Fifty years on, see how the destruction and impact of Cyclone Tracy in Darwin 1974 is captured in our collection. 

122 interviews, mostly with retired drovers, recorded by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage between 2000 and 2006. 

Photographs by Jeff Carter of Australian life dating from the 1950s onwards, plus oral history recordings with about 40 individuals living in rural towns or properties.

Learn about Jacinta Mackay's NLA Scholarship research using the Bringing Them Home oral history recordings.

Personal papers of Patrick White, plus letters from White to other Australian writers acquired as part of their papers. Also papers of White's biographer David Marr and those of the artist and theatre designer Desmond Digby who had a long friendship with White.

Between 1998 and 2002, people from all over Australia told us their stories as part of the Bringing Them Home oral history project.

In 2022, Australian writer, academic and gay rights campaigner Dennis Altman was interviewed by Robert Reynolds for the National Library's Oral History collection.

Our dance collection contains portraits, manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, music scores, personal papers, theatre programs and memorabilia.

A summary of copyright and rights in the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

The National Library of Australia’s Oral History and Folklore collection holds over 900 audio recordings from the National Press Club of Australia luncheon addresses including names like Margaret Thatcher, Richard Attenborough, Lowitja O’Donaghue and every Australian Prime Minister between 1964 and 1994.

Dive into the oral history collection, exploring highlights and how you can access the voices that describe Australia's cultural, intellectual and social life.

Oral history interviews by Diana Giese with Chinese Australians, Cambodian refugees and community leaders, and with people involved in the Australian publishing industry.