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National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

Contact Details
Street Address
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra 2600
Postal Address

As above

Phone
(02) 6262-1111
Fax
(02) 6273-4492
Website
http://www.nla.gov.au/oh/
Archive Information
Officer in Charge
Chief Oral History Officer
Hours & Facilities

Open Mon-Fri 9am-4:45pm; closed weekends and Public Holidays. General reference assistance available. Copying services available for books, journals and original records to A3. Introductory brochure available.

Acquisition Focus

Interviews with prominent Australians. Oral history interviews of a social history nature. Australian folklore recordings.

Quantity
500m (5% in-house)
Major Holdings
  • Recordings of Addresses to the National Press Club 1963-1991.
  • NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project 1986-1987.
  • Parliamentary Library Oral History Project 1983-1991.
  • Labour Council of NSW Oral History Project:1986-1991.
  • Cultural Context of Unemployment Oral History Project 1984-1986.
  • John Meredith Collection of Australian Folklore 1952-1991.
  • Mel Scott Collection of Oral History Interviews 1970-1978.
  • NSW Council on the Ageing Oral History Project 1987.
  • Hazel de Berg Collection of Oral History Interviews 1957-1984.
  • Chris Sullivan Collection of Australian Folklore 1979-91.
  • Alan Scott Collection of Australian Folklore 1985-1990.
  • Wattle Collection of Australian Folk Music 1956-1964.
  • Marion O'Connor Collection of Australian Folklore 1959-1968.
  • Barbara Blackman Collection of Oral History Interviews 1982-89.
Guides
  • The Hazel de Berg Recordings from the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia. Canberra: NLA, 1989.
Last Updated
8 June 2005