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CONFERENCES & TOURS


CONFERENCES

Each year the AGHS hold a national conference in a different region within Australia. The first conference was held in Melbourne in 1980 where the Society was formed. Since then Conferences have been held in the Blue Mountains and Sydney in NSW, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Adelaide and Mt Gambier in South Australia, Toowoomba in Queensland and Perth in Western Australia.

Members and non members are invited to attend one and a half days of lectures by stimulating international and national speakers who are specialists in their fields, including garden design, architecture, garden history and cultural history.

The program always includes a day and a half of visits to many wonderful historic and contemporary public and private gardens. Extra days of garden visits are usually offered as an optional extra.

Associate YOUR name with the AGHS Conference – see Sponsorship Guidelines

 

34th Annual National Conference
Armidale, NSW
17 – 21 October 2013

The 34th Annual National Conference of the Australian Garden History Society ‘Gardens with altitude: the high lean country of New England’

The Northern NSW sub-branch invites you to attend the 34th Annual National Conference to be based in Armidale from 17 – 21 October 2013. For over 150 years, and sometimes through many generations, old and new gardeners in the New England region have dreamed of and developed pleasure gardens, large homestead gardens, and small town gardens, and continue to triumph over weather patterns, old and new, as well as embracing the distinctive local landscape.

We invite you to see the results, as well as hear outstanding speakers explaining how these gardens have been developed and maintained. There will also be many opportunities to enjoy the natural landscape, cuisine, wines, crafts, and art of the region.

More information to come in the Jan/Feb/March issue of Australian Garden History.

Conference Brochure.

Book online

Gardens of a Golden Era

33rd Annual National Conference
Ballarat, Victoria
9-11 November 2012

The 33rd Annual National Conference of the Australian Garden History Society ‘Gardens of a Golden Era’ was held in Ballarat, the jewel in the crown of the Victorian goldfields. With a population of nearly 100,000 people, Ballarat celebrates its past while continuing to grow.

With the discovery of rich alluvial goldfields in the 1850s thousands flocked to Ballarat from around the world to seek their fortune. The resultant wealth has left an outstanding urban landscape with wide boulevards, grand Victorian architecture, historic precincts, public statuary, Lake Wendouree and the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, said to be the finest regional botanical gardens in Australia with many significant trees and buildings. Ballarat is reputed to have the greatest concentration of public statuary in any Australian city. The colourful history includes the Eureka Rebellion in 1854, often linked to the birth of democracy in Australia.

In contrast to the 2011 conference venue (Maryborough Qld), Ballarat has hot dry summers and cool wet winters with occasional snow. Although the climate is officially described as moderate, many regard the winter as severe. The date of the conference has been fixed to take advantage of the milder spring weather. The conference program will reflect the heritage of Ballarat and locate the city and region in their geological and historical context and combines lectures with garden visits.

32nd Annual National Conference, Maryborough, Queensland
19, 20, 21 August 2011

Conference papers will be published in a special edition of the Queensland Review which can be purchased from Australian Academic Press by completing the order form.

30th Annual National Conference, Geelong, Victoria
16-18 October 2009

2009 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing (8Mb).

 

26th Annual National Conference, Perth, Western Australia
14-16 October 2005

2005 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing. (1.1Mb).

 

25th Annual National Conference, Sydney, NSW
14-17 October 2004

2004 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing. (1.1Mb).

 

TOURS

The AGHS regularly conducts specialised tours throughout Australia. The Society always endeavours to engage leaders who are knowledgeable and highly skilled in conducting tours.

These tours are wonderful opportunities to explore particular areas or themes in garden history and visit gardens rarely open to the public. Numbers are limited giving participants every chance to interact with leaders, garden owners and other participants.

Each year the AGHS holds a tour in association with the National Conference.

From time to time AGHS Branches conduct excellent tours in regional areas.
Look through the activities under Branch pages to find one which may interest you.

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