This workshop is the first of three and is part of a project called Voices of the Hunter, which is managed by the University of Newcastle, with support from the Coalfields Heritage Group and Coal & Allied.

This project follows in the footsteps of oral history collector, Jack Delaney, who produced 700 recordings on cassette over a period of 20 years.

He interviewed hundreds of people from different walks of life – miners, vignerons, business men and women from around the Coalfields.

This collection is held by the Coalfields Heritage Group at the Edgeworth David Museum (in the grounds of Kurri High School).

The tapes are being digitised as part of the Voices of the Hunter project. The tapes are on loan by the Coalfields Heritage Group to the University Library, which is digitising them with the assistance of a grant from the Coal & Allied Community Development Fund.

The aim of the workshops is to reach out to anyone in the Coalfields community who would like to learn how to plan, organise and collect their own history whether it is family or community history.

The workshop will run from 9am to 1pm. Places are limited and lunch will be provided.

If you would like to participate in the workshop, call Cessnock Library on 4993 4399.