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The power of the spoken word

Foundation Appeal

Annual Appeal 2024

 

The Library’s oral history collections, of people from all walks of life are nationally significant.

Oral histories allow us to hear the voices of business leaders and entrepreneurs, people from rural and regional NSW, architects and designers, working people, Indigenous Australians, migrants, writers, creatives, people of diverse faiths and sports identities. 

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Voices from the past and present

"Oral history is a personal, immediate and incredibly special way of giving people the opportunity to represent themselves and their own experiences, and preserve their story for future generations."

Maria Savvidis, State Library of NSW Curator and President of Oral History NSW

 

This year, our 2024 Annual Appeal aims to establish a new endowment to grow and share the Library’s collection of oral histories. 

We need your help to make these stories heard!

Funds raised will go towards a state-of-the art Sound Studio and an innovative program to capture contemporary voices and memories of people of NSW. We want to share stories of achievement, hardship, family life, creativity and love — from people both extraordinary and ordinary.

Make a gift here 

For more information, contact Susan Hunt, Foundation Director on 02 9273 1529 foundation @sl.nsw.gov.au

Support the Library's oral history collection.