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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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Hawkesbury Voices
Bryan Patrick Mullins
Bryan Patrick Mullins was born in Wagga Wagga...
1h 10m 55s
5 contributors
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Hawkesbury Voices
Yvette Kemp
Yvette Kemp nee McGroder was born in 1932 in...
1h 7m 45s
6 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Margret Reeve
Margret Reeve (nee Maloney) In the...
44m 41s
6 contributors
74% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
James Doyle
James Doyle, also known as Jim, was a...
49m 16s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Ernest Jones
Brian Ernest Jones was born in Windsor in...
1h 4m 19s
11 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Phipps [part 2]
Dorothy Phipps was born in 1935 in Richmond,...
22m 34s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Charles Kemp
Charles Hedley Kemp was born in 1899, his...
46m 58s
10 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Janet Bitter and David Bryars
Dave Bryars and Janet Bitter, members of the...
52m 36s
8 contributors
19% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Agnes Furzer
Agnes Furzer nee Cross was born in 1888,...
51m 13s
5 contributors
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
Hawkesbury Voices
Mary Elizabeth 'Bessie' Clemson
Mary Elizabeth Clemson nee Rogers was known as...
48m 11s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
June Locock
June Ellen Locock was born at Craignish...
55m 19s
11 contributors
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
Camden Voices
John Wrigley and The Camden Museum
John Wrigley is the former President of the...
1h 12m 57s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Janet Fielding Oral History
Janet Fielding oral history September 2016
An oral history interview with Australian born...
1h 34m 3s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Jack Daley
Jack Grantley Daley was born in Wilberforce in...
36m 55s
11 contributors
Australian Dance
Sue Healey interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Sue Healey is a...
2h 7m 35s
12 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Australian Dance
Brian Thomson [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Brian Thomson interview...
3h 57m 37s
23 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
Doug Bowd
Douglas Gordon Bowd, a fifth generation member...
37m 58s
16 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Marcia and Karren Belcher
Marcia Belcher (nee Day) born in Kenny Street,...
42m 59s
8 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Thomas Dunlea
Thomas John Dunlea was born in 1916 in Dubbo,...
52m 36s
7 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Robert Danvers Power [part 1]
Robert Danvers Power, known as 'Bob' was born...
1h 1m 30s
9 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Sandy Brenchley
Sandy moved to the Illawarra as a young...
20m 15s
3 contributors
Camden Voices
Betty Yewen's Oral History
Betty grew up in Camden and has fond memories...
56m 19s
3 contributors
34% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Joseph (Joe) Smith
Joe Smith was a much respected swim coach at...
1h 7m 54s
4 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Jacqueline Menzies
Jacqueline Menzies nee Coole was born in 1946...
52m 43s
7 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Victoria Silk
Victoria Silk was born in Euchuca then moved...
27m 13s
6 contributors
Australian Dance
Graeme Murphy interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Graeme Murphy discusses the...
2h 2m 3s
51 contributors
100% have edits
5% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Mellish
Dorothy Mellish lived in Windsor since 1939....
1h 2m 52s
3 contributors
Australian Dance
Stephen Curtis [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Stephen Curtis's interview...
1h 52m 58s
14 contributors
100% have edits
Camden Voices
Alba Marasco's stories of Camden.
Alba Marasco migrated to Australia in 1951...
1h 4m 46s
0 contributors
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
Australian Dance
Stephen Page interviewed by Martin Portus
Stephen Page has been the artistic director of...
2h 17m 11s
30 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Doreen Mitchell
Doreen Adelaide Mitchell was born in Arncliffe...
1h 7m 32s
9 contributors
Camden Voices
Michael Wheeler's Oral History
Michael Wheeler recounts an idyllic childhood...
59m 46s
3 contributors
100% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
James Cook
James Cook of Mount Ousley worked for...
15m 29s
3 contributors
Australian Dance
Kate Champion interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Kate Champion introduces...
1h 42m 53s
19 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown was born in Parramatta. His family...
1h 1m 20s
5 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Robert Danvers Power [part 2]
Robert Danvers Power, known as 'Bob' was born...
20m 50s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Fay Worrell
Fay Worrell nee Pye, was born in 1930 at...
57m 56s
10 contributors
100% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Jeanette and Lawernce Bond
Lawrence and Jeanette (nee Pepper) Bond...
14m 27s
4 contributors
Camden Voices
Joan Higgin's Oral History
Joan Higgins was born in Camden and her...
38m 31s
2 contributors
18% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Donald Woodhill
Donald Woodhill was born in 1919, spending his...
1h 44s
5 contributors
Australian Dance
Stephen Curtis [Part 1] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Stephen Curtis's interview...
2h 36m 14s
18 contributors
100% have edits
1% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Harold Rawson
Harold Rawson was born in Dorchester in 1908...
1h 2m 23s
5 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Joan Mullins
Agnes Joan Mullins, known as Joan, was born in...
1h 4m 52s
5 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
John Street
John Street shares information about his life...
39m 35s
2 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Sydney Sheldon
Sydney Sheldon moved to the Hawkesbury area...
56m 23s
9 contributors
100% have edits
Hawkesbury Voices
Geoffrey Michael
Geoffrey Gordon Michael, AO, OBE, was born in...
39m 10s
7 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Dorothy Phipps [part 1]
Dorothy Phipps was born in 1935 in Richmond,...
1h 40s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Ellie Roberts
Dorothy Ellie Roberts, known as Ellie, was...
39m 2s
8 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Charles Argent
Charles Argent was born in 1911. His...
24m 30s
12 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Janice Earle
Janice Earle was born in Richmond in 1940,...
57m 42s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Joy Shepherd
Joy Lorraine Shepherd nee Taylor was born in...
46m 24s
18 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Grahame Bond
Grahame Bond AM is an Australian actor,...
31m 56s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Geoffrey Moses
Geoffrey Moses was born in 1922 and lived and...
50m 10s
13 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Ronald Rozzoli
Ronald Rozzoli was born in Chatswood in 1936,...
1h 3m 17s
12 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Ann James
Ann James (nee Simpson), whose grandfather was...
52m 27s
2 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Enid Colquhoun
Enid Colquhoun was born in Sydney in 1927, the...
50m 45s
1 contributor
Hawkesbury Voices
Sydney Klein
Sydney (Sid) Klein was born in 1904 in Parkes...
54m 31s
4 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Dunston [part 2]
Brian Dunston was born in 1938 in Richmond,...
22m 3s
3 contributors
Camden Voices
Mick Starr's Oral History
Mick Starr grew up at Camden Park and also...
54m 29s
2 contributors
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Wollongong Town Hall
Maurene Dredge
Maurene Dredge (nee Rosten), a lifelong...
26m 38s
2 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Jan Waples
Jan Waples, from a long-standing Wollongong...
30m 28s
3 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Pulsford
Maurice Brian Pulsford, known as Brian, was...
30m 54s
10 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Brian Dunston [part 1]
Brian Dunston was born in 1938 in Richmond,...
59m 23s
3 contributors
Camden Voices
Harry and Frances Warner and Camden Park House
Harry and Frances Warner worked on Camden Park...
1h 46m 18s
1 contributor
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Hawkesbury Voices
Caroline Alice Jasper Hogarth
Caroline Alice Jasper Hogarth nee Cobcroft was...
1h 3m 11s
6 contributors
99% have edits
Wollongong Town Hall
Robin Hutton
Robin Hutton, a member of the Illawarra Choral...
1h 4m 5s
7 contributors
Hawkesbury Voices
Athol Alexander Smith
Athol Alexander Smith, known as...
47m 41s
8 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Sue Meehan
Sue Meehan (nee Woolley) is the president of...
16m 24s
4 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Alan Flanagan
Alan Flanagan, a Unanderra resident, visited...
11m 46s
3 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Judy Bourke
Judy Bourke grew up in Wollongong went to St...
1h 15m 38s
11 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Doris Stewart
Doris Stewart of Bulli is a long-time member...
19m 36s
2 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Garaghty
Robyn Letham and Sheelagh Geraghty are both...
1h 4m 5s
4 contributors
100% have edits
Australian Dance
Rafael Bonachela interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: The interview covers a...
2h 34m 39s
63 contributors
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
Hawkesbury Voices
Eric Mitchell
Eric Henry Mitchell was born in Sydney in...
29m 35s
8 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Ada Raynor & Stephen Zantiotis
Ada Raynor and Stephen Zantiotis both long...
1h 6m
8 contributors
99% have edits
Australian Dance
Michael Scott-Mitchell [Part 2] interviewed by Martin Portus
Interview summary: Michael Scott-Mitchell's...
1h 54m 52s
9 contributors
100% have edits
12% awaiting review
Hawkesbury Voices
Lloyd Smith
Lloyd Neville Smith was born in the Hawkesbury...
58m 21s
10 contributors
Wollongong Town Hall
Barbara Street
Barbara Street shares detailed experiences of...
1h 59s
3 contributors