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Oral history

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Jones Collection

Negatives, transparancies, photographs, books, serials, personal papers and oral history interviews related to motorcycles, races and vintage cars.

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A black and white photo of Louise Sauvage leading another wheelchair racer on a track.

Serena Ovens, Portrait of Louise Sauvage, 1996 paralympian, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136368441

Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project

This oral history project underpins a broader Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies project to capture and preserve the history of Paralympic sport.

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You can't forget things like that
Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project

The National Library conducted an oral history project to record the lives and experiences of Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants.

First Australians
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Woodland Collection

27 recordings of traditional music, recitations, folklore and oral histories made in New South Wales between 1968 and 1995.

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Parkhill Collection

Recordings of the music of various language, nationality or region-based communities in Melbourne, from 1975 to 1983. Also includes oral history interviews with people who lived in the Illawarra region from the 1920s to 1990s and people involved with the 1989 Newcastle earthquake.

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Friend Collection

Explore the artistic legacy and complex history of Donald Friend through diaries, letters, and personal papers. 

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Hood Collection

About 240 recordings of folk music, folklore, and oral histories documenting family history, local history, work experiences, music and other arts.

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