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- Find out more about the National Library of Australia’s Oral History and Folklore Collection here:
- Have students develop an Oral History project as a class.
- Develop a theme for the project.
- Who the project will include?
- What questions will be asked of participants?
- Consider the logistics of the project.
- How the project will be captured?
- How the project will be stored?
- What information needs to be shared with participants BEFORE taking part? Participants should be clearly and explicitly informed of:
- the purpose of the project
- how their material will be recorded and stored
- how their material will be used
- their rights with regards to access and withdrawal of material
- their rights to impose any conditions around access to their material.
- Develop a theme for the project.
- You can encourage students to look at the range of women interviewed in the Online Exhibition Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens
- Consider the different ways these women practised their law in the Occupations Tab.
- Consider the different jurisdictions (state and Federal) where these women practised law through the Jurisdictions Tab
- Read about Raechel Wallbank who began life as Richard Wallbank – see https://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5634b.htm and her autobiography.