2005 ADSA Conference

JOURNEYS TO THE INTERIOR

Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus

Monday 4th to Thursday 7th July 2005

CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION

Theme

The conference theme is Journeys to the Interior, which is intended to encourage participants to explore concepts of interiority on a variety of levels.

Conference Location

The conference will take place at the Performing Arts complex of the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University, which is 7 kilometres outside the city of Wagga Wagga. The site includes a studio theatre, drama studios, a television studio and lecture rooms. On-campus accommodation will be available or delegates can choose to stay in one of the many motels and hotels in the city.

Wagga Wagga is situated approximately half-way between Sydney and Melbourne, just off the Hume Highway. It is a 2 ½ hour drive from Canberra and is easily accessible from Adelaide via the Sturt Highway. It is serviced by Qantas Link and Rex (Regional Express) airlines, Country Link rail (on the main Sydney to Melbourne line) and several coach companies.

The largest inland city in NSW, Wagga Wagga has all the amenities one would expect in a regional centre, and is the home of the Riverina Theatre Company, the state s longest surviving regional professional theatre company, the National Glass Collection, and a major regional art gallery. Nearby are several historic country towns that are well worth a visit, and further afield are the wineries of the MIA, Griffith and northern Victoria, and the NSW snowfields are accessible via the Snowy Mountains Highway.

Conference Update--Posted June 2005

We have had approximately 60 proposals for a wide range of presentations, and it looks as though it will be a very good conference.

· Conference Registration Form
· Accommodation Booking Form from the Wagga Visitors Centre.

As this is a heavy Residential School period at CSU there is no on-campus accommodation available. We will be providing a bus to ferry delegates from and back to town.

· A list of Wagga motel and hotel accommodation, with prices.

The aforementioned bus will travel down the main streets (Baylis and Fitzmaurice), so any hotel/motel in those streets will be convenient, and motels in Tarcutta, Morgan, and Kincaid streets are only a short walk to the main streets, so they will be fine too. There are a lot of motels in Edward Street but only the Astor is conveniently located for easy pedestrian access to the main street bus route.

Please note that we have scheduled a Monday lunchtime start and a mid-Thursday afternoon finish so that delegates can save on accommodation costs by flying in on Monday morning and out on the 5.00pm final afternoon flights. Both Qantas Link and Rex (Regional Express) fly to Wagga. The train service is the Sydney to Melbourne XPT, but the arrival and departure times of the trains are not very convenient. Several coach lines, such as Greyhound and Fearnes, also service Wagga.

Further information

Please contact Ray Goodlass for further information at the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, telephone 02 6933 2472, facsimile 02 6933 2887, or email rgoodlass@csu.edu.au.