McBryde, Isabel

Australian Archaeology

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Australian Archaeology    Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.au  Full Citation Details: Notes from the Secretary, 1974. Notes from the Secretary. 'Australian Archaeology', no.1, 3. NOTES FROM THE SECRETARY I. January, 1975 A t  the  ANZAAS Congress t o  be held i n  Canberra a t  the  end of January we s h a l l  hold our f i r s t  f u l l  meeting as  an Associat ion,  s o  we hope t h a t  a s  many members a s  possible w i l l  a t t e n d .  The Associat ion's  programme is a var ied  one, including research papers,  a discussion forum on  he Sta te ,  People and Archaeologists1', and s o c i a l  events a s  well  a s  the  business  meeting. The business  meeting w i l l  be on Tuesday 21st  a t  8.15 p.m. The ANZAAS archaeology programme is a f u l l  one, with sess ions  on h i s t o r i c a l  archaeology, s c i e n t i f i c  methods i n  archaeology, P le i s tocene  case s tud ies  i n  Aust ra l ia ,  and p reh i s to ry  and ethnography of hunter-gatherers and hor t i -  c u l t u r a l i s t s .  W e  urge members to  at tend - f o r  enrolment write t o  t h e  ANZAAS Congress Executive Off icer ,  Austral ian National Univers i ty ,  P.O. Box 4, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601. A major event w i l l  be t h e  Archaeological Association's Forum on "The S t a t e ,  People, and Archaeologists" i n  which we hope t o  have f u l l  and const ruct ive  discussion of the  i ssues  of s i t e  conservation and protect ion,  l e g i s l a t i o n  on protect ion,  f i e l d  research and excavation,  as these a r e  seen by administrators and state a rchaeo log i s t s ,  research workers and excavators, and members of t h e  Aboriginal  community. Invi ted  speakers w i l l  in t roduce these  top ics ,  b u t  the re  w i l l  be ample scope f o r  f u l l  d i scuss ion  from t h e  f l o o r ,  a s  the i s sues  a r e  ones v i t a l  t o  a l l  concerned wi th  archaeology i n  Austral ia.  2. Membership of t h e  Associat ion Membership has grown s t e a d i l y  throughout the  year s ince  o u r  formation a t  Per th  i n  August 1973, with c lose  on seventy members a t  t h e  beginning of October. A l l  p a r t s  of Aust ra l ia  are represented,  though as y e t  we do have a weighting t o  the  south ,  wi th  l a r g e s t  enrolments (70% of members) i n  New South Wales, t h e  A.C.T. and Western Austral ia.  Over half our membership comes from Univers i t i e s ,  (both s t a f f  and senior  and pos t-graduate s tuden t s )  wi th  Museum s t a f f  forming the next l a r g e s t  group, bu t  we a l s o  have growing support outside the  p ro fess iona l  ranks which we hope w i l l  increase fur ther .  To a s s i s t  members i n  contacting others  with s imi lar  i n t e r e s t s  I append a l is t  of members of the  Association. 25th October 1974 Isabel  McBryde Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.au

Notes from the Secretary

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