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Amplify delivers audio material from a number of cultural institutions including libraries and museums across Australia. These oral histories, many of which have been preserved digitally from their original format, are being delivered online for the first time, paired with machine-generated transcripts. Here you can explore hours of fascinating interviews that capture Australian life, people and history. You can also help enrich these important cultural documents by correcting any errors in the transcripts you may find as you listen along.
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Camden Voices
Betty Yewen's Oral History
Betty grew up in Camden and has fond memories...
56m 19s
3 contributors
34% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Robert Danvers Power [part 1]
Robert Danvers Power, known as 'Bob' was born...
1h 1m 30s
9 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Dunston [part 1]
Brian Dunston was born in 1938 in Richmond,...
59m 23s
3 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Dorothy MacAndrew (née Buckingham)
Dorothy MacAndrew (née Buckingham), born 1894,...
26m 20s
6 contributors
86% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Agnes Furzer
Agnes Furzer nee Cross was born in 1888,...
51m 13s
5 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Fay Worrell
Fay Worrell nee Pye, was born in 1930 at...
57m 56s
10 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Sydney Sheldon
Sydney Sheldon moved to the Hawkesbury area...
56m 23s
9 contributors
100% have edits
Camden Voices
Michael Wheeler's Oral History
Michael Wheeler recounts an idyllic childhood...
59m 46s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Sydney Klein
Sydney (Sid) Klein was born in 1904 in Parkes...
54m 31s
4 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
Life in Penrith
Interview with Bruce Turner
Interview with Bruce Turner
40m 30s
3 contributors
99% have edits
Camden Voices
Alba Marasco's stories of Camden.
Alba Marasco migrated to Australia in 1951...
1h 4m 46s
0 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Caroline Alice Jasper Hogarth
Caroline Alice Jasper Hogarth nee Cobcroft was...
1h 3m 11s
6 contributors
99% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Doreen Mitchell
Doreen Adelaide Mitchell was born in Arncliffe...
1h 7m 32s
9 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Ronald Rozzoli
Ronald Rozzoli was born in Chatswood in 1936,...
1h 3m 17s
12 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Charles Kemp
Charles Hedley Kemp was born in 1899, his...
46m 58s
10 contributors
Camden Voices
Harry and Frances Warner and Camden Park House
Harry and Frances Warner worked on Camden Park...
1h 46m 18s
1 contributor
16% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Jacqueline Menzies
Jacqueline Menzies nee Coole was born in 1946...
52m 43s
7 contributors
100% have edits
Life in Penrith
Interview with Aunty Pearl Wymarra
Aunty Pearl Wymarra, Gudang Elder from Cape...
39m 29s
2 contributors
96% have edits
ACT Stories
A E Bruce interviewed by his grandson J W Bruce
This oral history recording is from the AE...
8m 51s
4 contributors
100% have edits
ACT Stories
Ralph Panucci interviewed by Rose Costelloe - Part 1 of 3
In 2003, an ACT Heritage Grant was awarded for...
57m 3s
5 contributors
98% have edits
3% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Phipps [part 2]
Dorothy Phipps was born in 1935 in Richmond,...
22m 34s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Dunston [part 2]
Brian Dunston was born in 1938 in Richmond,...
22m 3s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Eric Mitchell
Eric Henry Mitchell was born in Sydney in...
29m 35s
8 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Connie Beadle (née Merchant) Part 2
Connie Beadle (née Merchant), born 1923,...
31m 36s
2 contributors
1% have edits
Kinchela Boys Home
Vincent Wenberg interviewed by Paulette Whitton, 24 June 2017
Vincent Wenberg (1932-2022) was born on...
1m 31s
1 contributor
PCL_Oral_Histories
Jack_Flitcroft
Lorna Parr interviewed Jack Flitcroft on 15th...
34m 12s
2 contributors
99% have edits
Kinchela Boys Home
Paul Whitton interviewed by Paulette Whitton, 30 June 2017.
Paul Whitton (1941-2023) was born at Moree and...
1m 39s
1 contributor
ACT Stories
Beulah Rose McAppion interviewed by Ann-Mari Jordens, 20 February 2011.
This oral history recording is an interview...
44m 25s
8 contributors
100% have edits
5% awaiting review
Moorebank Women's Project
Clarice Morgan (née Dale)
Clarice Morgan (née Dale), born 1906,...
31m 39s
3 contributors
8% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Janice Earle
Janice Earle was born in Richmond in 1940,...
57m 42s
3 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Edna Hind (née Copson) Part 1
Edna Hind (née Copson), born 1903, interviewed...
30m 32s
2 contributors
17% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Yvette Kemp
Yvette Kemp nee McGroder was born in 1932 in...
1h 7m 45s
6 contributors
Kinchela Boys Home
Robert 'Bobby' Young interview by Paulette Whitton, 1 July 2017.
Robert ‘Bobby’ Young was born in New South...
2m 16s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Ernest Jones
Brian Ernest Jones was born in Windsor in...
1h 4m 19s
11 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Enid Colquhoun
Enid Colquhoun was born in Sydney in 1927, the...
50m 45s
1 contributor
Moorebank Women's Project
Connie Beadle ( née Merchant) Part 1
Connie Beadle (née Merchant) interviewed by...
31m 35s
1 contributor
1% have edits
Camden Voices
Mick Starr's Oral History
Mick Starr grew up at Camden Park and also...
54m 29s
2 contributors
48% have edits
Shoalhaven Stories
Interview with John Blackmore
Megan Crook interviewing John Blackmore at the...
1h 31m 16s
1 contributor
21% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Phipps [part 1]
Dorothy Phipps was born in 1935 in Richmond,...
1h 40s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Donald Woodhill
Donald Woodhill was born in 1919, spending his...
1h 44s
5 contributors
PCL_Oral_Histories
Ruth_Rees
Interview conducted by Shirley Hayes with Ruth...
1h 20m 55s
1 contributor
99% have edits
ACT Stories
Ralph Panucci interviewed by Rose Costelloe - Part 3 of 3
In 2003, an ACT Heritage Grant was awarded for...
15m 39s
4 contributors
99% have edits
Shoalhaven Stories
Interview with Alan Smith
Megan Crook interviewing Alan Smith at the...
1h 32m 40s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Robert Danvers Power [part 2]
Robert Danvers Power, known as 'Bob' was born...
20m 50s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
James Doyle
James Doyle, also known as Jim, was a...
49m 16s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Bryan Patrick Mullins
Bryan Patrick Mullins was born in Wagga Wagga...
1h 10m 55s
5 contributors
100% have edits
Moorebank Women's Project
Constance Jewell (née Isaac)
Constance Jewel (née Isaac) (1897 -...
22m 11s
3 contributors
13% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Charles Argent
Charles Argent was born in 1911. His...
24m 30s
12 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Lloyd Smith
Lloyd Neville Smith was born in the Hawkesbury...
58m 21s
10 contributors
PCL_Oral_Histories
Interview with Ann Lee
Interview with Ann Lee, conducted by Tess...
1h 34m 57s
0 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Mellish
Dorothy Mellish lived in Windsor since 1939....
1h 2m 52s
3 contributors
Shoalhaven Stories
Interview with Brian (Jack) Wallace
Megan Crook interviewing Brian (Jack) Wallace...
31m 3s
0 contributors
Life in Penrith
Interview with Sheila Moorcroft of Emu Plains, NSW
Interview with Sheila Moorcroft, long time...
38m 51s
3 contributors
100% have edits
ACT Stories
Ralph Panucci interviewed by Rose Costelloe - Part 2 of 3
In 2003, an ACT Heritage Grant was awarded for...
18m 17s
1 contributor
92% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Doug Bowd
Douglas Gordon Bowd, a fifth generation member...
37m 58s
16 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Jack Daley
Jack Grantley Daley was born in Wilberforce in...
36m 55s
11 contributors
Kinchela Boys Home
Roger Jarrett interview by Paulette Whitton, 22 July 2017.
Roger Jarrett was born in New South Wales in...
3m 4s
1 contributor
ACT Stories
Mervyn Jones Oral History Recording
Mervyn Jones was the General Manager of...
14m 9s
6 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Joy Shepherd
Joy Lorraine Shepherd nee Taylor was born in...
46m 24s
18 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Geoffrey Michael
Geoffrey Gordon Michael, AO, OBE, was born in...
39m 10s
7 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Daisy Rae (née Carr) Part 2
Daisy Rae (née Carr), born 1910, interviewed...
29m 48s
2 contributors
16% have edits
Forner_Family
Interview between Clemente Forner and his nephew Albino Forner, circa 1983
This is the third and only known surviving...
47m 25s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Shoalhaven Stories
Interview with James (Jim) Baker
Lorien Harris interviewing her...
1h 24s
1 contributor
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Mary Elizabeth 'Bessie' Clemson
Mary Elizabeth Clemson nee Rogers was known as...
48m 11s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Pulsford
Maurice Brian Pulsford, known as Brian, was...
30m 54s
10 contributors
Camden Voices
John Wrigley and The Camden Museum
John Wrigley is the former President of the...
1h 12m 57s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Ted Radford
Ted Radford was born in Richmond in 1942, son...
50m 28s
8 contributors
100% have edits
4% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Ellie Roberts
Dorothy Ellie Roberts, known as Ellie, was...
39m 2s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
June Locock
June Ellen Locock was born at Craignish...
55m 19s
11 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Victoria Silk
Victoria Silk was born in Euchuca then moved...
27m 13s
6 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Athol Alexander Smith
Athol Alexander Smith, known as...
47m 41s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Joan Mullins
Agnes Joan Mullins, known as Joan, was born in...
1h 4m 52s
5 contributors
Kinchela Boys Home
Colin Davis interviewed by Paulette Whitton, 23 June 2017.
Colin Davis was born near Cowra, New South...
1m 9s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Thomas Dunlea
Thomas John Dunlea was born in 1916 in Dubbo,...
52m 36s
7 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Daisy Rae (née Carr) Part 1
Daisy Rae (née Carr) born 1910, interviewed by...
15m 7s
4 contributors
24% have edits
Camden Voices
Joan Higgin's Oral History
Joan Higgins was born in Camden and her...
38m 31s
1 contributor
16% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Harold Rawson
Harold Rawson was born in Dorchester in 1908...
1h 2m 23s
5 contributors
Moorebank Women's Project
Edna Hind (née Copson) Part 2
Edna Hind (née Copson), born 1903, interviewed...
23m 57s
1 contributor
15% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown was born in Parramatta. His family...
1h 1m 20s
5 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Moorebank Women's Project
Phyllis Copson (née Carr)
Phyllis Copson (née Carr), born 1916,...
23m 19s
2 contributors
11% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Geoffrey Moses
Geoffrey Moses was born in 1922 and lived and...
50m 10s
13 contributors