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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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Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Tape 2 Side A), 14th April 1994, interviewed by Lianne Hall
In the third part of this interview, Jack...
29m 57s
11 contributors
99% have edits

Janet Feilding Oral History
Janet Fielding oral history September 2016
An oral history interview with Australian born...
1h 34m 3s
2 contributors
100% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall
Jeanette and Lawernce Bond
Lawrence and Jeanette (nee Pepper) Bond...
14m 27s
4 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Barbara Street
Barbara Street shares detailed experiences of...
1h 59s
3 contributors

Australian Dance
Nick Schlieper interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Nick Schlieper's interview...
2h 34m 22s
15 contributors
100% have edits
5% awaiting review

Australian Dance
Kate Champion interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Kate Champion introduces...
1h 42m 53s
16 contributors
100% have edits

Australian Dance
Michael Scott-Mitchell [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Michael Scott-Mitchell's...
1h 54m 52s
8 contributors
100% have edits
13% awaiting review

Wollongong Town Hall
Ann James
Ann James (nee Simpson), whose grandfather was...
52m 27s
2 contributors

Australian Dance
Brian Thomson [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Brian Thomson interview...
2h 28m 19s
21 contributors
100% have edits
2% awaiting review

Postcards from Luna Park
Peter Webber (Tape 3 Side A) 16th December 1999, interviewed by Nan Manefield
Peter Webber was the NSW Government Architect...
13m 28s
4 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
James Cook
James Cook of Mount Ousley worked for...
15m 29s
3 contributors

Australian Dance
Sue Healey interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Sue Healey is a...
2h 7m 35s
8 contributors
100% have edits
21% awaiting review

Australian Dance
Graeme Murphy interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Graeme Murphy discusses the...
2h 2m 3s
48 contributors
100% have edits
5% awaiting review

Postcards from Luna Park
Genia McCaffery (Tape 1 Side B) 20th December 2000, Interviewed by Margaret Park
Genia McCaffery was Mayor of North Sydney from...
31m 20s
8 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Alan Flanagan
Alan Flanagan, a Unanderra resident, visited...
11m 46s
3 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Ted Hopkins, interviewed by Merle Coppell
Born in Tasmania, Ted Hopkins moved to North...
46m 58s
9 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Robin Hutton
Robin Hutton, a member of the Illawarra Choral...
1h 4m 5s
6 contributors
30% have edits

Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Part 1), 11th October 1996, interviewed by Lianne Hall
In 1928, Jack Sullivan moved to North Sydney...
31m 3s
17 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Maurene Dredge
Maurene Dredge (nee Rosten), a lifelong...
26m 38s
2 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Sandy Brenchley
Sandy moved to the Illawarra as a young...
20m 15s
3 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Peter Webber (Tape 2 Side A) 16th December 1999, interviewed by Nan Manefield
Peter Webber was the NSW Government Architect...
31m 40s
1 contributor

Wollongong Town Hall
Joseph (Joe) Smith
Joe Smith was a much respected swim coach at...
1h 7m 54s
3 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Genia McCaffery (Tape 2 Side A) 20th December 2000, Interviewed by Margaret Park
Genia McCaffery was Mayor of North Sydney from...
30m
5 contributors
99% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall
Jan Waples
Jan Waples, from a long-standing Wollongong...
30m 28s
3 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Doris Stewart
Doris Stewart of Bulli is a long-time member...
19m 36s
2 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Part 2), 11th October 1996, interviewed by Lianne Hall
Jack Sullivan recalls the nightlife on the...
28m 2s
16 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Garaghty
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Geraghty are both...
1h 4m 5s
2 contributors
100% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall
Ada Raynor & Stephen Zantiotis
Ada Raynor and Stephen Zantiotis both long...
1h 6m
8 contributors
99% have edits

Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Tape 1 Side B) 14th April 1994, Interviewed by Lianne Hall
In the second part of this interview, Jack...
28m 18s
9 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Genia McCaffery (Tape 1 Side A) 20th December 2000, Interviewed by Margaret Park
Genia McCaffery was Mayor of North Sydney from...
30m 18s
11 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Janet Bitter and David Bryars
Dave Bryars and Janet Bitter, members of the...
52m 36s
5 contributors
19% have edits

Postcards from Luna Park
Peter Webber (Tape 1 Side B) 16th December 1999, interviewed by Nan Manefield
Peter Webber was the NSW Government Architect...
31m 37s
1 contributor

Australian Dance
Stephen Page interviewed by Martin Portus
Stephen Page has been the artistic director of...
2h 17m 11s
30 contributors

Australian Dance
Stephen Curtis [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Stephen Curtis's interview...
2h 36m 14s
14 contributors
45% have edits
1% awaiting review

Australian Dance
Jennifer Irwin interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Jennifer Irwin's interview...
2h 49m 29s
28 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Helga Christie-Burnett
Helga Christie-Burnett, a Wollongong Pianist,...
1h 20m 21s
2 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Margret Reeve
Margret Reeve (nee Maloney) In the...
44m 41s
6 contributors
74% have edits

Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Tape 1 Side A) 14th April 1994, Interviewed by Lianne Hall
In 1928, at the height of the Depression, Jack...
29m 4s
14 contributors
99% have edits

Wollongong Town Hall
Marcia and Karren Belcher
Marcia Belcher (nee Day) born in Kenny Street,...
42m 59s
6 contributors
100% have edits
3% awaiting review

Postcards from Luna Park
Jack Sullivan (Tape 2 Side B), 14th April 1994, interviewed by Lianne Hall
In the final part of this interview, Jack...
21m 22s
8 contributors
99% have edits

Australian Dance
Rafael Bonachela interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: The interview covers a...
2h 34m 39s
63 contributors

Australian Dance
Stephen Curtis [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Stephen Curtis's interview...
1h 52m 58s
13 contributors
100% have edits

Australian Dance
Michael Scott-Mitchell [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Michael Scott-Mitchell's...
2h 38m 17s
38 contributors
100% have edits
15% awaiting review

Postcards from Luna Park
Peter Webber (Tape 2 Side B) 16th December 1999, interviewed by Nan Manefield
Peter Webber was the NSW Government Architect...
31m 23s
2 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Judy Bourke
Judy Bourke grew up in Wollongong went to St...
1h 15m 38s
10 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
Grahame Bond
Grahame Bond AM is an Australian actor,...
31m 56s
3 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Margaret Park, 21st August 2013, interviewed by Ian Hoskins
Margaret Park was the Historical Services...
2h 25m 23s
4 contributors

Australian Dance
Brian Thomson [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Brian Thomson interview...
3h 57m 37s
20 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review

Wollongong Town Hall
Sue Meehan
Sue Meehan (nee Woolley) is the president of...
16m 24s
3 contributors

Wollongong Town Hall
John Street
John Street shares information about his life...
39m 35s
2 contributors

Postcards from Luna Park
Peter Webber (Tape 1 Side A) 16th December 1999, interviewed by Nan Manefield
Peter Webber was the NSW Government Architect...
31m 28s
3 contributors