Tuesday 5 March, 5-6pm, online via Zoom

To celebrate the exceptional originality and quality of the entrants to the 2023 Oral History Award (jointly run by the Victorian Community History Awards with Oral History Victoria and the Royal Historical Society of Victoria), this OHV event will showcase the four shortlisted projects that were Highly Commended by the judges. Hosted by Al Thomson, representatives from each project will talk for 10 minutes about their work and share extracts, followed by Q and A.

Daniel Bacchieri on Beyond Bourke Street: Melbourne Buskers in the Digital World (podcast series at https://streetmusicmelbourne.com/podcast-episodes/)

Abigail Belfrage on Our Lives, Our Stories: Geelong Care Leavers talking back to their records (exhibition at the Australian Orphanage Museum, Geelong, at https://aomuseum.com.au/we-lived-in-geelong/)

Martie Lowenstein on Don’t be too polite girls (documentary film at https://vimeo.com/814484001/ec29386ad1)

Way Back When team on Stonnington’s Young Voices of the Pandemic (short film and interview archive at https://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/Library/Visit-us/Stonnington-History-Centre/Young-Voices-of-the-Pandemic)

All welcome. Further details and the zoom link available via https://oralhistoryvictoria.org.au/events/category/2024-events/