AMBS Ecology & Heritage would like to invite everyone to attend the 21st Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioner’s (SHAP) workshop on Friday 17 May 2024 at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

It is a chance to hear from terrestrial and maritime heritage professionals, students and academics on the latest archaeological sites and research in Sydney.

SHAP 2024 Theme: Change and influence

New South Wales was a colony that depended heavily on its maritime links. This year’s SHAP focuses on the colony’s connections and breaks with the wider worlds of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Distance, technology, trade, migration, and the Australian landscape all influenced whether it was continuity or change that prevailed in the colony. From the vernacular architecture of worker’s houses, to butchery practices, boatbuilding and lunacy law, what came from across the sea either forcibly shaped or was forever transformed by its remote destination.

Download the programme here.

Doors open at 8.30 with coffee and tea available. Morning tea and Lunch will be provided at the museum. Please indicate any dietary requirements in your registration.

Bake It! As part of SHAP 2024, AMBS will host the annual Bake It! competition. Bake a creation inspired by archaeology or the 2024 theme ‘change and influence’. For details and ideas, download the poster here.

As with all coming-of-age celebrations a speech will be made before the day concludes at the Terminus Hotel Pyrmont, a short walk from the museum. A complimentary drink voucher will be provided.

AMBS look forward to welcoming everyone to the Australian National Maritime Museum.

When: 8.30am to 4pm, Friday 17 May 2024

Where: Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Sydney, New South Wales

Cost: $105 (general admission), $92 (ASHA/AAA/AACAI members), $65 (students), plus booking fee

Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/sydney-historical-archaeology-practicioners-workshop-2024