The Australian Numismatic Society
THE AUSTRALIAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
DETAILS FOR ANS 2018 BIENNIAL
CONFERENCE
COFFS HARBOUR SANCTUARY RESORT
Dates: 8th, 9th and 10th June
2018. The conference is on Saturday and Sunday.
Monday is the Queen’s Birthday public holiday in New South Wales.
Venue: Sanctuary Resort Motor Inn,
250 Pacific Highway (South, Coffs Harbour NSW 2450, Australia
Phone (02) 6650 5111; Email: res@sanctuaryresort.net.au;
Web: http://www.sanctuaryresort.net.au
Quoted Prices: Queen $130 per night
(1-2 people), King $140 per night (1-2 people), 1Q 1S $155 per night (2
people), 1Q 2S $180 per night (3 people). Extra people $25 per person
surcharge per night. Check-in 2.00pm, Check-out 10.00am.
Booking: Please make your own booking
direct with the Resort by phone. The above prices are not available if
made via third party booking sites like booking.com, expedia etc.
Bookings must be made by 28th February 2018 to receive these prices.
Conference Costs: Registration fee of
$130.00 per person includes the menus detailed below. For the
Saturday night dinner only fee is $40.00.
Conference Payments: All registration
and dinner fees are to be paid in advance to the ANS Queensland Branch
(the organiser of this conference) by 30th April 2018 or before to
enable finalisation of catering arrangements. The Queensland
Branch bank account details are:
Suncorp Bank BSB: 484 799; Account name: ANS Queensland
Branch; Account Number: 081469025.
Please ensure you provide your surname as the reference with your
payment. In addition, contact both Gerry Doyle and Andrew Lowe
with the deposit details at: gerald.doyle@bigpond.com
and Andrew.Lowe68@hotmail.com.
Preliminary Times & Notices: Friday afternoon/evening – set-up/check
conference room and informal get-together at 6.00pm in the Tree-house
Restaurant and Bar adjacent to the motel reception. A dinner menu is
being organised and an auction will be held following this dinner.
Saturday – 8.30am registration and
issue of conference name badges, etc with set-up of displays.
9.00am – 9.15am Welcome address by ANS Patron/Qld Branch President.
6.30pm – 7.00pm gather for conference dinner and awards presentation in
the Tree-house Restaurant.
Sunday – 8.30am ANS Council Joint
Meeting by Sydney and Branch Council Members. 9.00am resume
conference. 4.30pm Conference close by ANS President.
Half an hour will be taken for morning
and afternoon teas, Saturday lunch will be one hour, Sunday lunch will
be one and a half hours. There will be no Sunday afternoon tea.
As usual we hope to have a post conference meal at the Coffs Harbor RSL
on Sunday night.
Catering: If you have special
dietary requirements, please contact Sanctuary Resort direct.
Food & Beverage Saturday -
Morning tea – coffee, tea. Lunch – hot plated lunch plus
juice/soft drink. Saturday afternoon tea – coffee, tea and biscuits.
Saturday night dinner in Tree-house Restaurant – 3
course alternate drop menu.
Food & Beverage Sunday – Morning
tea – coffee, tea. Lunch – hot plated lunch plus juice/soft
drink.
Breakfast: Available at separate cost
of $18 per person full hot & cold buffet.
Papers and Presentations: Speakers at
the conference are requested to provide a title and brief 200 word
abstract by 1 May 2018. Those wishing to use the available
projector, images can only be displayed in a series of jpeg or tiff
format files from a USB drive. Those wishing to use a MS
PowerPoint presentation, please use a USB drive. As per previous
conferences, please confine your address to 20 minutes, which will
allow for 5 minutes question time and change-over and introduction
between speakers.
Conference Medal.


Mintage is 20 pieces and cost is $20. Space has been left for
participants to have their names engraved if desired.
As allocation of the medals will be in the order of monies received,
participants are encouraged to send payment
to ANS Queensland bank a/c promptly.
Details are:
Suncorp BSB 484-799
A/c 081469025
Delivery to be made at the conference.
Members we know, or hope are attending.
Stephen Appleton
Peter Atherden
Bernie Begley - Gympie
Agricultural Mining and Pastoral Association Medal
Phil Benjamin - A brief visit wth five influential Australian
Sculptors, Coin Designers and their works
Julie Benjamin
Alan Bess
Lee Bess
Darren Burgess - The NAV Explorers Series of Medallions- A Retrospective
Gerry Doyle - Silver Medals issued by the Royal
Numismatic Society of New Zealand for the change to Decimal Currency
Tony Hoare
Gordon Hodge
Carol Hodge
Fred Hynes
Peter Lane - Fire Insurance Companie' Firemarks in Alfred Chitty's
Adelaide Coin Den
Merv Meads
Heather Meads
David Mee - The Knights Hospitallers of St John and their Coinage
Anonymous - Anglo-Saxons and Fanatastic Fauna
Judith Mee
John Pearn
Colin Pitchfork
Sandy Pitchfork
Barry Scott - Early Tasmanian Proclomation Coins and Van Dieman's Land
Numismatic History
Rod Sell - The ANS Proclomation Medals
Ian Sizeland
Pam Sizeland
George Snelgrove -
Queensland Police Force Diamond Jubilee Medal 1897
- Father and Son Police and War Medals plus Victoria Police 'For Merit'
Badge
Rudi Talmacs
Colin Thomas
Pat Thomas
John Veltmeyer
Pat Walsh - The People on Australian Bank Notes