Voices from Orange’s history will be heard once again as part of an oral history collection now available at Orange City Library.
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Central West Libraries is one of the first public libraries in Australia to use the State Library’s online tool Amplify, which was launched last week.
The tool allows anyone to search, listen to and transcribe from audio collections and it can also be a chance for people to hear a lost loved one’s voice again.
State librarian Dr John Vallance said more than 400 hours of oral histories were available on Amplify for people to explore and transcribe.
“Many of the oral histories held in these public library collections have never been made available online before,” Dr Vallance said.
Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said some of the first audio collections from Orange included interviews with workers from Emmco, Email and Electrolux.
To start exploring, visit amplify.sl.nsw.gov.au.
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Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
