Brigidine College Library

Assignment Pathfinder

 

Year 9-10 History

 

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

 

Oral History Interview:

When you have conducted your research, look at how to conduct the Oral History Interview.

 

Search Terms:

Search under the following specific headings which relate to prominent people in the library’s Internet Inquiry catalogue. It contains an excellent choice of books and websites available on this topic.

 

Australia – History – 20th century

Australia – Social life and customs – 20th century

Australia – Social conditions – 20th century

Australia – Civilisation

Australia – History – 1910-1919 etc (for all decades)

Twentieth Century – History

Queensland – History

Brisbane – History

Specific topics eg World War, 1939-1945; Vietnam War; Cyclone Tracy, 1974; Polio; Apollo 11, 1969, Great Depression 1929-1941 etc.

World History – 20th century

 

Topics:

These are some keywords which might help you to construct your questions:

Childhood and family

The Home, Gender roles, Family life, Family relationships, Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Death, School (primary and secondary), Education (including tertiary), Growing up, Toys, Games, Health

Daily life

Food, Fashion, Clothes, Entertainment (music, movies, Television, books), Church, Sport, Hobbies, Recreation, Shops/shopping, Transport, Technological advances

Work

Careers, Employment (type, workplace, duties, hours, pay, technology), Unemployment, Businesses

The community

Suburban/town life, Social issues and concerns, Shops, Farms, Roads, Housing, Community events/festivals, Ethnic mix, Aborigines, Race relations, Local characters, Local services (police, fire brigade, ambulance, hospitals, etc)

The media

Media celebrities, Famous people, Infamous people, Crime/Criminals, Sensational stories, Tragedies, Disasters, International news and events, National news and events, State news and events, Local news and events, Wars

Politics

Government, Politicians, Prime Ministers, Premiers, Mayors, Political events

General impressions

Things enjoyed, Things which delighted and impressed, Things hated, Things which were sad/happy/fulfilling/ challenging/worrying, Aspirations for self and children,   Fears/ Concerns.

           

Recommended Web Search Tools:

Go to Brigidine’s Recommended Web Search Tools page and use

 

*  Search Engines (like Google. Try other search engines too eg Alta Vista)

 

*  Subject Directories (like Yahoo, Lycos and others. Subject Directories are written by experts, not picked up by computers using certain keywords, so the information there is more likely to be reputable and authoritative).

*  Australian search engines like Anzwers, which focus on Australian life.

 

Internet Sites:

Click on one or these topics, or work your way through all of them.

 

Oral History

General Overviews

Specific Topics

Forties

Fifties

Sixties

Seventies

Eighties

Nineties

 

Oral History

Oral History Association of Australia

http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/ohaa/what_is_oral_history.htm

A good starting point. Read ‘What is Oral History?’, make yourself familiar with ‘Guidelines of Ethical Practice’ and check out the ‘Links’ page.

 

Oral History Links – Australian and International

http://cwpp.slq.qld.gov.au/ohaa/links.htm

 

Suzanne Mulligan’s Home Page – Oral History

http://www.home.gil.com.au/~mulligan/

A Brisbane site which contains 8 excellent oral history reports with Brisbaneites/Queenslanders.

 

Suzanne Mulligan’s Links for Oral History

http://www.home.gil.com.au/~mulligan/OHLinks.html

Contains a comprehensive set of links to useful Australian sites like the National Library Oral History site, the Oral History Association of Australia, and others.

 

National Library of Australia: Oral History and Folklore

http://www.nla.gov.au/oh/

Contains links to oral history sites.

 

Vietnamese Australian Oral Histories

http://www.migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/oral_history/

Read transcripts of interviews with 2 Vietnamese immigrants.

 

Oral History

http://www.42explore.com/oralhst.htm

 

Iowa Oral History Rubric

http://soli.inav.net/~rpmic/iowa/rubrics/ohisrub.htm

Contains some useful criteria for your interview, even though U.S.

 

Our Place Called Home

http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/access/units/sue/OH_Rubric.HTML

 

General overviews

The History Net’s Timeline of the Twentieth Century

http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm

A good starting place to see the issues and events that dominated the decade you chose.

 

PBS Television Series: People’s Century

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/

Provides transcripts of a twenty-six part television series, broadcast on PBS which offered insight into the turbulent events of the hundred years of the 20th century through the revealing personal testimony of the people who were there. Not Australian, but useful for an overview

 

Picture Australia

http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

Search for images of people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad.

 

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

An American site, but a good starting point for the global issues, and a ‘feel’ for the individual decade.

 

Chico High School: 20th Century Decades

http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decsg.html

An excellent American high school site examining all aspects of the decades of the 20th century.

 

Golden High School (Canada) Timelines/Decades

http://www.sd6.bc.ca/gss/library/public_html/SocialStudies/History/timelines.html

A useful Canadian school site.

 

Google Directory: Decades of the Twentieth Century

http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/

Choose the decade you want, but remember the sites are American.

 

Decades in 20th Century America

http://www.aclibrary.org/teenroom/decades.asp

Also American.

 

Decades of the 20th Century (U.S.)

http://www.tcps.k12.md.us/ehs/lib/decd.html

 

Links to History Timelines (U.S.)

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/declinks.htm

Another school site.

 

The 1900s (U.S.)

http://archer2000.tripod.com/1940.html

 

Lonely Planet: Brisbane History

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/australasia/brisbane/history.htm

 

Brisbane History Group

 http://www.brisbanehistory.asn.au/

 

The Menzies Era: 1949-1972

http://www.menziesera.com/

This site presents an Australian view of the history of the 1950's and 1960's. It includes information under the following topics, select a year, R.G. Menzies ( Australian Prime Minister) sport, books, movies, music, radio, television and cars. 

 

Frank Crook’s Living Memories (1947, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1983).

http://www.abc.net.au/sos/

ABC radio program highlighting memories of particular postwar years. Contains a summary of important events and interviews with news

 

Specific Topics

Australian Military History

http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Australia/Arts_and_Humanities/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Military_History/

Details the major military involvement by Australia in the relevant decades.

 

Food History, Explaining the Term ‘Modern Australia’

http://www.moederdegans.be/Sara/Australian%20art/Contemporary/Food%20history.htm

 

Fashion Through The Decades

http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/students/gallaghj/fashion/fash_thru_decade.html

An easy-to-use school site.

 

Twentieth Century Fashion

http://www.costumegallery.com/1900.html

A world look at Western fashion through the decades.

 

Solemates: The Century in Shoes (U.S.)

http://www.centuryinshoes.com/home.html

 

Dining Through The Decades : 100 Years of Glorious American Food

http://www.leitesculinaria.com/features/dining.html

An American site, but with some overlap.

 

Decades of Dolls

http://www.dollinfo.com/balloons.htm

A look at American dolls, but with some local application.

 

The History of Toys and Games

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/index.html

 

Australian Health History Fact Sheets for the 20th Century

http://www.health.gov.au/history.htm#facts

These may take a little time to download.

 

Forties

Forties: Life During the Forties (U.S.)

http://www.forties.net/Fortiesdecade.html

 

Fifties

The Fifties in Australia

http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/history/fifties.htm

Excellent links from Trinity College Western Australia - Rosemary Horton (Teacher Librarian)

 

Dave and Donna’s Fifties Memorabilia (Australia)

http://www.castlemaine.net.au/~petrusma/index.html

Icons of modern legends: rock'n'roll, cars and the jet age from a personal and Australian perspective.

 

The Roots of Rock

http://www.warr.org/roots.html

Looks at music of the 50’s and earlier decades of the 20th century as well.

 

Fifties Web (U.S.)

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm

 

Sixties

Sixties Central

http://www.geocities.com/FashionAvenue/Catwalk/1038/contents.html

Includes a look at Australian and international actors, movies, models, and fashion designers from the era.

 

Four Corners: Reflections From the Sixties

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/archives/2001b_Monday20August2001.htm

 

The Sixties

http://www.sixties.net/sixties.htm

Another American site.

 

The Psychedelic Sixties (U.S.)

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/index.html

 

Sixties Music

http://webby.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/sixties/music.htm

 

Les Partell’s Poem of the Week: ‘The Sixties by Jim Haynes’

http://www.abc.net.au/midnorthcoast/stories/s885541.htm

 

Seventies

Four Corners: Reflections From the Seventies – ‘A Green Awakening’

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s350401.htm

 

Australian Film in the Seventies: The Ocker and the Quality Film

http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/1970s.html

 

I Love the Seventies

http://www.memorabletv.com/episodeguides/ilovetheseventies.htm

British list of popular TV shows of the time.

 

Australian Music in the Seventies

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~statusquo/

 

Seventies Music

http://members.optushome.com.au/ck25dj/70%27sPage.htm

 

Seventies and Disco

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jexsol/cel70.htm

 

Golden Holden Oldies – Stars of the Seventies

http://www.autoweb.com.au/id_HOL/doc_gmh9810261/cms/news/newsarticle.html

 

Ultimate 80’s Songs

http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/80songs.html

 

Eighties

Four Corners: Reflections From the Eighties – ‘French Connections’

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s351111.htm

 

The Best of the 80s on the US Billboard Charts

http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/USA/usa80.htm

 

Eighties Music

http://members.optushome.com.au/ck25dj/80%27sPage.htm

 

Nineties

Controversies of the Nineties

http://www.brisinst.org.au/papers/manne_robert_controversies/transcript.html

Discusses Australia’s cultural and social changes in the last few decades.

 

 

  Compiled by J. King

September 2004