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JULY 2000

• '1000 years of the Olympic Games: treasures of ancient Greece'. 19 July to 15 November 2000. Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
• 'Bayagul: contemporary Indigenous communication'. Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
• 'Crime Scene: Scientific Investigation Bureau Archives 1945-1960'. Until 2 October 2000. Venue: Police and Justice Museum, Sydney.
• 'Snowy! Power of a nation: 50 years of the Snowy Mountains Scheme'. Until October 2000 Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
• 'Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts'. Until 1 November 2000. Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.
• 'Women with wings: Images of Australian women pilots'. Until 30 January 2001. Venue:Powerhouse Museum.
• 'Convicts'. Until end 2001. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney.
• 'Dead Sea Scrolls'. 14 July to 15 October 2000. Venue: Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney.

EVENTS

1-2 Conference. 'The Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation'. Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne. Enquiries: web: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/asianstudies/chaf/conference.htm

3-5 Conference. 'Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA)13th Biennial Conference: Whose Millennium?'. University of Melbourne, hosted by the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies (MIALS). Enquiries: web: http://www.asaa2000.unimelb.edu.au

4 Conference. 'Australian Network for Research in Women's History One-Day Conference'. University of Adelaide. Enquiries: ph: (08) 8303 5975; Email: margaret.allen@adelaide.edu.au

5 Lecture. 'Sydney's Trams'. Presented by Peter Kahn. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium, Sydney Time: 1pm Cost: $4 mems, $6 non-mems Bookings essential: ph: 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

5-7 Conference. '6^th Australian Mining History Conference'. University of Adelaide. Enquiries:ph: (08) 9380 2939; fax: (08) 9380 1016; Email: mdavies@ecel.uwa.edu.au

5-9 Conference. 'Futures in the Past: The Biennial Conference of the Australian Historical Association' . University of Adelaide. Enquiries: Web: http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/goodo/futures.html

7-8 Conference. 'Religious History Society Conference'. University of Adelaide. Enquiries:Email: j.gascoigne@unsw.edu.au

9 Talk/Viewing. 'Home or Away? Design and the Struggle for the International style in Australia'. Michael Bogle will speak on 20^th century postwar design in conjunction with the exhibition Fifty years of good design in Australia: Harry Seidler's selection. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Rose Seidler House, Sydney Time: 5-8pm Cost: $25, conc $15 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

10 Talk. 'The search for the fifth continent'. Presented by Paul Brunton. Library Society. Venue: Galleries, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

12 Talk. 'Inside the Australian Dictionary of Biography: A celebration of the 15^th volume'. Library Society. Venue: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mem $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

13 Talk. 'Francis Greenway - Convict Architect'. Presented by Dr James Broadbent. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Sydney Time: 6.30-8pm Cost: $11 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

13& 27 Tour. 'White Gloves Tour'. Exclusive tour of Rouse Hill Estate. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Rouse Hill Estate, Sydney Time: 10am-12noon Cost: $15, conc/mem $10 Bookings essential: 9627 6777.

15 Seminar. 'Public Domain, Private Lives'. Debate and interviews surrounding the archive of Sydney crime scene photographs. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Police & Justice Museum, Sydney Time: 9.30am-12noon Cost: $35, conc/mem $30 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

22 Conference. 'Debating the City 3: Consuming Spaces'. Focuses on how spaces of consumption, such as shopping centres, up-market restaurants and apartments raise issues about the blurring of public and private in contemporary urban life. Venue: Museum of Sydney Time: 11am-5.30pm Cost: $70, conc/mem $50 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866 Enquiries: ph: 9251 5988; Email: wattersons@mos.hht.nsw.gov.au

22 Tour. 'Digging up the neighbourhood'. Explore a major archeological site in The Rocks. Meeting venue: Susannah Place Museum, Sydney Time: 10am-12noon Cost: $12, conc/mem $8, family $25 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

25 Talk. 'The Liners'. Rob McAuley speaks on the making of the ABC documentary, The Liners. Library Society. Venue: Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 12.30-1.30pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

29 Tour. 'Place of Shadows and Secrets'. Sausage sizzle and lantern-lit tour of Rouse Hill Estate. Venue: Rouse Hill Estate, Sydney Time: 5.30-8pm Cost: $15, conc/mem $10, family $40 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

29 Workshop. 'Family History and Oral History: A Practical Seminar'. Doreen Mellor will talk about the 'Bringing Them Home Project', Alan Gold will advise on 'Writing Family History' and Diana Ritch and Rosemary Block will conduct a practical seminar on oral history practice and technique with particular reference to family history. Venue: Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 10am-4.15pm Cost: $38.50, $33 (Friends and Foundation members/Society of Australian Genealogists) $27.50 (Oral History Association of Australia members), incl. lunch, morning or afternoon sessions $11 each. Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

30 Fair. 'Anniversary Event 50s Fair'. Activities include a swinging 50s dance group, specialist dealers and collectors selling kitchenalia, glassware, knick-knacks and memorabilia and tours of Rose Seidler House. Venue: Rose Seidler House, Sydney Time: 10am-5pm Cost: $7, children under 12yrs free Enquiries: 9518 6866. 

AUGUST 2000 EVENTS

Commencing 1 August: Course. 'Historic Gardens and Interiors'. Six week course. Historic Houses Trust. Enrolments and enquiries: ph: 9518 6866.

2 Lecture. 'The 73^rd Regiment of the Foot'. For those interested in colonial history and re-enactment. RAHS. Venue: History House Auditorium, Sydney Time: 1pm Cost: $6, mems $4 Bookings: ph: 9247 8001; Email: history@rahs.org.au

2 Talk. 'Film and Travel in Australian in the 1920s'. Speakers include Associate Professor Bruce Johnson and Dr Gaye Poole. Venue: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

6 Tour. 'Upstairs, Downstairs at Government House'. See areas the public does not normally see. Historic Houses Trust. Venue: Government House, Sydney Time: 11am-12.30pm Cost: $13, mem/conc $9, family $22 Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

7 Talk. 'Great Escapes by Convicts in Colonial Australia'. Presented by Warwick Hirst. Library Society. Venue: McDonalds Room, State Library of NSW, Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm Cost: $16.50, mems $11 Bookings: ph: 9273 1770; fax: 9273 1248; Email: bookings@slnsw.gov.au

12 Tour. 'Time Please, Ladies and Gentlemen'. Walking tour of hotels in The Rocks. Historic Houses Trust. Meeting venue: Susannah Place Museum, Sydney Time: 10am-12.30pm Cost: $35, conc/mem $25 incl. lunch Bookings essential: ph: 9518 6866.

CALL FOR PAPERS

'The XIth David Nichol Smith Century Studies Conference: "The Exotic"'. 26-28 March 2001, National Library, Canberra. Humanities Research Centre & National Library of Australia. Abstract of 300 words submitted by 30 November 2000. Enquiries: Dr Christa Knellwolf ph: 6279 8963; fax: 6248 0054; Email: Christa.Knellwolf@anu.edu.au

'Prospects and Retrospects: Law in History 2001: The 20th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society'. 6-8 July 2001, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Abstract of approximately 250 words, a brief curriculum vitae submitted by 1 December 2000. Enquiries: ph/fax: 64 7 838 4048; Email: c.coleborne@waikato.ac.nz

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES

'Completing the Commonwealth: Western Australia & Federation, 1900'. 1-3 September 2000, Kalgoorlie. Conference to commemorate the passing of Western Australia's Constitution Bill referendum. Enquiries: Tessa Milne or Peta Shera ph: 9514 2034; fax: 9514 2037; Email: 1901centre@uts.edu.au; web: http://www.1901centre.uts.edu.au

'Public History Meanings, Ownership, Practice'. 2-3 September 2000. Wellington. PHANZA. Enquiries: Email: gavin.mclean@dia.govt.nz or bronwyn.dalley@dia.govt.nz

'World Heritage: Where are we at?'. 18-19 November 2000. National Science & Technology Centre Canberra. ICOMOS. Enquiries: web: http://www.icomos.org/australia/

'Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism'. 28 November-2 December 2000. Adelaide. The Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) and The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA). Enquiries: ph:61 8 8204 9311; fax 61 8 8204 9455; Email: bjeffery@dehaa.sa.gov.au

'The Biennial conference of the History and Film Association of Australia and New Zealand'. 30 November - 3 December, 2000. New Zealand Film Archive/Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua & Victoria University of Wellington/Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Enquiries: fax: 64-4-463 5090; Email: Russell.Campbell@vuw.ac.nz