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• Background Notes about the History of SAHANZ by Anne Neale
• Julia Gatley’s history of SAHANZ

To provide standards of excellence in architectural history through the following means:
- creating communication and meeting between people active in architectural history in Australia and New Zealand;
- encouraging discussion, criticism and debate among all who are interested in the subject of architectural history;
- holding regular conventions at regional and national venues for the above purposes;
- publishing a scholarly journal;
- encouraging student participation in its activities;
- supporting the teaching of architectural history;
- supporting the processes of conservation in relation to such matters as significant structures and sites, documents and archives.

Current Officers:

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Past Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurers of SAHANZ:

1985-1987
President: 1985-1986: David Saunders, Adelaide
1986-1987: Judith Brine (acting president), Adelaide
Secretary: 1985-1986: Peter Bell, Adelaide
1986-1987: Robyn Taylor, Adelaide
Treasurer: Donald Langmead, Adelaide

1987-1989
President: Peter Proudfoot, Sydney
Secretary: Peter Reynolds (secretary) and Paul-Alan Johnson (membership secretary), Sydney
Treasurer: Robert Irving, Sydney

1989-1991
President: Judith Brine, Canberra
Secretary: Donald Dunbar, Canberra
Treasurer: Duncan Marshall, Canberra

1991-1993
President: Miles Lewis, Melbourne
Secretary: Anne Neale, Melbourne
Treasurer: Lorraine Huddle, Melbourne

1993-1995
President: Fiona Gardiner, Brisbane
Secretary: Ian Sinnamon (secretary) and Brit Andresen (membership
secretary), Brisbane
Treasurer: Michael Kennedy, Brisbane

1995-1997
President: Desley Luscombe, Sydney
Secretary: Paul-Alan Johnson, Sydney
Treasurer: Stephen Frith, Canberra

1997-1999
President: Philip Goad, Melbourne
Secretary: Harriet Edquist (secretary) and Ursula de Jong (membership
secretary), Melbourne
Treasurer: Andrew Hutson, Melbourne

1999-2001
President: Richard Blythe, Launceston
Secretary: Hannah Lewi, Perth
Treasurer: Scott Drake, Adelaide

2001-2003
President: John Macarthur, Brisbane
Secretary: Andrew Leach, Wellington
Treasurer: Antony Moulis, Brisbane

2003-2005
President: Harriet Edquist, Melbourne
Secretary: Igea Troiani, Brisbane
Treasurer: Kevin Green, Darwin

2005-2007
President: Hannah Lewi, Melbourne
Secretary: Kate Linzey, Wellington
Treasurer: Philip Goldswain, Perth

2007-2009
President: Peter Kohane, Sydney
Secretary: Leonie Matthews, Perth
Treasurer: Stuart King, Tasmania

Past Editors of Fabrications:

1989-1991 Desley Luscombe and Stanislaus Fung
1991-1997 Robert Irving
1997-1999 Stephen Frith and Philip Goad
1999-2002 Philip Goad and Julie Willis
2002-2003 Julie Willis and Hannah Lewi
2003-2005 Hannah Lewi and Deidre Brown
2006-2007 Deidre Brown and Andrew Leach
2008-2009 Andrew Leach and Paul Walker

Past Editorial Board Members of Fabrications:

Vols. 1 to 3, 1989-1991 Richard Apperly, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann,
Robert Irving, Joan Kerr and Miles Lewis
Vols. 4 to 7, 1993-1996 Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann, Robert
Irving (as editor), Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor
Vols. 8 and 9, 1997-1999 Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann, Joan Kerr,
Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor
Vols. 10 to 13, 2000-2007 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Joan Kerr,
Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor
Vols. 14 to 15 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead,
Geoffrey London, John Macarthur, Sarah Treadwell, Paul Walker, Julie Willis.
Vols. 16 to 17 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Philip Goad, Hannah Lewi,
Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead, John Macarthur, Sarah Treadwell, Paul Walker, Julie Willis.
Vols. 18 Mike Austin, Deidre Brown, Philip Goad, Hannah Lewi, Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead,
John Macarthur, Naomi Stead, William Taylor, Sarah Treadwell, Julie Willis
Vols. 19 Deidre Brown, Ursula de Jong, Harriet Edquist, Julia Gatley, Hannah Lewi, Peter Kohane,
Andrew Leach, Ian Lochhead, John Macarthur, Naomi Stead, William Taylor, Julie Willis

Conference Locations and Themes:

1st 1984 Adelaide, Architectural Historians in Australia: Australian Questions to Face
2nd 1985 Sydney, Second Conference (no theme)
3rd 1986 Melbourne, Classicism and Romanticism in Australasian Architecture
4th 1987 Adelaide, Fourth Conference (no theme)
5th 1988 Sydney, Australian Studies in Architectural History
6th 1989 Canberra, Landscape and 20th Century Urban Design in Australasia
7th 1990 Melbourne, Colonial Connections
8th 1991 Christchurch, Regional Responses
9th 1992 Geelong, Asia/Australasia
10th 1993 Perth, Nuts and Bolts, or Berries: Early Modernism in Australasia
11th 1994 Brisbane, From Sarsaparilla to Muckadilla
12th 1995 Sydney, 50 Years of Modernity in Australasia, 1920-1970
13th 1996 Auckland, Loyalty and Disloyalty in the Architecture of the British Empire and Commonwealth
14th 1997 Adelaide, On What Ground(s)?
15th 1998 Melbourne, FIRM(ness) commodity DE-light?: questioning the canons
16th 1999 Launceston, Thresholds
17th 2000 Wellington, Formulation Fabrication: The Architecture of History
18th 2001 Darwin, In the Making: Architecture's Past
19th 2002 Brisbane, Additions to Architecture
20th 2003 Sydney, Progress
21st 2004 Melbourne, Limits
22nd 2005 Napier, Celebration
23rd 2006 Freemantle, Contested Terrains
24th 2007 Adelaide, Panorama to Paradise
25th 2008 Geelong, History in Practice
26th 2009 Auckland, Cultural Crossroads
27th 2010 Newcastle, Imagining
28th 2011 Brisbane

Recipients of the David Saunders Founder's Grant:

1998 Paul Hogben, NSW Hotel Architecture of the 1950s
1999 Katrina Place, Vic Country Estates and Commissions of Walter Butler
2000 Catherine Townsend, Vic Émigré Architects in Australia
2001 No applications received; grant not awarded
2002 Don Roderick, Qld Queensland Vernacular Architecture
2003 Igea Troiani, Qld The architecture of Stuart McIntosh, 1950-1970; and Ellen Andersen, NZ Maori Architectural Artefacts on Display Outside New Zealand
2004 Jeanette Budgett, 'Mission Period Architecture, Mangaia, Cook islands'
2005 Julia Gatley, '"Success of New Zealand Lady Architect" Revisited: Alison Shepherd, ARIBA'
2006 Nicole van Ruler, 'MH Wevers: Architectuur New Zealand'
2007 Louise Bird, 'Architect Designed: The Role of the Architect in Designing the Adelaide Inter-war Garden'
2008 Anuradha Chatterjee, 'Touching the Surace, Looking for Substance - The Role of the Surface in Australian Architecture form 1990-2008'
2009 Anne Watson, ‘Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House: the ‘lost’ years 1966-69’