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Dirt road cutting through forest of dark, leafless trees

Sean Davey, Aftermath of a large bushfire that swept through forest area along Yowrie Road, Yowrie, New South Wales, 31 December 2019, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2428728997

Remembering the Fires: How one community has recorded their memories

This special event explored some of the ways in which southern NSW community members have told and preserved their bushfire stories.

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Fijian Australian woman with short grey hair sitting on a rock on a beach

Leigh Henningham, Portrait of Everest Pitt, 2022, nla.obj-3110047460

Rights and the Oral History and Folklore Collection

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

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Collection guide
Ross Collection

1576 pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, newspaper and serial issues relating to trade unionism, socialism, left-wing parties in Australia, economics and labour issues, as well as the papers of Lloyd Ross and his father the socialist journalist RS Ross.

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Rummery Collection

40 recordings of folk music, folklore and reminiscences from people in rural New South Wales recorded from 1983 to 1988.

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Schuster Collection

Recordings of folk songs and dance music from Queensland and also stories, legends and recollections of customs and immigrant settlement, particularly German and Scandinavian in rural Queensland.

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Scott Collection

Recordings of folk music, dance music, folklore and oral history from New South Wales and Queensland recorded during the period 1955 to 1990.

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Collection guide
Sturgess Collection

108 oral history interviews recorded by Sturgess between 1976 and 1986 while writing his 2 books and working on various ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) productions.

Collection guide
Black and white photo of a man listening to a recording with a pen in hand and a piece of paper next to him

Loui Seselja, Portrait of Geoffrey Dutton seated in the Oral History collection at the National Library of Australia, 1992, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151764316

Using the Oral History collection

A guide to requesting, accessing and publishing collection items in the Oral History and Folklore Collection.

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Black and white photo of a baby koala clinging to the back of a largeer koala, who's sitting on a branch

Two koalas in a tree, 1930, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148977738

Voices of Aussie wildlife conservation

Hear from some of the people working to protect Australia's incredible wildlife. 

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Collection guide
White Collection

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.

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Willis Collection

One of the largest oral history collections in Australia with recordings of over 900 individuals in all States, as well as folk groups, singing groups, bands and choirs.

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Katherine Bennell-Pegg standing next to plant samples in a lab

Louise Whelan, Portrait of Katherine Bennell-Pegg for the Women in the space industry pictures collecting project, Adelaide, South Australia, 2024, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3445292386

Women in the Space Industry collection launched online

Explore oral histories and portraits of trailblazing Australian women working in the space industry.

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