Friday, 6 December – CEDAM Seminar Room, Linnaeus Cottage aka Building 96 (west of the Hancock Library) (at end of Linnaeus Way, part of the building housing the Australian National Dictionary Centre) - see the campus map page.
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 10.00am | David Blair, Macquarie University (President) Towards a standard terminology of geographic features |
| 10.30 | Bruce Moore, ANDC (Vice-President/President Elect) Evidence for the development of Australian English in the reports of 19th-century school inspectors |
| 11.00 | Tea |
| 11.30 | Business meeting and election of officers 2002-04 |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Amanda Laugesen, ANDC Australian First World War slang and the developmentof the Australian lexicon |
| 14.00 | Judith Robertson, ANDC The lexicographical detective |
| 14.30 | Tea |
| 15.00 | Andrew Pawley, ANU On making dictionary entries for conventional 'speechact' expressions |
Everyone interested in attending is invited to send their contact details (name, position and institution if applicable, postal address, phone number, and email address) to AUSTRALEX secretary Flavia Hodges, fhodges@hmn.mq.edu.au (snailmail: Department of English, Macquarie University, NSW 2109).
The preceding day, 5 December 2002, there is also the Australian Placenames Colloquium at ANU (Seminar Room A, Coombs Building).