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SYMPOSIUM ARCHIVES

A record of  Symposia past — Ideally this archive will include published Proceedings, and official programs, but ephemera would be wonderful too, photographs, notes, and reflections.  Please get in touch if you have goodies to share.  

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SAG 01

The Upstart Cuisine​

Adelaide

12-13 March 1984

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 02

Foodism: Philosophy or Fad

Adelaide

21 September-1 October 1985

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 03

A Multiculinary Society

Melbourne

8-10 March 1987

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 04

Food in Festivity

Sydney

16-18 October 1988

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 05

The Pleasures of the Table 

Adelaide

10-13 March 1990

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 06

Much Depends on Dinner

Geelong

15-18 September 1991

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 07

Nature and Culture

Canberra

1993

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 08

Sustaining Gastronomy

Adelaide

28 – 30 September 1994

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 09

Food & Power

Sydney

10 – 14 April 1996

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 10

Beyond the tuckerbox – securing the future

Grampians

29 March – 1 April 1998

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 11

The pursuit of happiness from colony to republic

Hobart

26 – 29 September 1999

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 11a

In Holiday Mood

Wellington

16 – 18 March 2001

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 12

The Edible City: Ideas for urban gastronomy

Adelaide

10 – 13 March 2002

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 13

Food, Fears, Fads and Fancy

Orange

13 – 17 February 2004

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 14

Preservation or Change?

Beechworth

26 – 29 June 2005

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 15

Beyond the supermarket: learning to overcome gastronomic poverty

Dover Tasmania
29 April – 2 May 2007

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 16

Hunter: ‘Cry the Beloved River’

Newcastle

26 October – 2008

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 17

Economy

Adelaide

13 – 16 November 2009

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 18

The Federation of Taste

Canberra

13 – 15 May 2011

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 19

The Generous Table

Newcastle

5 – 8 April 2013

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 20

Ferment

Wellington NZ

29 November – 1 December 2014

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 21

Utopian Appetites

Melbourne

2 – 5 December 2016

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 22

Out of Place

Parramatta, Western Sydney

16 – 19 November 2018

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 23

SAG Covidium – The education of the senses:
Aesthetics of food and drink

Brisbane

17 – 20 July 2020

Symposia Proceedings
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SAG 24

Reclaiming Happiness: The Epicurean Garden, Simple Pleasures and a Sustainable Future

Bendigo

8 – 11 May 2022

Symposia Proceedings
Chef at Work
SAG 25

Theme to be announced

Launceston
2024

The Research Centre for the History of Food and Drink at the University of Adelaide has a useful list of Symposia, since the first in 1984 ‘actively involved in the promotion of Australian gastronomy; that is, one relevant to the culture, climate, and history of the Australian continent’.

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