Lesley Alves

14 Lower Road

Wattle Glen  Vic  3096

Telephone

(03) 9438 2791

Fax

(03) 9438 2791

Email

tral@optusnet.com.au

Academic Qualifications

MA (Public History) Monash

Professional Memberships

OHAA National Committee

Professional Historians Assn (Vic) Inc

Professional Experience

14 years as a professional historian, including:

*  3 years as oral historian at Heritage Hill, Dandenong, social

    history museum

*  Many commissioned history projects, as a freelance historian,

    including oral history collections for the archives of government

    bodies and community institutions, and use of oral history in

    several publications and exhibitions

*  'Whole of life' interviews of individuals for family records

*  Comprehensive oral history workshops conducted for interested

    groups

Publications

Suburban Voices of Multicultural Manningham, 2001 - book and exhibition

People of Mercy: A History of Mercy Hospital for Women, 1971-2004 - book and exhibition

Areas of Interest

Local, community and institutional history, immigration, working lives, heritage, women's history, family history

Exhibitions

Use of oral history for listening

Further Information

High quality DAT recording equipment used

OHAA Ethical Guidelines observed