Oral History Australia Journal: call for submissions on the impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming every aspect of our lives: home, work, school, socialising and leisure. In particular, social distancing requirements and travel restrictions have affected the research plans of many historians and oral historians are no exception. Some oral historians have begun or continued trialling remote interviewing, while others have preferred to postpone interviews until they can again be conducted face-to-face. While the pandemic has interrupted some research plans, for other researchers coronavirus is inserting itself into their work, as they begin studying the human affects of pandemic life or simply find that every interview begins with a discussion of life under lockdown.

For the upcoming 2020 issue of Oral History Australia Journal, we invite brief reports from oral historians on how coronavirus has affected your work. This may be 200 words on how plans have been disrupted or it may be 1000 words on a new project that has taken off because of the pandemic. Please send your ideas, queries and/or submissions to Joint Editors Skye Krichauff [email protected] and Carla Pascoe Leahy [email protected]. Submissions are due 29 June 2020.

South Australian Heritage Council: Heritage Protection Report 2020 summary
One function of the South Australian Heritage Council is to advise the Minister on 'trends, shortcomings, and opportunities' regarding heritage protection at both State and Local levels. The Heritage Council recently presented its 2020 report. A summary is available here (PDF download).

Greek Museum of Adelaide
Established May 2019, the Greek Museum of Adelaide Inc. is a non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting Greek culture in Australia. As a new museum it is currently working on collecting exhibits and does not have a fixed location yet, but has been holding exhibitions in lending halls. Check them out on facebook here.
Further information at their website here

Museums reopening
As part of step 2 of the Australian Government's roadmap for easing restrictions, The History Trust of South Australia is preparing to open the doors of its museums to the public once again.
Further information here.

Australian Criminal Justice History Dataverse
A new resource for Australian social history, comprised of data drawn from Trove, police gazettes, and court archives. The Australian Criminal History Dataverse is a repository curated by The Prosecution Project. Datasets are available for all Australian states and the Northern Territory, for the period from 1788 to 1940. Access is free and can be obtained through the Australian Data Archive. For more information contact Mark Finnane at the Prosecution Project:  [email protected]
Further information here