Oral History Program

Oral history reveals what you often won’t find in the files and the history books - the facts and the real reasons things happened. It is told by the people who were there, who were involved, who made it happen, who were affected - in the colour, passion and inflection of their own voices.

Addition of oral histories to this website is still at an early stage of development. Alphabetical lists and pages that provide lists by State, Discipline and Eras are yet to be developed.

National Oral History Interviews

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State Oral History Interviews

In addition to the National Program, most of EHA's Branches have supported an ongoing program of oral histories. A list of Branches which have completed oral history interviews is below. Each Branch 'name' is a link to a table of oral histories in alphabetical order completed by that Branch. If unsure which Branch may have completed an oral history, type the surname in Search and this will identify every webpage that includes that surname.

Engineering Heritage Queensland
Engineering Heritage Sydney
Engineering Heritage Newcastle
Engineering Heritage Western Australia

Oral History Guidelines

Oral history Guidelines have been published by EHA and a copy is available from the Engineers Australia website at https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-07/engineering-oral-history-guidelines.pdf