Are you looking for information about past ASHA conferences? The first ASHA annual conference was held in Sydney on 29-30 October 1981. Since then the society has held conferences each year, apart from 2020. Many conferences have been jointly held with the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA), the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA), the Australian Association for Maritime History (AAMH), the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Incorporated (AACAI) and Interpretation Australia (IA). Early conferences were documented in the society newsletter. You can find archived versions of the conference pages listed below. Many, many thanks to those ASHA members and friends who have supplied information and copies of past conference programs.
ASHA 2024 Conference
Ann Harding Conference Centre, University of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
25 -27 September 2024
Further conference information is found here.
ASHA 2023 Conference
Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, Mackay, Queensland, Australia
19 to 23 September 2023
Further conference information is found here.
ASHA 2022 Conference
Russell Kororāreka, Pēwhairangi/Bay of Islands, New Zealand
27 to 30 September 2022
Further conference information is found here.
ASHA 2021 Conference (Online)
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria (Online)
18 to 22 October 2021.
Further conference information is found here.
ASHA 2019 Conference
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
14 October to 16th October 2019
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ASHA/AIMA 2018 Conference
Parramatta, New South Wales
26 – 28 September 2018
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For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA/IA 2017 Conference
Tasmania
10 – 14 October
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For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA 2016 Conference
Christchurch, New Zealand
28 September – 1 October
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ASHA/AIMA 2015 Join Conference
Geelong, Victoria
24 – 26 September
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AAA/ASHA 2014 Join Conference
Cairns, Queensland
1 – 3 December
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ASHA 2013 Conference
Parramatta, New South Wales
5 – 6 October 2013
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AIMA/ASHA Conference 2012
Surf and Turf
University of Notre Dame Australia and the Western Australian Museum, Fremantle, WA
1-4 October 2012
You can download the program here.
For a copy of the conference abstracts, click here.
For a report on the conference click here.
ASHA Conference 2011
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
17-19 November 2011
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 2010
Mercure Hotel, Brisbane, Qld
29 September – 3 October 2010
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AIMA/ASHA Conference 2009
“Inveresk”, Launceston, Tasmania
24-26 September 2009
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AIMA/AAMH/ASHA Conference 2008
Archaeology from Below: engaging the public
State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
24-28 September 2008
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AAA/AIMA/AAMH/AACAI/ASHA Conference 2007
New Ground: Australasian Archaeological Conference
Bosch Lecture Theatres, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
21-26 September 2007
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AIMA/ASHA Conference 2006
Land, Sea and Air – Australasian archaeology from 1606 to the present
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT
14-18 September 2006
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 2005
‘The City and the Bush’
City campus, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria
29 September – 2 October 2005
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AIMA/ASHA Conference 2004
‘Gold, wars and whaling – trans-Tasman connections’
Turnbull House (Wellington) + Yacht Club (Picton), Wellington/Picton, New Zealand
23-27 September 2004
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
AAMH/ASHA Conference 2003
Islands and Coastlines
The Colonial of Norfolk, Norfolk Island
1 – 5 October 2003
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
AAA/AIMA/ASHA Conference 2002
Southbank Convention Centre , Townsville , Qld
17-21 November 2002
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 2001
Physics Building, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
AIMA/ASHA Conference 2000
‘Archaeology, heritage and tourism’
St Mark’s College, Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
27 November – 2 December 2000
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 1999
‘Trowels and Treasure: ASHA in Bendigo 1999’
Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo, Victoria
30 September to 4 October 1999
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1998
Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1997
Queenstown, New Zealand
3 – 6 October 1997
For an archived version of the website (external link), click here.
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 1996
Stephen Roberts Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
AIMA/ASHA Conference 1995
‘Soundings – approaches to maritime and historical archaeology’
CSIRO Complex, Hobart, Tasmania
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1994
‘Convicts, coal and claret: ASHA goes to Newcastle’
Hunter Regional Museum, Newcastle, NSW
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1993
‘The recent past’
Polygon Theatre, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1992
‘Questions of context: documentary sources and the archaeology of historical Australia’
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1991
Ormond College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
A copy of the conference program is currently being obtained
ASHA Conference 1990
“Pembridge”, 31 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 1989
Artefacts and Material Culture
University of Sydney
22-24 September 1989
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ASHA Conference 1988
Industrial Awakening: The Archaeological Perspective
John XIII College, Australian National University, Canberra
2-4 September 1988
For a copy of the conference program, click here.
ASHA Conference 1987
Colonisation: Australia in the World Context
Architecture Building, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
1-3 September 1987
For a copy of the conference program (including abstracts), click here.
Selected papers were published as Archaeology and colonisation : Australia in the world context: selected papers from the Seventh Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Historical Archaeology, Sydney, September 1987 [external link]
ASHA Conference 1986
Mary White College, University of New England, Armidale, NSW
11-13 July 1986
For a copy of the conference program (including abstracts), click here.
ASHA Conference 1985
‘The archaeology of standing structures’ and ‘The identification of ethnic groups in archaeological remains’
Glenn College Theatre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria
27-28 May 1985
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ASHA Conference 1984
Women’s College, University of Sydney , Sydney, NSW
28-29 September 1984
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ASHA Conference 1983
‘Archaeological excavation on Australian historic sites’
Power House Museum, Mary Ann Street (off Harris Street)
14-15 October 1983
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ASHA Conference 1982
‘Talking rubbish: or what does archaeology mean to the historian?’
Women’s College, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
16-17 October 1982
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ASHA Conference 1981
Prospects and Aspects
National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
29-30 October 1981
For a copy of the conference program, click here.