In May 2015, Football Federation Australia (FFA) published its Whole of Football Plan. Within that document it announced plans for the creation of a football museum within an ‘Australian home of football’. There is already discussion of how and where this establishment will be built and what its functions and scope should be. Read full story here.
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Jewish Refugees and Shanghai Exhibition
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the victory of the World War against Fascism. Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, in association with China Cultural Center in Sydney and the Confucius Institute of Sydney University, held “Jewish Refugees and Shanghai” exhibition in Sydney, Australia, from April 20 to May 20. For full story click here.
Dying Trades
At 84, the local cobbler Harry Cahill is as busy as ever – but now he’s the only one in town. It’s a sign of the times that there’s no apprentice to follow in his footsteps. As a cobbler, Harry mends everything from summer sandals to boots and leather bags. He even had a Scotsman’s sporran on the workbench for repair when the Advocate visited. The community is highlighting disappearing trades. See full story here.
World War I sights and sounds
Contemporary audiences will be able to experience the Sights and Sounds of the First World War period, by exploring a new website produced in partnership by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) and Ng Taonga Sound & Vision in New Zealand. Read full article here.
Laundry on show
Hung out to dry: Space, memory and domestic laundry practices, a new exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum, is more than a homage to the backyard rotary hoist. Part oral history project, part artistic response, the exhibition is presented in collaboration with The University of Queensland’s Centre for Architecture Theory Criticism History. Read the full article here.
Women on farms
Alana Johnson is a major supporter of the Invisible Farmers Project by Museum Victoria and University of Melbourne. Just launched,the project will record oral histories to address the "historical invisibility" of women on farms. For the full story click here.
African American stories
Who are your people? It’s a question that dogged Juleanna Richardson ever since an elementary school teacher in Newark, Ohio asked her class to tell where their families had come from. Richardson listened as her white classmates shared stories of their European origins, then offered a half-hearted answer that betrayed her own lack of knowledge of her family history. For full story click here.
Girls’ Safety (USA)
This very interesting article is an interview with author Jennifer Helgren who wrote 'A “Very Innocent Time”: Oral History Narratives, Nostalgia and Girls’ Safety in the 1950s and 1960s'. She has interviewed women who tell stories about the safety message learned from their parents. Read the full article, including a link to Helgren's paper, click here.
Into The Middle
Back in 2012, film makers David Ridley and Martin Ingle set off on a journey around Australia to interview total strangers about their lives, loves and memories. For full story told on Radio National, click here. Then click here for the Into the Middle of Things website.
NFSA Interviews
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has launched an online showcase of its Oral History interviews. The release of the series of interviews with actors, musicians, filmmakers, broadcasters and technical experts means audiences can now listen to the stories behind Australia's favourite films, television programs and songs as told by those who created them. For full story click here.