Oral History and Australian Generations

Katie Holmes is a Professor of History at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Her work brings together cultural, oral, and environmental history, and her publications include Spaces in Her Day: Australian Women’s Diaries of the 1920s and 1930s (1995), Reading the Garden: The Settlement of Australia (with Susan K. Martin and Kylie Mirmohamadi, 2008), and Between the Leaves: Stories of Australian Women, Writing and Gardens (2011). Alistair Thomson is a Professor of History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and has served as President of the International Oral History Association and of Oral History Victoria. His publications include Anzac Memories: Living with the Legend (2013), The Oral History Reader (with Rob Perks, 2006), Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants (with A. James Hammerton, 2005), Moving Stories: An Intimate History of Four Women Across Two Countries (2011), Oral History and Photography (with Alexander Freund, 2011), and Australian Lives: An Intimate History (with Anisa Puri, 2017).

Introduction: Oral History and Australian Generations

1. Class, Social Equity and Higher Education in Postwar Australia

2. Talking about Mental Illness: Life Histories and Mental Health in Modern Australia

3. Australian Generations? Memory, Oral History and Generational Identity in Postwar Australia

4. Telling Families and Locating Identity: Narratives of Late Modern Life

5. Creating an Oral History Archive: Digital Opportunities and Ethical Issues

6. Oral History in the Digital Age: Beyond the Raw and the Cooked

7. Commentary – The Radio Documentary and Oral History: Challenges and Opportunities