Venue and Dates
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 February 2010
Conference Venue
Sydney Trades Hall, 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Getting to conference venue
From the airport:
Dep: Airport Domestic Station Platform 1 or Airport International Station Platform 1
Take either the Airport-East Hills Line train, South Line train or Inner West Line train (all CityRail services)
Arr: Museum Station Platform 1
Walk west via Liverpool and George Streets to 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney - 736 metres
From Parramatta:
Dep: Parramatta Station Platform 1 (or 3)
Take either the North Shore Line train or West Line train (all CityRail services)
Arr: Town Hall Station
Walk south via George Street to 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney - 624 metres
From University of Sydney Main Campus:
Dep: any bus stop on City Road
Take any Sydney Buses bus traveling north to the city
Arr: Haymarket bus stop on George Street (near Goulburn Street)
Walk west to 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney - 224 metres
From University of New South Wales - Anzac Parade:
Dep: Kensington, Anzac Pde bus stop (Stand B opposite UNSW)
Take the 392 bus, or 10 bus, or 396 bus or L94 bus (all Sydney Buses)
Arr: bus stop on Liverpool Street (near Nithsdale Street & Museum Station)
Walk west via Liverpool and George Streets to 4 Goulburn Street, Sydney - 712 metres
Transport in the City of Sydney:
Sydney Monorail travels through the City and winds its way above Chinatown, the Spanish Quarter, over Sydney's main street, George Street, takes you through the shopping heart of the City. The Monorail then travels past the historic Queen Victoria Building to the entertainment and dining mecca of Darling Harbour. Stopping at all of Sydney's best attractions, Sydney Monorail is the perfect combination of easy transport and an essential Sydney experience.
Metro Light Rail will take you to the key destinations of the Fish Markets, Star City Casino, Darling Harbour and Chinatown. Metro Light Rail links the hub of Central Station and Sydney’s Inner Western Suburbs via Haymarket, Pyrmont, Glebe and Rozelle. Metro Light Rail is a green network system, which is comfortable, convenient and efficient.
Conference Draft Program Outline
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Wednesday 3 February
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Registration
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11:00am - 1:00pm
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Welcome and Conference Sessions
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1:00pm - 5:30pm
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Welcome Reception
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6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Thursday 4 February
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Conference Sessions
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9:00am - 5:00pm
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Conference Dinner
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6:30pm - 10:30pm |
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Friday 5 February
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Conference Sessions
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9:00am - 5:00pm
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The Welcome Reception and daily catering will be held at the Conference Venue.
Postgraduate Research Degree Forum
Date: 3 February 2010
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Please see the Forums page for further information.
Conference Host
The conference will be held in the historic Mannerist style Sydney Trades Hall building. The Sydney Trades Hall building is superbly located: it is 5 minutes from train, bus, monorail and light rail transport, Dixon Street’s Chinatown, and the Darling Harbour waterfront precinct. Darling Harbour is a prime harbourside location, with restaurants, bars, cafes, museums, theatres and aquarium, and a ferry ride from Circular Quay.
The historic Trades Hall building in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was built and owned by the Trades Hall Association (Trades Hall and Literary Institute), with construction starting in 1888. However, it took 28 years before the building was completed. Unions NSW began life in 1871 as the Sydney Labor Council, later became the Sydney branch of the Australian Labour Federation. The name Labor Council of NSW was adopted in 1908 and Unions NSW became the official title in 2005. It was a tenant of Trades Hall from the building’s first opening on 26 January 1895 until 1970, when the Labor Council opened its own building next door in Sussex Street (Trades Hall has an entrance via the Labor Council Building on Sussex Street). Unions NSW returned to the Trades Hall in 2007. Sydney Trades Hall, as the centre of the trade union movement of NSW, is on the State Heritage Register. For further details on the origin of the Trades Hall building, see Neale Towart “Trades Hall – The Royal Connection”, Workers Online (Issue No 84, 16 February 2001): http://workers.labor.net.au/84/c_historicalfeature_hall.html
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