Using the City of Sydney's Oral History Collection

When
5 Sep 2023
13:00 - 14:00
Location
Online or Level 1, Ideas Space, Darling Square Library, Little Pier St, Haymarket NSW 2000

In Person and Webinar

The City of Sydney’s history team has been conducting interviews since the 1980s as a part of a vigorous program of publication, research, websites and exhibitions. There’s now a collection of over 500 oral histories. The Sydney Oral Histories website showcases some of the team’s interviews and makes them readily available to the dedicated researcher and casual browser alike.

In this talk, City of Sydney historian Laila Ellmoos will talk about some of the highlights in the collection, as well as the different ways the public and other users are engaging with and using oral history testimony, including in radio programs, exhibitions and geo-locative apps.

Event Cost: Free

Event Organiser: City of Sydney

Website: https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/using-the-city-of-sydneys-oral-history-collection

Booking options:

Hybrid

Attend the event at Darling Square Library
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This event will be Auslan interpreted.

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Event Contact: Teik Kim Pok, tpok@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Image credits: Katherine Griffiths / City of Sydney from the 2017 exhibition Be. LiveTheCity at Customs House, Supplied.

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