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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

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SAG 02

Foodism: Philosophy or Fad

Adelaide

21 September-1 October 1985

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SAG 03

A Multiculinary Society

Melbourne

8-10 March 1987

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SAG 04

Food in Festivity

Sydney

16-18 October 1988

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SAG 05

The Pleasures of the Table 

Adelaide

10-13 March 1990

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SAG 06

Much Depends on Dinner

Geelong

15-18 September 1991

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SAG 07

Nature and Culture

Canberra

1993

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SAG 08

Sustaining Gastronomy

Adelaide

28 – 30 September 1994

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SAG 09

Food & Power

Sydney

10 – 14 April 1996

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SAG 10

Beyond the tuckerbox – securing the future

Grampians

29 March – 1 April 1998

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SAG 11

The pursuit of happiness from colony to republic

Hobart

26 – 29 September 1999

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SAG 11a

In Holiday Mood

Wellington

16 – 18 March 2001

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SAG 12

The Edible City: Ideas for urban gastronomy

Adelaide

10 – 13 March 2002

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SAG 13

Food, Fears, Fads and Fancy

Orange

13 – 17 February 2004

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SAG 14

Preservation or Change?

Beechworth

26 – 29 June 2005

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SAG 15

Beyond the supermarket: learning to overcome gastronomic poverty

Dover Tasmania
29 April – 2 May 2007

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SAG 16

Hunter: ‘Cry the Beloved River’

Newcastle

26 October – 2008

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SAG 17

Economy

Adelaide

13 – 16 November 2009

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SAG 18

The Federation of Taste

Canberra

13 – 15 May 2011

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SAG 19

The Generous Table

Newcastle

5 – 8 April 2013

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SAG 20

Ferment

Wellington NZ

29 November – 1 December 2014

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SAG 21

Utopian Appetites

Melbourne

2 – 5 December 2016

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SAG 22

Out of Place

Parramatta, Western Sydney

16 – 19 November 2018

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SAG 23

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

Brisbane

17 – 20 July 2020

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SAG 24

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

Bendigo

8 – 11 May 2022

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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