Subiaco Museum has more than 180 oral histories in its collection, which include stories from people who have lived, worked, or volunteered in the City of Subiaco.
The recordings date back to 1983, and most are in cassette or digital CD format.
To preserve these recordings in digital format, the museum’s team have been uploading all of these histories to the
Subiaco Museum’s digital database on CollectionsWA.
As part of the preservation process, the team transcribe and index each individual history to ensure content is accurately interpreted.
Oral histories of Subiaco residents include George Douglas Sedgwick, whose family recently donated a large collection of items to the museum. George and his family moved to Subiaco when he was four years old, and in his oral history, he recalls thoughts of Subiaco as a farm kid, and the games he played with his neighbours and local kids in the street.
Former Regal Theatre owner Paddy Baker also had his oral history recorded by Subiaco Museum. Paddy was the owner and manager of the theatre from 1946 to 1986, and a large number of items from his personal Regal Theatre collection now belong to the Subiaco Museum.
Listen to these oral histories, and more, on the museum’s
CollectionsWA webpage.