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DAY ONE |
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9.15–9.45am |
Registration |
9.45–9.50am |
Welcome and Introduction
Sir James Gobbo AC
Chairman, National Library of Australia Council |
9.50–10.10am |
Opening Remarks
How do we travel? How do we write about such personal and often
elusive experiences?
Ian Britain |
10.10–11.00am |
Session 1
‘Australian Women: Travel and Creating National and International
Identities’
Australian women travel in a wide variety of ways, and have been
changed by the experience.
Ros Pesman
Chair: Sir James Gobbo AC |
11.00–11.30am |
Morning tea |
11.30am–12.20pm |
Session 2 (panel session)
‘Telling Journeys: Re-writing the Story’
Journeys continue to live in the imaginations of travellers. As
they recount these journeys there is room for many kinds of storytelling.
The Myth of the Journey—Glenda Adams
Public Journeys, Private Stories—Penny Russell
Reporting the Journey—Myra Jean Bourke
Chair: Margy Burn |
12.20–2.00pm |
Lunch |
2.00–2.50pm |
Session 3
‘Voyaging South: Travelling to Antarctica’
In extreme conditions common assumptions about travel don’t always
hold true.
Tom Griffiths
Chair: Pam Gatenby |
2.50–3.20pm |
Afternoon tea |
3.20–4.20pm |
Session 4 (panel session)
‘Latitudes and Longitudes’
On the various maps, and in the various terrain, of individual experience
there are many ways of searching and many locations.
The Pathfinder—Tony Wheeler
The Explorer—Alan Gould
Relocating the Centre—Kim Mahood
Chair: Marion Halligan |
6pm |
Conference Dinner
The Lobby Restaurant
A superb meal at a fine restaurant.
Speaker: Linda Jaivin
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TWO |
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10–10.50am |
Session 5
‘The Exiled Voice’
Notions of exile and notions of language often go together as the
outsider finds ways of connecting.
Arnold Zable
Chair: Helen Kon |
10.50–11.30am |
Morning tea |
11.30am–12.20pm |
Session 6 (panel session)
‘Leaving Home; Looking for Home’
Home and identity are fluid concepts, and are always being newly
created and understood.
Voyage to Freedom—Diane Armstrong
Bringing Them Home—Anna Haebich & Doreen Mellor
Crossing Cultures—Barry Hill
Chair: Winnie Pelz |
12.20–2.00pm |
Lunch |
2.00–2.50pm |
Session 7 (panel session)
‘Life Journeys’
Patterns of leaving and returning define who we are and are often
at the heart of how we live.
From Burma to Bowral—Colin McPhedran
The Mother Tongue—Delia Falconer
My Journey—Brij Lal
Chair: Bruce Bennett |
2.50–3.20pm |
Afternoon tea |
3.20–4.10pm |
Session 8
‘A Personal Passage’
In the work of every writer there are many ways of travelling and
many places to explore.
Peter Steele
Chair: Paul Hetherington |
4.10–4.15pm |
Closing Remarks
Jan Fullerton
Director-General, National Library of Australia |