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16th AMHA Annual Conference, 2010
Wednesday, 7 July to Saturday,10 July
Kingsgate Hotel, Greymouth, New Zealand
Wealth of Nations battery, Reefton, late 1800s
The 16th annual conference of the AMHA, will be the first conference the Association has staged out of Australia. Greymouth was selected as the most appropriate venue for the conference because the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand has a rich and varied mining heritage including gold rushes, coal mining, gold dredging, mining industrial history, and mine disasters etc. Conference attendees will be able to see much of the fascinating mining history of this region.
There will be a two-day pre-conference mining history tour on the Monday and Tuesday, 5 and 6 July, 2010, and a one day post-conference tour on Sunday, 11 July. For details on accommodation for the pre-conference tour click here.
The business sessions of the conference when papers will be presented will be from Wednesday, 7 July to Saturday,10 July, at the Kingsgate Hotel. Conference attendees must make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Conference attendees who wish to stay at the Kingsgate Hotel should quote the “AMHA conference booking reference number” 24000272306 to the Hotel when booking. The Kingsgate Hotel phone number from Australia is 0011 64 3 768 5085. Superior rooms cost $NZ136 a night and standard rooms $NZ116. The Australian dollar currently buys $NZ1.26, but the exchange rate fluctuates.
There is a wide range of accommodation available in Greymouth. Accommodation advice and costs, and bookings can be obtained from the Greymouth District Council Events and Promotions office. Unless they have their own transport, conference attendees should ensure that where they book is in proximity to the conference venue. The Kingsgate Hotel is centrally located in Greymouth at 32 Mawhera Quay. Christchurch is the closest international airport to Greymouth. Air travel to New Zealand is competitive with several airlines - including Air New Zealand, Qantas, Emirates, Jetstar, Virgin Pacific etc - flying direct to Christchurch from several Australian airports. Several airlines also fly direct to Christchurch from various airports in USA. Some might wish to travel from Christchurch to Greymouth on the spectacular TranzAlpine train through the Southern Alps (bookings). The train goes daily, but conference attendees wishing to go on the pre-conference tour should book to get to Greymouth by Sunday, 4 July. The Kingsgate Hotel has a courtesy transfer service from the Greymouth train station to the hotel if pre-booked.
Many might wish to see more of the South Island after the conference by touring down the West Coast to see the glaciers, the rain forests, the alpine lakes, the ski fields, and the fiords etc. The West Coast of the South Island has been described by Lonely Planet as “One of the top 10 coastal drives in the world”. Queenstown is a good tourist centre to see many of these spectacular attractions. At least four airlines have direct flights from Queenstown to several Australian cities, but not every day. There are daily flights by several airlines to Christchurch from Queenstown. The South Island is colder than Australia, and it will be winter time, so conference attendees should dress appropriately. However they can be assured of a warm welcome.
Call for papers
Contacts
Conference information - Dr Brian Hill
Conference papers - Dr Philip Hart
Conference registration - AMHA secretary Mel Davies
Conference tours - John Barry
17th AMHA Annual Conference, 2011
Adelaide Hills, South Australia, September 2011
Theme: Australia’s Earliest Mining Era - Mt Lofty Ranges, SA 1841-1851
Conference information - Greg Drew
Past AMHA Conferences
Photos from 2009 Conference, Lithgow
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Abstracts: Conference papers from 1997 to present
Proceedings: 2003 Broken Hill
2006 Kadina
2008 Queenstown
2009 Lithgow
International Conferences
American Mining History Association
Silver City, New Mexico
June 10-13, 2010