Conference on natural fibres in Australasia

Conference on Natural Fibres in Australasia
Dunedin, New Zealand
15-17 April 2009

2009 is the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres. To
celebrate, The Textile Institute is holding a joint Australian and
New Zealand branch conference on Natural Fibres in Australasia, to
be held in Dunedin, New Zealand, 15-17 April 2009. One day of the
conference program is dedicated to artefacts made from natural
fibres. Abstracts are invited from all those (such as conservators,
curators, researchers and collection managers) involved with
research, analysis, preservation, conservation and identification of
fibre artefacts, particularly from Australasia. A conference dinner
will provide opportunities for networking and information sharing,
and single day registrations are provided for.

For further information please refer to

    <URL:http://www.otago.ac.nz/textiles/naturalfibres09/>

Catherine Smith
Lecturer
Clothing and Textile Sciences
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
+64 3 479 7548
Fax: +64 3 479 7538


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