Oral history interview with various RVIB attendees by Michele Prentice and Jamie Kelly. People discuss their time at RVIB and their experiences in the classroom and dormitories. This event was held to allow former pupils and staff to return to the building prior to it being sold by the organisation.13 audio recordings of recollections from former RVIB attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, michele prentice, jamie kelly, carolyn mcgowan, graeme mcgowan, john machin, neville kerr, janene sadhu, margaret tompkins, david horsfall, frank nowlan, terry greer, carmen scott, mary pipczak, vicki jolley, john lowe, barbara williams, helen paul

In 1942, the children who attended the RVIB School were evacuated to Olinda as the Armed Services took over the most of the site until 1945. Remembering the first day at the Georgian House at Olinda, all the children were asked to write home to their family to advise them of their evacuation. As many parents could not read Braille, these letters were taken first to the Braille Library then to the home of a former student, who had to advise them of their child's relocation. At this reunion, 50 years later, the days at Olinda are remembered by the students, two parents and some staff members in various recordings.2 audio recordings of the reunion of Olinda attendeesroyal victorian institute for the blind, oral history, cyril minns, margaret tompkins, hugh jeffrey, trudi westh, gwen baird, phyllis jenkins, dorothy hamilton, joan morice, bryan sitlington, ray betson, ron best, elaine leahy, essie smith, glenys jay