Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference

The Australian Archaeological Association Inc. holds a conference in late November/early December of each year. The conference is the major annual meeting of Australian archaeologists and attracts interstate and international delegates. The conference is held in a different location each year to encourage a broad-cross section of the archaeological community to attend and reduce travelling costs for students.

Year	Theme	Dates	Location	Hosting Bodies	Conference Program
2009	Old Guard, New Guard	11-14 December	Adelaide, SA	Archaeology, Flinders University
2008	n/a	3-6 December	Noosa, QLD	School of Social Science, University of Queensland
2007	New Ground	21-26 September	Sydney, NSW	Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney	(3.74 MB)
2006	Modern humans in Asia, Australia and Oceania: timing, impact, signatures and spread	8-10 December	Beechworth, VIC	La Trobe University
2005	AAA, AIMA Joint Conference The Archaeology of Trade and Exchange	27-30 November	Fremantle, WA	School of Social & Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia & Western Australian Maritime Museum	(640 KB)
2004	Networks and Narratives	13-15 December	Armidale, NSW	Division of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England
2003	Major Theme: Colder and Drier for Longer?: Implications of the "New" Late Glacial Maximum (30-20,000 BP) for Humans in Australia and the Region	4-7 December	Jindabyne, Snowy Mountains, NSW	Centre for Archaeological Research, Australian National University
2002	AAA, AIMA, ASHA Joint Conference Land and Sea: Common Ground and Contemporary Issues for Australian Archaeology	17-22 November	Townsville, QLD	Maritime Museum of Townsville & James Cook University
2001	Barriers, Borders, Boundaries	6-8 December	Hervey Bay, QLD	University of Queensland	(917 KB)
2000	Advancing Archaeology in Australia: Teaching, Research & Heritage	30 November-2 December	Beechworth, VIC	La Trobe University
1999	Transformation	9-11 December	Mandurah, WA	University of Western Australia
1998	.	10-12 December	Valla Beach, NSW	University of Sydney
1997	.	4-6 December	Boambee Bay, NSW	University of New England
1996	Creation	5-7 December	Dzintari, SA	South Australian Museum, University of South Australia & Flinders University
1995	Included: Repatriation Session	6-9 December	Gatton College, QLD	University of Queensland
1994	.	24-26 November	La Trobe University, VIC	La Trobe University
1993	Archaeology in Northern Australia	9-11 December	Darwin, NT	.
1992	.	.	Valla Beach, NSW	.
1991	Pleistocene Archaeology in Australia, New Guinea and Island Melanesia	.	Jindabyne, NSW	.
1990	.	.	Townsville, QLD	.
1989	Included: 20 years of Archaeology in the Willandra	.	.	.
1988	.	.	University of New England, NSW	.
1987	.	.	Point Walter, WA	.
1986	Included: 25 years of New Guinea Highlands Archaeology	.	Lorne, VIC	.
1985	Included: 20 years of Tasmanian Archaeology	.	Valla Beach, NSW	.
1984	Theory and Method in Archaeology	.	Tallebudgera, QLD	.
1983	Archaeology and Ethnography	.	Australian National University, ACT	.
1982	Colonisation and Adaptive Mechanisms	.	Hobart, TAS	.
1981	Cultural Resource Management	.	Springwood, NSW	.
1980	Coastal Archaeology	.	Valla Beach, NSW	.
1979	Education and Training in Prehistory and Archaeology	.	Falls Creek, VIC	.
1978	Excavation Techniques, Computers and Specialist Studies	.	Kioloa, NSW	.