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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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Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 1]
In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...
6m 18s
5 contributors
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Suzanne Freund
Anne Lee interviewing Suzanne Freund at...
6m 31s
3 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Warren Clark
Warren has worked for many years to bring Mungo...
46m 52s
26 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Fred Thompson (7 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Fred Thompson, retired union...
31m 37s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 9 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Begins relationship with...
24m 41s
15 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Stephen Webb
In the interview Stephen says that he aims to...
51m 6s
33 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 8 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Visiting schools and...
30m 40s
13 contributors
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Amelia Seery and Khloe Houghton
Megan Crook interviewing Amelia Seery and...
4m 48s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Ernie Maguire (4 April 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Ernie Maguire, a mill worker,...
31m 55s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Mary Pappin [Part 3]
In this interview Mary talks about growing up...
18m 50s
11 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with James Bowler
This interview gives a firsthand account of the...
1h 11m 35s
33 contributors
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Jade Bonham
Megan Crook interviewing Jade Bonham at...
13m 11s
3 contributors
99% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Denise Fritz (17 November 1998) Oral History
Interview with Denise Fritz, who lived and...
26m 7s
3 contributors
24% have edits
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Maddison Houghton and Jett Lynch
Megan Crook interviewing Maddison Houghton and...
3m 20s
2 contributors
96% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Maria McGee (5 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Maria McGee, emigrated to...
29m 52s
1 contributor
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Nobby Hart (26 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Nobby Hart, worker at the...
31m 48s
5 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Tom Wilson (12 March 1998) Oral History
Interview with Tom Wilson, a carpenter at...
21m 58s
7 contributors
100% have edits
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
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Denis Foster (24 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Denis Foster retired staff...
28m 5s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 5]
In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...
10m 42s
3 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Violet Groundwater (16 March 1998) Oral History
Interview with Violet Groundwater, widowed at...
27m 1s
3 contributors
100% have edits
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
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Lawrence and Yvonne Mizzi (26 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Lawrence Mizzi, cane farmer,...
31m 51s
5 contributors
100% have edits
Townsville City Oral Histories
Tina Ross and Nina Benn Oral History (10 July 1995)
Interview with Tina Ross and Nina Benn. Tina...
27m 5s
2 contributors
31% have edits
Townsville City Oral Histories
Bill Adams Oral History (2007)
Interview with Bill Adams. Bill talks about...
9m 10s
4 contributors
98% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Mario Cristaudo (27 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Mario Cristaudo, sugar cane...
31m 37s
1 contributor
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Nobby Hart (26 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Nobby Hart, worker at the...
30m 43s
7 contributors
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Michael Young [Part 2]
Over two interviews Michael speaks about his...
2m 33s
2 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 13 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Australasian Book Society...
31m 37s
15 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Pat Duritz (16 March 1998) Oral History
Interview with Pat Duritz, manager at the...
26m 59s
6 contributors
100% have edits
Kinchela Boys Home
Colin Davis interviewed by Paulette Whitton, 23 June 2017.
Colin Davis was born near Cowra, New South...
1m 9s
1 contributor
Camden Voices
Joan Higgin's Oral History
Joan Higgins was born in Camden and her...
38m 31s
1 contributor
16% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 13 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Travel by boat to Ambym...
16m 15s
5 contributors
Camden Voices
John Wrigley and The Camden Museum
John Wrigley is the former President of the...
1h 12m 57s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 6 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Travel to the 1951 Youth...
31m 35s
30 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Michael Young [Part 3]
Over two interviews Michael speaks about his...
38m 4s
9 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
Townsville City Oral Histories
Chrissie and Pat Prior Oral History (10 July 1995)
Interview with Chrissie and Pat Prior....
14m 6s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Lauren Ball
Anne Lee interviewing Lauren Ball at Huskisson...
5m 3s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 15 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Dismissal of Whitlam in...
27m 20s
6 contributors
Camden Voices
Michael Wheeler's Oral History
Michael Wheeler recounts an idyllic childhood...
59m 46s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Jacob Morris
Megan Crook interviewing Jacob Morris at...
16m 9s
2 contributors
66% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Joyce Shuttlewood (12 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Joyce Shuttlewood who lived on...
31m 27s
7 contributors
100% have edits
Camden Voices
Alba Marasco's stories of Camden.
Alba Marasco migrated to Australia in 1951...
1h 4m 46s
0 contributors
Townsville City Oral Histories
Mabel 'Mabs' Duncan Oral History (27 April 2007; 4 May 2007) Part Two
Interview with Mabel 'Mabs' Duncan. Mabs talks...
16m 58s
2 contributors
98% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 11 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Aboriginal-Australian...
30m 58s
4 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 12 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Alf Clint and the...
31m 24s
11 contributors
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
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 2 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Funeral of Faith's father -...
30m 18s
18 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Sam Bezzina (3 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Sam Bezzina, a cane farmer who...
18m 47s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Patricia Johnson [Part 1]
In this interview Patricia talks about the...
51m 18s
20 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
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 9 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Recent visit with Hans...
30m 33s
11 contributors
Townsville City Oral Histories
Russell Butler Oral History (13 July 1993) Part One
Two part interview with Russell Butler. In the...
31m 28s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Ray Muller (2 November 1997) Oral History
Interview with Ray Muller, an early pioneer of...
24m 49s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Lawrence and Yvonne Mizzi (26 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Lawrence Mizzi, cane farmer,...
31m 40s
1 contributor
20% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Doug Jacklin (7 November 1997) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Doug Jacklin a cane farmer and...
28m 23s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Kevin Cutler (14 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Kevin Cutler, engineer at...
17m 57s
2 contributors
13% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Patricia Johnson [Part 3]
In this interview Patricia talks about the...
19m 42s
11 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Maureen Reyland
This interview relates Maureen’s experience of...
47m 19s
24 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 7 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Meeting Dmitri Shostakovich...
20m 37s
10 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 14 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Documentary with Bill Peach...
29m 51s
22 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Doug Jacklin (7 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Doug Jacklin a cane farmer and...
29m 29s
1 contributor
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 4 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Effects of the Depression...
6m 40s
6 contributors
Townsville City Oral Histories
Russell Butler Oral History (13 July 1993) Part Two
Two part interview with Russell Butler. In the...
31m 25s
1 contributor
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 2]
In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...
38m 7s
7 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
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 3]
In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...
9m 46s
3 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Beryl Kennedy [Part 1]
In this interview Beryl speaks about the Mungo...
46m 2s
24 contributors
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Gabe Hart
Anne Lee interviewing Gabe Hart at Huskisson...
9m 12s
2 contributors
98% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Margaret Flanders (8 March 1998) Oral History
Margaret Flanders, wife of a cane farmer,...
26m 14s
4 contributors
9% 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
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
John Camilleri (11 November 1997) Oral History Part 1
Interview with John Camilleri, cane inspector...
27m 39s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Skye Platten
Megan Crook interviewing Skye Platten at...
7m 22s
1 contributor
97% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Mary Pappin [Part 2]
In this interview Mary talks about growing up...
49m 27s
18 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 14 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Death of Faith's sister...
18m 14s
7 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [1st interview]
This interview was done at the time of the...
29m 4s
9 contributors
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
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 4 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Depression era, 1930s;...
31m 38s
18 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 3 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: WWII begins; experiences...
31m 36s
17 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 7 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Post-War Austria and...
26m 33s
6 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Joyce Shuttlewood (12 November 1997) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Joyce Shuttlewood who lived on...
29m 20s
4 contributors
100% 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
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Mary Pappin [Part 1]
In this interview Mary talks about growing up...
1m 46s
4 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 8 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Continuing travel through...
20m 8s
10 contributors
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Nicole George
Anne Lee interviewing Nicole George at...
2m 2s
1 contributor
93% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Jack Takagaki (21 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Jack Takagaki, son of a...
29m 17s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Joe Toft (16 March 1998) Oral History
Interview with Joe Toft, inventor and...
28m 31s
3 contributors
100% have edits
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
Camden Voices
Mick Starr's Oral History
Mick Starr grew up at Camden Park and also...
54m 29s
0 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 11 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Protests; Ken Brindle;...
10m 55s
3 contributors
Townsville City Oral Histories
George Nankivell Oral History (24 June 2008)
Interview with George Nankivell. George talks...
32m 15s
8 contributors
100% have edits
Huskisson Public School
Interview with Darren Vidler
Anne Lee interviewing Darren Vidler at...
7m 59s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 10 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Referendum petition launch...
31m 35s
8 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Kevin Cutler (14 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Kevin Cutler, engineer at...
31m 21s
2 contributors
43% have edits
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Fred Thompson (7 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with Fred Thompson, retired union...
8m 35s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 1 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Childhood in Tumbulgum,...
31m 38s
6 contributors
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
Camden Voices
Betty Yewen's Oral History
Betty grew up in Camden and has fond memories...
56m 19s
2 contributors
34% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Dawn Smith [2nd interview Part 4]
In this interview Dawn adds to her previous...
7m 56s
4 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Patricia Johnson [Part 2]
In this interview Patricia talks about the...
1m 9s
4 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Denis Foster (24 March 1998) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Denis Foster retired staff...
29m 38s
3 contributors
100% have edits
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
64% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Patricia Johnson [Part 4]
In this interview Patricia talks about the...
5m 48s
2 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 2 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Faith's childhood and...
31m 36s
14 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Sam Bezzina (3 November 1997) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Sam Bezzina, a cane farmer who...
27m 11s
3 contributors
37% have edits
Townsville City Oral Histories
Mabel 'Mabs' Duncan Oral History (27 April 2007; 4 May 2007) Part One
Interview with Mabel 'Mabs' Duncan. Mabs talks...
36m 4s
3 contributors
99% have edits
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
1 contributor
10% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 1 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Faith's memories of her...
30m 59s
14 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 6 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Living in Woolloomooloo;...
30m 3s
10 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Elizabeth Stevenson (8 April 1998) Oral History
Interview with Elizabeth Stevenson, female...
30m 54s
2 contributors
80% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 12 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: 1950s; Friendship with John...
11m 48s
8 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 10 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Pearl Gibbs; Muir and Marg...
31m 3s
6 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
John Camilleri (11 November 1997) Oral History Part 2
Interview with John Camilleri, cane inspector...
29m 37s
10 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 5 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Activism with the NSW Peace...
15m 21s
5 contributors
Townsville City Oral Histories
Eugene 'Jack' Daly Oral History (27 February 2007)
Interview with Eugene 'Jack' Daly. In the...
53m 6s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Townsville City Oral Histories
Arthur Buck Oral History (17 April 2006)
Interview with Arthur Buck. Arthur talks about...
29m 8s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 5 Side A] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Move to Sydney in 1940,...
31m 11s
18 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
Maria McGee (5 November 1997) Oral History Part 1
Interview with Maria McGee, emigrated to...
28m 45s
1 contributor
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Joan Bowler
This interview gives a firsthand account of the...
28m 25s
23 contributors
Faith Bandler
Faith Bandler [Tape 3 Side B] Interviewed by Carolyn Craig
Interview summary: Women's Land Army; grape...
14m 15s
10 contributors
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Michael Young [Part 1]
Over two interviews Michael speaks about his...
15m 56s
3 contributors
Sweet Talking Oral Histories
John Pearson (27 March 1998) Oral History Part 2
Interview with John Pearson a prominent cane...
31m 42s
2 contributors
100% have edits
Townsville City Oral Histories
Kathleen Ruth Nugar Oral History (14 August 1995) Part One
Two part interview with Kathleen Ruth Nugar....
31m 35s
10 contributors
100% have edits
Mungo Man
Mungo Man: Interview with Beryl Kennedy [Part 2]
In this interview Beryl speaks about the Mungo...
19m 23s
44 contributors