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Wendy Lowenstein (born Katherin Wendy Robertson Lowenstein; 1927—2006) was an Australian historian, author, and teacher notable for her recording of people's everyday experiences and her advocacy of social activism.
Wendy Lowenstein recorded interviews with over 800 everyday people from all around Australia, who talked about their struggles to obtain better working and living conditions over a period of 40 years from 1965 Lowenstein wrote a number of the most celebrated oral histories in Australia, focusing on the lives and struggles of working class people.
Pioneer of Australian Oral Labour History. Wendy Lowenstein recorded interviews with over 800 everyday people from all around Australia, who talked about their struggles to obtain better working and living conditions over a period of 40 years from 1965.
Lowenstein Collection. (Katherin) Wendy Lowenstein (1927-2006) was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Douglas and Rita Robertson. While attending Box Hill Grammar School, she joined the New Theatre and the Eureka Youth League and became deeply involved in radical writing, theatre and art.
Wendy Lowenstein. “A collection of oral history, traditions and folk lore in the La Trobe Library”, La Trobe Library journal vol. 3, no. 9, April 1972, pp. 3-15. from http://nishi.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-09/index.html. But Who Sailed the Ship?:
Hear from Martie Lowenstein as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Folk Fellowship research about Wendy Lowenstein's significant contribution to the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969.
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Wendy Lowenstein wrote a number of the most celebrated oral histories in Australia, focusing on the lives and struggles of working class people. She is also one of Australia’s best known historians of folklore.
