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ALIA 2ND NATIONAL LOCAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

Announcing "Post Haste the Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges in Local
Studies", the 2nd National Local Studies Conference organised by the Local
Studies National Section of the Australian Library and Information
Association (ALIA). The Conference will be held on Friday 12 and Saturday 13
November 1999, at the Rose and Crown Hotel, Guildford, Western Australia.

The Conference aims to enhance the knowledge and skills of local history
enthusiasts and to promote understanding and collaboration between
individuals and organisations committed to the preservation of Australia's
cultural heritage. The Conference programme features:

* International, national and local presenters
* Australia at the millennium
* Importance of movable cultural heritage in Australia
* Management of local history resources
* Management of heritage places
* Researching family and community history
* Technology and local history

The Conference venue is The Rose and Crown Hotel, Swan Street, Guildford,
Western Australia. The original inn was first built in 1841 and is the
oldest hotel still trading in Western Australia. It was a stopping point
between Perth and the outlying areas of the colony. Guildford was
established in 1829 and has many historical buildings, including the
Guildford Museum complex and antique shops, all within walking distance of
the Hotel. Vineyards and restaurants in the Swan Valley are within a 10-15
minute drive. Guildford is only 10 minutes by car from Perth Domestic
Airport and 20 minutes by electric train from Perth.


EVENTS IN THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER 1999

9.15AM-9.30AM: OPENING
Cr Charles Gregorini, JP, Shire President, Shire of Swan

9.30AM-10.30AM: OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Dr Alan Bundy, University Librarian, University of South Australia;
Director, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, SA
Progress and potential: local public libraries and Australia's cultural
heritage at century's end

11.00AM-11.45AM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Josette Mathers, Christian Brothers, WA
Preserving and accessing sensitive material
SWAN VALLEY STORIES STREAM
Pam Buselich, Mercy College, WA
Early to the vineyards: a celebration of viticulture in the Swan Valley
amidst changing diversity
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Sheila McHale, MLA, Member for Thornlie, WA
>From the macro to the micro: local studies as an essential link in the
social, political and cultural framework - millennium or no millennium

11.45AM-12.30PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Gai Copeman, City of Thuringowa, QLD
Regional imaging of community history using CD-ROM technology
SWAN VALLEY STORIES STREAM
Jan Pittman, Guildford Grammar School, WA
Guildford Grammar School Archives: past, present and future
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Hon Phillip Pendal, MLA, Member for South Perth, WA
Bringing May Gibbs home to South Perth

1.30PM-2.15PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Jennifer Sloggett, Ku-ring-gai Library, NSW
Anniversaries - what do we celebrate?: access and identification for the new
millennium
SWAN VALLEY STORIES STREAM
Dr Patrick Bertola, Curtin University of Technology, WA
Midland Westrail Workshops History Project
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Elizabeth Rummins, Historian, WA
A Singapore journey - local studies style

2.15PM-3.00PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Dr Alison Gregg, Fremantle City Library, WA
Here to stay?: planning and managing an oral history collection
HERITAGE ISSUES STREAM
Trish Kotai-Ewers, Fellowship of Australian Writers, WA
"Living museum" or snail?: the relocation of Tom Collins House from Servetus
Street to Allen Park, Swanbourne
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Dr Frances Gladwin, State Library of Victoria, VIC
The Public History Centre: community history in the new millennium

3.30PM-4.15PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Isabel Smith, State Records Office, WA
Managing electronic records for the future
HERITAGE ISSUES STREAM
Irene Stainton, Aboriginal Affairs Department, WA
Heritage matters: an Aboriginal perspective
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Brenda McConchie, AIMA Training and Consultancy Services, ACT and Robyn
Collins, State Library of SA
Mining the collection: seeking and sharing the gold for the public good

4.15PM-5.00PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
MANAGING RESOURCES STREAM
Mimi de Taille, Fremantle City Library, WA
Unearthing the hidden gems in your collection: a practical approach to local
studies cataloguing
HERITAGE ISSUES STREAM
Tom Perrigo, National Trust of Australia, WA
Management of heritage places: how wrong have we got it?
LINKS TO COMMUNITY STREAM
Jen Ford, National Archives of Australia, WA
Anniversaries and celebrations: Commonwealth records of local interest

6.00PM: PRE-THEATRE DINNER
A Pre-Theatre Dinner will be held in the historic Padburys Café Restaurant,
which is across the road from the Conference Venue. Padbury House and Store
was built in 1869 by Walter Padbury, who first arrived in Western Australia
with his father in 1830.

8.00PM: THEATRE PERFORMANCE
The Garrick Theatre will perform "Tales of Old Guildford" in their historic
venue, built in the 1850s as a convict depot. There is ample time to stroll
from Padburys Café Restaurant to the Garrick Theatre in time for the
performance.


SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER 1999

9.00AM-9.45AM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
TELLING THE STORY STREAM
Jenni Woodroffe, ALIA Local Studies Section, WA
Balwarra: the story of a garden and its creator
NUTS AND BOLTS STREAM
Roger Horgan, ALIA Local Studies Section, WA
Casting a family Net: Internet resources for genealogy in 2000 and beyond
MILESTONES STREAM
Anthea Harris, Perth Mint, WA
The centenary of the Perth Mint: a local study of an international
celebration

9.45AM-10.30AM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
TELLING THE STORY STREAM
Anne Carter, Loreto Convent, WA
What's in the package now?: a critical review of the early history of
Perth's private girls schools
NUTS AND BOLTS STREAM
Grant White, Newcastle Region Library, NSW
Creating a content-rich local studies Web site, with particular reference to
the Newcastle experience
MILESTONES STREAM
Shauna Booth, Centenary of Women's Suffrage Committee, WA
Suffrage centenary - celebrations and chronicles

11.00AM-11.45AM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
DIFFERENT VOICES STREAM
Dr John Yiannakis, Tuart College, WA
Hellenes in Hesperia: an outline history of the Greek presence in Western
Australia
NUTS AND BOLTS STREAM
Malcolm Traill, Donna McAleese and Jenny Brandis, Albany Public Library, WA
Triple trouble: the challenges of indexing a remote local studies collection
from three separate locations
OUTREACH STREAM
Linda Allery, City of Playford, SA
Getting the bug: new century, new ideas

11.45AM-12.30PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
DIFFERENT VOICES STREAM
Dr Jan Ryan, Edith Cowan University, WA
Ghosts: reinventing the souls of the past
NUTS AND BOLTS STREAM
Dr Maggie Exon, Curtin University of Technology, WA
DB or not DB?: choosing and using databases in local studies
OUTREACH STREAM
Jan Partridge, Curtin University of Technology, WA
Friends of local history groups

12.30PM-2.15PM: LUNCH TIME ACTIVITIES
There is an extended lunch break on Saturday so that delegates may explore
the many historic places around Guildford. There are a number of galleries,
speciality and antique shops to be discovered.
* The Guildford Museum, run by the Swan-Guildford Historical Society will be
open for delegates.
* St Matthew's Church, Stirling Square will also be open.
* Lynda Haythornthwaite, historic guide, will lead a 45-minute walking tour
for delegates, commencing from The Rose and Crown Hotel at 1.15pm.

2.15PM-3.00PM: CONCURRENT SESSIONS
DIFFERENT VOICES STREAM
Professor Cora Baldock, Murdoch University, WA
Immigrants and transnational caregiving
NUTS AND BOLTS STREAM
Dr Cathie Clement, Public Historian, WA
Technology, technique and tenacity: tools for tackling local history
OUTREACH STREAM
Rosslyn Marshall and Lesley Wallace, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library,
WA
Providing outreach programs on a shoestring

3.00PM-4.00PM: CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
Professor JD Hendry, County Heritage Officer, Cumbria County Council;
Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK
Local history at the millennium: priorities in the United Kingdom

4.30PM-5.30PM: FAREWELL FUNCTION
On behalf of the Shire of Swan, a Farewell Function will be hosted by the
Shire President, Cr Charles Gregorini, JP, in the Midland Town Hall.
Commenced in 1906, the Town Hall was not completed until 1924 and has
recently been refurbished. The clock tower is a noted landmark of the
district.


SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER 1999

9.00-9.30AM: WALKING TOUR
A repeat Walking Tour is being offered by Lynda Haythornthwaite, departing
from the Guildford Museum, corner Swan and Meadow Streets, Guildford.

10.00AM-1.00PM: CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH
As a 40th anniversary function of The National Trust of Australia (WA), a
Champagne Brunch will be held at historic Woodbridge. The construction of
this Victorian building commenced in 1884 and Mr Charles Harper and his
family moved into their new home late in 1885. The first classes of
Guildford Grammar School were taught in the billiard room. In 1921
Woodbridge was leased as a preparatory school for boarding and day pupils.
It was taken over by the Public Health Department in 1942 as a home for aged
women. The house was vested in the National Trust, restored under the
direction of Marshall Clifton, and opened to the public in 1970. The day
includes a tour of this historic home, champagne brunch and a performance by
Age Link Reminiscence Theatre.


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES

ALIA members before 31 August 1999: $150
ALIA members after 31 August 1999: $190
ALIA members one day only: $100

ALIA non-members before 31 August 1999: $190
ALIA non-members after 31 August 1999: $230
ALIA non-members one day only: $120

Seniors/Unwaged before 31 August 1999: $120
Seniors/Unwaged after 31 August 1999: $140
Seniors/Unwaged one day only: $90

1999 Conference Papers pre-ordered: $30

Pre-Theatre Dinner, Friday 12 November 1999: $25

"Tales of Old Guildford", Garrick Theatre, Friday 12 November 1999: $10

Walking Tour and Visit to Guildford Museum, Saturday 13 November 1999: Free

Farewell Function, Saturday 13 November 1999: Free

Champagne Brunch, Sunday 14 November 1999: $20


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

For queries or further information relating to the Conference, including
electronic or paper copies of the registration brochure, please contact:

Jenni Woodroffe
Phone/Fax: (08) 9367 4759
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Margaret Pember
Phone: (08) 9266 2732 (W)
Fax: (08) 9266 3152 (W)
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Roger Horgan
Phone: (08) 9454 7292
Fax: (08) 9454 3742
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