A conference for historians from Australia and New Zealand will be held on Norfolk Island from 18-25 July 2010.
This will be on the eve of the World Heritage Convention’s decision to include Kingston and Arthurs Vale on Norfolk Island and 10 other Australian convict sites on the World Heritage List.
Every historian will find much of interest in the conference on Norfolk Island in July. There will be 30 wide-ranging lectures by speakers from the UK, New Zealand, Noumea, as well as every Australian state.
Topics include heritage tourism, the politics of history, a re-appraisal of convict history, turning history into a novel, other Pacific islands. It’s an involving program, with well-known writers like Richard White and Babette Smith taking part.
- Beneath Gallipoli: the 2010 seminal underwater landscape surveys of ANZAC Cove
- Between three islands – the maritime legacy of Norfolk, Lord Howe and the Great South Land
- Official Opening of the Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area Library and Heritage Research Centre
- The myth and reality of the convicts of the second penal settlement at Norfolk Island, 1825-1855
- Guided walking tour of historic sites and museums
- Grist for the mill: writing history as fact and fiction
- Women convicts and their children
- Conserving the memory of connectedness:transcultural heritage
- The Phoenix hulk, 1825-1837: Prisoners in transit to Norfolk Island
- History for Heritage Tourism
The conference will include site visits, island orientation and free time to explore the diverse heritage of the island.
There will be time to talk about professional issues with a mentor during the conference period. Along with time to network with other historians and leran about their research and business.
There will be seven major keynote lectures as well as more than twenty shorter papers presented in the four days of intensive conferencing. The rest of the week you can relax and enjoy the idyllic island environment.
It is still possible to join the conference at the last minute. Please contact travel consultant Jannise Witt who can arrange some attractive flight and accommodation packages – jannise@travelcentre.nf
For more information contact secretary@phansw.org.au
Sponsors
ACPHA: Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations
KAVHA: Kingston and Arthur Vale Heritage Area Authority
PHANZA: Professional Historians Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
PHANSW: Professional Historians Association of NSW
History Council on NSW Royal Australian Historical Society
Conferences and Expos, HT Consultants, Norfolk Island