'Every two years, in conjunction with our national conference, Oral History Australia (OHA) presents an award to recognise a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of oral history over a considerable period of time.
'The award is named after Hazel de Berg (pictured left), one of Australia's pioneering and most prolific oral historians, who recorded just over 1300 interviews during her lifetime.
'From 1957, Hazel de Berg documented Australia's social history by recording poets, novelists, historians, painters, musicians and scientists - people who were contributing to the ongoing intellectual life of Australia.' (https://www.oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/oral-history-award-for-excellence.html
'The Oral History Association of Australia (OHAA) has established an award to recognise members who have made an outstanding contribution to the cause of oral history in Australia over a considerable period of time.
The recipient shall be the nominee deemed by the National Committee of the OHAA to have, over a considerable period of time, made an outstanding contribution to oral history in Australia through one or more of the following:
· the raising of awareness of oral history within the profession
· the promotion of oral history within the history community
· the recording and documentation of oral history
· the preservation and archiving of oral history collections
· such other contribution to oral history as the OHAA considers worthy of recognition
The award is open only to members of the OHAA.
Source: http://ohaa.org.au (Sighted 31/03/2011).
