter Robyn (Sparks) talks...

1h 22m 21s

1 contributor

Shacks of the Royal National Park

Michelle Gilmour

Michelle talks about her childhood memories of...

27m 47s

6 contributors

24% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Lizzie Olbar and Mabel Salt, 31 May 1995 [Part 1]

Both Mabel and Lizzie were born at Banabila on...

31m 44s

4 contributors

Community Stories

Fred Moore

Born in Cobar in 1922, Fred Moore moved to...

35m 48s

2 contributors

Wollongong Stories

Ed Vormister Part 1 of 3

Ed Vormister was 101 when he gave this...

34m 33s

6 contributors

Local Personalities

Interview with Simon Townsend and Steve Townsend

Xanthi Pythagoras and Elida Meadows interview...

59m 20s

2 contributors

4% have edits

Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Maurice O'Brien Oral History

Maurice O’Brien recounts his experiences of...

7m

4 contributors

63% have edits

NSW Governors' families & staff

Interview with Lady Suzanne Martin, 1 December 2017

Lady Suzanne Martin is the wife of Sir David...

1h 44m 57s

14 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dulcie Smith, Tape 1, Side B

Dulcie discusses her life in North Ryde from...

30m 26s

8 contributors

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2% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 15 Side B] Interview with Peter Pedals.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

27m 23s

15 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Sarah Eckersley

Sarah was born at Woodford Island in...

41m 7s

8 contributors

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Wollongong Stories

Mary Walters

Mary is a daughter of Sid and Madge Hoskins,...

49m 22s

12 contributors

Pride 2023

Liza-Mare Syron [Part 1] interviewed by Tammi Gissell, 6 September 2023.

Liza-Mare Syron (she/her) is a Biripai woman...

1h 6m 8s

1 contributor

100% have edits

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 8 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Continuing travel through...

20m 8s

10 contributors

Royal Brisbane Hospital Graduate Nurses' Association Oral History

Interviews with Isobel Bailey and Ida Bell [Part 3]

Oral histories with Isobel Bailey and Ida Bell...

15m 44s

14 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Linda Zillfleisch, 11 Apr 1993. [Side A]

Mrs Zillfleisch was a boarder at Somerville...

21m 42s

9 contributors

100% have edits

17% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 28 Part 2] Interview with Dave Irvine

Interview summary: Dave Irvine discusses his...

12m 57s

9 contributors

Long and the Short of It

The Long and the Short of It Interview with Janice Cassidy

Janic Cassidy interviewed by Veronica Shaw at...

45m 44s

3 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall

Alan Flanagan

Alan Flanagan, a Unanderra resident, visited...

11m 46s

3 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Bryan Patrick Mullins

Bryan Patrick Mullins was born in Wagga Wagga...

1h 10m 55s

5 contributors

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Women in sport

Hannah Campbell-Pegg interviewed by Tanya Evans, 17 December 2018

Hannah Campbell-Pegg, born in 1982 in Sydney,...

58m 14s

7 contributors

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8% awaiting review

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 2 Part 1] Eager Family

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

4m 42s

8 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 33] Interview with Cliff Anning

Interview summary: Cliff Anning describes his...

30m 3s

16 contributors

Dapto Stories

Pamela Towers Part 3 of 3

Pamela Towers (nee Bain) was born in 1938 in...

8m 36s

8 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Zetta Ford

Zetta comes from a long time Grafton...

1h 14m 34s

1 contributor

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Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 3 Part 1] Kerry Wellsmore, Cecilia Wellsmore, Mildred Wellsmore, Donald Wellsmore, Mark Troha

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

7m 49s

6 contributors

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with the Pellicciari Family [Tape 1, Side A]

“But then whoever was on duty on Christmas...

31m 28s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon [Tape 12 Side A] Interview with Hal Hertberg

Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

47m 47s

14 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Brian Joyce interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 27th August 2011 in Smithton,...

25m 43s

8 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Arthur Campbell talking about the Gerringong & Gerroa area - Part 1

Arthur Campbell talking about the Gerroa area...

24m 38s

11 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Mrs Thea Haly, 16 Jul 1993. [Side B]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

10m 17s

5 contributors

100% have edits

39% awaiting review

Central Coast Voices

Mr Hylton Moore of East Gosford

Mr Hylton Moore speaks with interviewer Andrew...

27m 9s

8 contributors

Life in Ku-ring-gai

Interview with Margaret Donaldson [OH10 Side B]

Part 2 of an interview with Margaret...

26m 30s

7 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 36 Part 2] Interview with Stan London

Interview summary: Stan London discusses his...

37m 33s

27 contributors

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 44 Part 1] Interview with Jack Munro

Interview summary: Jack Munro describes his...

30m 23s

14 contributors

Remember When

Pat Quinn 1 - Born in Temora

Moving to Singleton at the age of 11, and...

52m 16s

7 contributors

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5% awaiting review

Second World War Voices

Reginald Bain interviewed by John Sharpe [Part 1]

Part 1 of an interview with 412879 Reginald...

1h 47m 34s

22 contributors

Migrant Stories 1998

Victor Antonjuk - Migrant Oral History Project, 1998 - Part Two

Recorded 28 January 1998 as part of the...

30m 46s

3 contributors

Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Nobby Hart (26 March 1998) Oral History Part 2

Interview with Nobby Hart, worker at the...

31m 48s

5 contributors

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Central Coast Voices

The Citrus Industry in the Gosford Region

This interview includes Ivy Smith, Orchardist;...

12m 13s

12 contributors

Drought NSW

Willy Redington interivewed by Louise Whelan, 3 May 2021

Willy Redington talks about his experience...

49m 18s

9 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Eddie Firth interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey

Recorded on 27th August 2011 in Lower...

59m 20s

6 contributors

Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Mary Pappin [Part 2]

In this interview Mary talks about growing up...

49m 27s

18 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Joan Brown, Tape 1, Side B

Joan Brown was part of the Goodchild family...

26m 57s

3 contributors

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Antarctic Expeditions

Andrew Klekocuik interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 29th August 2011 in Kingston,...

49m 56s

2 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Harold Alva (Dick) and Emily May (May) Wybrow, Tape 1, Side B

Dick and May discuss their lives as a young...

32m 10s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Bellingen Shire Oral Histories : from the mountains to the sea

Sue O'Donoghue

Sue discusses the Early years of Bellingen...

15m 23s

1 contributor

8% have edits

Hawkesbury Voices

Doreen Mitchell

Doreen Adelaide Mitchell was born in Arncliffe...

1h 7m 32s

9 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Gordon Jabour

Gordon talks about his involvement with the...

36m 24s

2 contributors

Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 12 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Alf Clint and the...

31m 24s

11 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Elizabeth Van Hulssen interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey

Recorded on 15th August 2011 in Caulfield...

3m 24s

3 contributors

Shacks of the Royal National Park

Julie Poulton

Julie Poulton went camping with her parents at...

25m 46s

5 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Norm Tame interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey

Recorded on 15th August 2011 in Oakleigh,...

1h 8m 43s

3 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Jessie Andrews, 5 Feb 1993 and 3 Mar 1993. [Part 1, Side B]

Jessie Andrews became a pupil at Somerville in...

30m 59s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Figtree and Unanderra Stories

Robert Duncan

Robert Duncan has many memories of Lake...

28m 15s

5 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Dorothy Sefton

Dorothy Sefton (nee Gibson) has lived in...

56m 3s

8 contributors

ANU/ACT Oral Histories Project

Jack Waterford interviewed by Dr Judith Winternitz

Collection includes oral history recordings...

2h 21m 41s

3 contributors

49% have edits

Dapto Stories

David John Ritter Part 3 of 6

David John Ritter was born in Crows Nest, NSW...

21m 5s

6 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of Cissy Burr [tape 2]. Interviewed by Norma Garner.

Cissy speaks of married life and the...

23m 24s

7 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Clarry Hartwig, 12 Aug 1995 [Part 3]

Clarry Hartwig came to Bloomfield in 1957 and...

22m 8s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Noel Gallagher, 18 Apr 1990. [Side B]

Noel Gallagher has had vast experience in the...

22m 34s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Reflections on the Clarence

Don Bellamy

Father founded Bellamy Bros, earth movers,...

1h 11m 33s

3 contributors

Second World War Voices

Ronald Prentice interviewed by John White [Part 2]

Part 2 of an interview with Ronald Herbert...

23m 57s

4 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Roy Phillis: Part 3

Roy Phillis talks about working for Cleary...

27m 42s

5 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Felicity Williams, 7 Feb 1995. [Part 1, Side B]

Miss Williams was on the staff at Somerville...

26m 10s

7 contributors

100% have edits

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Nancy Shaw, 24 Feb 1993.[Part 2, Side B]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

19m 2s

6 contributors

100% have edits

21% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 30 Part 2] Interview with Frank Villagrand

Interview summary: Frank Villagrand speaks of...

18m 20s

9 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Herb Deacon

Herb Deacon lived in The Waves, Thirroul, with...

5m 59s

1 contributor

Wollongong Stories

Ken Christophers

Ken was born in 1935 in Coniston and grew up...

21m 58s

8 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Thirroul Poetry Club

The Thirroul Poetry Club meets at Thirroul...

11m

8 contributors

Townsville City Oral Histories

Kathleen Ruth Nugar Oral History (14 August 1995) Part Two

Two part interview with Kathleen Ruth Nugar....

5m 33s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Lifeguard History Project

Interview with Aubrey Laidlaw [Tape 2, Side B]

Aub Laidlaw was one of the most famous...

3m 45s

4 contributors

Garry Wotherspoon

Garry Wotherspoon [Tape 5 Side B] Interview with Erica Mann and 'Shirley'

Interview summary: Garry Wotherspoon...

1h 2m 38s

14 contributors

100% have edits

Aboriginal Community Members' Stories

Sonny (Henry) Simms Part 1

Sonny is a Bidjigal man who was born in La...

1h 15m 45s

11 contributors

Pride 2023

Margy Burn [Part 1] interviewed by Bruce Carter, 2 November 2022

Margy Burn (she/her) discusses her working...

2h 44m 40s

5 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Pride 2023

Barry Charles [Part 2] interviewed by Scott McKinnon, 22 July 2022.

Barry Charles (he/him) aka Troughman, was born...

2h 6m 29s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Email Factory, Orange

Leon Kiho interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards - Part 2

Leon Kiho is interviewed by Elisabeth Edwards...

30m 14s

4 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Harry Shipton, 4 Jul 1995 [Part 5]

Harry was born in Shipton’s Flat. His father...

12m 42s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bill Smith, 19 Apr 1995 [Part 1]

Bill Smith bought several blocks of land in...

31m 38s

11 contributors

100% have edits

Warrawong, Port Kembla & Cringila stories

John Garcia

John was born in a Spanish refugee camp in...

22m 51s

11 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with John Sproul, Tape 1, Side B

John recounts his memories of growing up and...

31m 28s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Alf and Jean Madsen (24 April 1996) Oral History Part 1

Two part interview with Alf and Jean Madsen....

31m 32s

7 contributors

100% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall

Jan Waples

Jan Waples, from a long-standing Wollongong...

30m 28s

3 contributors

Australian Dance

Graeme Murphy interviewed by Martin Portus

Interview summary: Graeme Murphy discusses the...

2h 2m 3s

50 contributors

100% have edits

5% awaiting review

Reflections on the Clarence

William Marr

William served in World War 2 with occupation...

40m 8s

3 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 8 Part 3] Interview with Jack McCrae

Jack McCrae discusses his work as concrete...

40m 43s

14 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 2 Side B] Interview with Graeme Dunstan.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 29s

19 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Betty Carlton

Betty was born and raised in Grafton, the...

48m 52s

4 contributors

Hawkesbury Voices

Brian Dunston [part 2]

Brian Dunston was born in 1938 in Richmond,...

22m 3s

3 contributors

Ku-ring-gai During War

Interview with Joan Spencer [KDW Tape 3/7 Side A]

Joan Spencer was interviewed by Faye...

29m 54s

10 contributors

99% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Ruby Friday, 9 Jun 1995 [Part 4]

Ruby Friday was born in Rossville and because...

17m 3s

3 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 30 Side B] Interview with Katrina Shields; Alan Andreasen.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

32m 2s

5 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Mary Thompson Part 2

After leaving school Mary lived in South...

43m 49s

2 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Annette Hoskins

Annette Hoskins talks about her mother...

1m 7s

7 contributors

Oral History Project

Keith Douglas, 10 McKern Street, Wentworthville. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Keith gives an outline of his family story...

22m 59s

4 contributors

Antarctic Expeditions

Richard McNair interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey and Michael Ooyendyk [Part 1]

Recorded on 14th May 2011 in Vermont,...

56m 46s

4 contributors

Mapoon Oral Histories

Jack Callope (8 June 1992) Part 4

In this four part interview, Jack Callope, a...

31m 8s

5 contributors

100% have edits

Hawkesbury Voices

June Locock

June Ellen Locock was born at Craignish...

55m 19s

11 contributors

Oral History Project

Memories of Marcia Montgomery. Interviewed by Sister Gabriel Forster.

Miss Montgomery speaks of the family...

37m 21s

4 contributors

99% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 24 Side A] Interview with Benny Zable.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 28s

9 contributors

Queensland Windmills Oral History

Bill Jones (2012) Oral History Part 2

Bill Jones was born in Gympie in the 1920s....

16m 2s

2 contributors

100% have edits

Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Lance Arthur Hayward, 29 Apr 1990. [Part 1, Side A]

Lance Hayward obtained his professional...

30m 33s

6 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Silvia Geraghty, 30 Mar 1995 [Part 1]

Brought up in a mining family, Silvia...

31m 31s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Antarctic Expeditions

Dick Thompson interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 3]

Recorded on 18th August 2011 in Sydney, NSW. ...

29m 20s

5 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 22 Side B] Interview with David Spain; Kali McLaughlin.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 23s

13 contributors

Men's Shed stories

Bill Wilson - Port Kembla

Bill Wilson is a long-time member of the Port...

14m 59s

15 contributors

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Bill Smith, 19 Apr 1995 [Part 3]

Bill Smith bought several blocks of land in...

19m 47s

7 contributors

100% have edits

15% awaiting review

Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Mario Cristaudo (27 March 1998) Oral History Part 2

Interview with Mario Cristaudo, sugar cane...

19m 20s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Roy Haack, 23 Mar 1995 [Part 3]

Roy Haack first came to the area in 1940,...

25m 19s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 35 Side A] Interview with Colin James.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

42m 55s

13 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall

John Street

John Street shares information about his life...

39m 35s

2 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Fred Wheeler: The Great Depression, WW2 in the Gosford district

Fred M. Wheeler was born in Gosford in 1905....

31m 35s

8 contributors

94% have edits

4% awaiting review

Women in Local Government

Interview with Angela Burrill

“My motivation has always been to make...

25m 18s

4 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Leonard (Len) Small, Tape 1, Side B

Len's ancestors (John Small and Mary Parker)...

30m 58s

7 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Ocean Pools of the Illawarra

Greg Tuchin

Greg Tuchin has been a member of the Woonona...

37m 36s

7 contributors

Oral History Project

Jack Crossman Oral History [Part 1]. Introduced by Sister Gabriel Forster and interviewed by Nance Roche and children from the St Margaret Mary's School, Merrylands.

This first part of the interview includes an...

31m 36s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Pride 2023

Virginia Keft [Part 1] interviewed by Tammi Gissell, 28 August 2023

Virginia is a Murriwarri Woman and an artist,...

49m 51s

2 contributors

99% have edits

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Sam and Alex Burgman and Rhyce Doneley

Sam (16yrs) and Alex (14 yrs) Burgman; and,...

42m 32s

13 contributors

56% have edits

1% awaiting review

Mapoon Oral Histories

Stanley Budby Interview (30 April 2014)

Interview with Stanley Budby, a Mapoon elder....

24m 59s

3 contributors

100% have edits

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Joan Brown, Tape 1, Side A

Joan Brown was part of the Goodchild family...

30m 43s

6 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Moorebank Women's Project

Phyllis Copson (née Carr)

Phyllis Copson (née Carr), born 1916,...

23m 19s

2 contributors

11% have edits

Helensburgh, Otford & Stanwell Tops Stories

Jan Horrell

Jan Horrell grew up on a property called...

36m 47s

1 contributor

Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Carmel Posselt

Carmel Posselt, was born in North Wagga and...

42m 45s

9 contributors

Dapto Stories

David John Ritter Part 4 of 6

David John Ritter was born in Crows Nest, NSW...

25m 30s

7 contributors

Reflections on the Clarence

Violet McLachlan Part 1

Violet speaks about her childhood in Grafton...

1h 1m 47s

8 contributors

100% have edits

Kogarah Stories 1995

Jack Allen - Kogarah Oral History Program, 1995

Interview conducted by Reference Librarian,...

30m 11s

2 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 12 Side A] Interview with Linnet Pyke; Simon Cass.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 30s

18 contributors

Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 7 Part 2] Ken Green

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

8m 23s

8 contributors

Georges River Recollections

Fred Burton - Way Back When

Recorded 6 March 2007.

10m 21s

2 contributors

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Pamela Davenport, 24 Jun 1993. [Part 2, Side B]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

30m 47s

9 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Mary Mackillop Catholic College

Interview with Helen Drake - Part 1

This interview consists of two audio...

42m 9s

8 contributors

100% have edits

2% awaiting review

Former Mayors of Strathfield Council

Eve Dutton, Mayor of Strathfield, Interview 1

Eve Dutton served as Mayor of Strathfield from...

1h 12s

3 contributors

100% have edits

Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Ernie Maguire (4 April 1998) Oral History Part 2

Interview with Ernie Maguire, a mill worker,...

18m 28s

1 contributor

100% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall

Helga Christie-Burnett

Helga Christie-Burnett, a Wollongong Pianist,...

1h 20m 21s

2 contributors

Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Robert Parsons

Robert trained and worked as a typewriter...

17m 35s

10 contributors

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with 'Dinky' and Agnes Marks

'Dinky' and Agnes Marks are from Terragong,...

40m 56s

6 contributors

49% have edits

3% awaiting review

Antarctic Expeditions

Bill Budd interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 2]

Recorded on 20th August 2011 in Sandy Bay,...

24m 55s

1 contributor

Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Viv Edwards: Part 1

Vic Edwards talks with Carman Netherclift...

31m 14s

4 contributors

20th Century Ryde

Interview with Father Hugh Edward Murray, Tape 2, Side A

In this interview Father Murray discusses his...

16m 51s

7 contributors

100% have edits

1% awaiting review

Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Hillary Bloyce (BEM) (nee Offner), 28 Feb 1995. [Part 1, Side B]

Hillary attended Somerville House from...

29m 23s

4 contributors

100% have edits

Austinmer Stories

Mollie Armstrong

Mollie Armstrong was born in Austinmer in 1920...

48m 22s

2 contributors

Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Maureen Reyland

This interview relates Maureen’s experience of...

47m 19s

24 contributors

Moorebank Women's Project

Dorothy MacAndrew (née Buckingham)

Dorothy MacAndrew (née Buckingham), born 1894,...

26m 20s

6 contributors

86% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 3 Side A] Interview with Graeme Dunstan.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 42s

11 contributors

Mary Mackillop Catholic College

Interview with Pina Gagliano - Part 1

This interview consists of two audio...

36m 19s

12 contributors

100% have edits

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 27 Side B] Interview with John Garbett; Peter Verasdonck.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

28m 23s

11 contributors

Charters Towers Archives Oral Histories

Lee Conn (23 September 1996) Oral History Part 2

Two part interview with Lee Conn. In the first...

24m 48s

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Women in Local Government

Waverley women speak: introduction to the Women in Local Government oral history project

Ingrid Grace, Waverley Library's Local History...

13m 58s

3 contributors

Townsville City Oral Histories

Kathleen Ruth Nugar Oral History (14 August 1995) Part One

Two part interview with Kathleen Ruth Nugar....

31m 35s

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Georges River Recollections

George Pope - Lugarno Recollections - Part One

Interview conducted by Graham Blewett on 26...

45m

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Migrant Stories 1998

Victor Antonjuk - Migrant Oral History Project, 1998 - Part One

Recorded 28 January 1998 as part of the...

30m 49s

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Central Coast Voices

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 4 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

47m 47s

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Email Factory, Orange

Joseph Cudars interviewed by Marilyn Bull

Joseph Cudars is interviewed by Marilyn Bull...

38m 46s

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Women in sport

Kate Gill interviewed by Tanya Evans, 29 November 2019

Kathryn Anne (Kate) Gill, born 1984 in New...

36m 48s

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Wollongong Town Hall

Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Garaghty

Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Geraghty are both...

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Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 20 Side A] Interview with Gloria Constine; Gretta Seed.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 41s

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Wollongong Stories

Sylvia Leighton

Sylvia grew up at Tarrawanna and worked as a...

52m 36s

9 contributors

Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 32 Side A] Interview with Pauline McCabe.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 54s

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Antarctic Expeditions

Jack Ward interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [2nd Interview Part 2]

Recorded on 11th January 2011 in North...

2m 9s

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Second World War Voices

Giacomo Rizello interviewed by Terry Colhoun

Giacomo “John” Rizello was a prisoner of war,...

49m 54s

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Moorebank Women's Project

Edna Hind (née Copson) Part 2

Edna Hind (née Copson), born 1903, interviewed...

23m 57s

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Bridge Builders

Bridge Builders [Tape 26 Part 2] Interview with Reg Saunders

Interview summary: Reg Saunders discusses his...

29m 58s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Ralph and Wilma Watkin, and Louise Dean, 28 Jul 1995 [Part 2]

Wilma and Louise are sisters, from a mining...

31m 41s

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Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 29 Side A] Interview with Graeme Askey; Judy Arpana; Paul Burr.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 50s

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Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Tom Wilson (12 March 1998) Oral History

Interview with Tom Wilson, a carpenter at...

21m 58s

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Central Coast Voices

Geoffrey Tom Maidment, British Merchant Seaman WW2 Interviewed at Saratoga, NSW 1995 Part 1

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

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Snowy Mountain Bushfires

Snowy Mountain bushfires [Item 6 Part 2] Maurice Fletcher, Robin Fletcher

Oral history interviews with residents, fire...

9m 38s

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Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Bob McFarland Part 1

Bob McFarland has lived his entire life in...

17m 56s

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Central Coast Voices

Vern Clifton: working the bullocks

Vern Clifton came from a family of 9 children....

11m 12s

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Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 27 Side A] Interview with John Garbett; Peter Verasdonck.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 36s

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Kenneth Dando, Tape 2, Side A

Kenneth recalls his life in the Ryde area,...

30m 44s

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Faith Bandler

Faith Bandler [Tape 10 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig

Interview summary: Referendum petition launch...

31m 35s

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Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Leslie James Ives, 7 May 1990. [Side A]

30m 36s

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Dapto Stories

Nancy June Hollis

Nancy June Hollis (nee Fitzgerald) was born...

11m 44s

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Antarctic Expeditions

John Windolf interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 18th December 2011 in Coolum,...

55m 19s

12 contributors

Sweet Talking Oral Histories

Maria McGee (5 November 1997) Oral History Part 2

Interview with Maria McGee, emigrated to...

29m 52s

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Townsville City Oral Histories

John and Gladys Plant Oral History (7 June 1995) Part One

Two part interview with John and Gladys Plant....

31m 37s

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Irene Starkey, Tape 1, Side A

Irene moved to Ryde after her marriage and she...

31m 28s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Peg Ryan and Suzi Krawczyk - Performers, Illawarra Folk Festival 2020

The annual Illawarra Folk Festival consists of...

8m 59s

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Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 4]

In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...

7m 56s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Hank and Ruth Hershberger, 19 May 1995 [Part 1]

Hank and Ruth Hershberger moved to Bloomfield...

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Coral Sea '92 Commemoration Oral History

Interview with Arvo Jutila, May 1992

Interview with Mr Arvo Jutila from Minnesota,...

22m 19s

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Hawkesbury Voices

Fay Worrell

Fay Worrell nee Pye, was born in 1930 at...

57m 56s

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Betty Gill (nee Blair), 19 May 1993. [Part 2]

Betty Blair attended Somerville from 1932-1936...

22m 18s

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Life in Penrith

Interview with Aunty Pearl Wymarra

Aunty Pearl Wymarra, Gudang Elder from Cape...

39m 29s

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Australian Fishing Industry Oral History

Interview with Noel Melville Haysom, 20 Apr 1990. [Part 3]

Noel Haysom is a biologist and began his...

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Dapto Stories

Joan Polonis

Joan Polonis (Nee Drew) was born in Cairns,...

11m 10s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Royce Lee, 30 Mar 1995 [Part 1]

A cattleman at heart, Royce Lee came down to...

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Lewis and Charlie Roberts, 11 May 1995 [Part 4]

Lewis is the third generation of the Roberts’...

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Women in Local Government

Interview with Prue Cancian

“Being active in your community is the way to...

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Mungo Man

Mungo Man: Interview with Michael Young [Part 3]

Over two interviews Michael speaks about his...

38m 4s

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Somerville House Centenary Oral History

Interview with Judith Mobbs and Mrs Lyle Suggars (nee Jeffrey), 25 May 1993. [Side B]

One in a series of interviews recorded to mark...

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Wagga Wagga floods 2012

Wagga Wagga floods 2012 : interview with Bryan Short Part 2

Bryan Short discusses the evacuation plans for...

6m 6s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Maisy Day

Maisy Day (nee Dwyer) lived with her family in...

5m 28s

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Bloomfield River Oral History

Interview with Royce Lee, 30 Mar 1995 [Part 5]

A cattleman at heart, Royce Lee came down to...

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Rainbow Archives

Under the Rainbow [Tape 33 Side B] Interview with Pauline McCabe.

Collected by the Richmond-Tweed Oral History...

31m 51s

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Bulli, Corrimal and Thirroul Stories

Gunter Grafenauer

Gunter was born in Austria and migrated to...

20m 20s

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20th Century Ryde

Interview with Dulcie Smith, Tape 2, Side A

Dulcie discusses her life in North Ryde from...

6m 8s

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Antarctic Expeditions

Adrian Dean interviewed by Ingrid McGaughey [Part 1]

Recorded on 27th July 2011 in Margate,...

59m 45s

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Kiama Stories: oral histories

Interview with Cecil Boniface

32m 20s

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