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Draft program - February 2011
 

A first draft program to help you make flight and accommodation arrangements – for those arriving early or staying on, find all about our fabulous national institutions on www.visitcanberra.com.au.

Friday 13th May 2011
 
5.30 pm                 Registration                                        Kings Hall, Old  Parliament House Canberra
 
6.00 pm                 Welcome  reception                        Kings Hall, Old Parliament  House Canberra
 
7.15 pm                 Debate ‘Liberty, Equality and Food:  Making the Revolution’. Mediator Alan Saunders 
                                                                                              House of Representatives Chamber, Old Parliament House 
 
8.45 pm                Dégustation dinner at The Ginger Rooms, Old Parliament House*

($60 per person, drinks extra. Bookings essential: 02 6273 4366. Other arrangements to dine,  will soon be posted on the website)

*The first night dinner is a special optional extra. 
 The other dinners,  lunches, teas and the Monday breakfast are included in the registration fee.

 

Saturday 14th May 2011
 
8.30 am                 Registration                                          Gastronomers Hall,  Old Parliament House 
 
9.00 am                 Session  1: A Good Constitution       Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall
 
10.15 am               Morning  Tea                                         By tradition, bring food to share - with recipes and stories 
 
10.45 am               Session  2: Revolutionaries              Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall
 
12.00 noon           Lunch: Autumnal Chestnut Harvest Roast
Featuring local Sassafras  growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders and a chance to meet members of 
The  Kitchen Cabinet, Canberra’s regional food network 
 
2.00 pm                Session 3: Heritage of Absence       Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall
 
3.30 pm               Afternoon Tea: Chocolatiers Tea Party
 
4.00 pm               Free Time
 
7.00 pm              Pre-dinner drinks                                  Kings  Hall,  Old Parliament House
                             Symposium Banquet                            Members Dining Room, Old  Parliament House
 
 
Sunday 15th May 2011
 
9.30 am               Session 4: Federated by Food       Presentation of papers in Members Dining Room, OPH
 
11.00 am             Federation Morning  Tea  
 
11.30 am             Session 5: Place & Taste                Presentation of papers in Members Dining Room, OPH
 
1.00  pm               Lunch in Place: Picnic in  the Senate Rose Gardens       
 
2.00 pm               Board buses 
 
2.15 pm               Bush Tucker Trail at the National Botanic Gardens
 
3.15 pm               Board buses: Autumn Afternoon Tea and Mysterious Journey
 
6,00 pm               Dinner with the stars
 
9.30 pm              Board  buses home
 
 
Monday 16th May 2011
 
8.30 -10.30 am Farewell Breakfast: Congee, Kedgeree and  Dundee     Old Parliament House heritage kitchens
 
The brand new kitchens at Parliament House, 1927. National Archives of Australia: A3560, 3535
The brand new kitchens at Parliament House, 1927. National Archives of Australia: A3560, 3535
 
 
 
 
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