Birds Australia is committed to holding biennial conferences that provide a regular forum for the exchange of information and ideas between avian-based researchers and conservationists throughout the Australasian region.  The conferences are held in a variety of venues to give attendees an opportunity to explore the diverse birdlife in the region. Students wishing to attend can apply for a Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award to cover travel costs to the conference.

AOC 2011 Cairns, Far North QLD

The next Australasian Ornithological Conference will be held at the Cairns Campus of James Cook University from 27 – 30 September 2011 with the opening reception and registration beginning on 27 September.

Call for Symposia

The conference will comprise 3 days of oral presentations with a separate poster session on the afternoon of the second day. Where possible the oral presentations each day will reflect a theme established by the symposia for that day and introduced by a plenary speaker. While symposia and contributed papers on any topic are encouraged, in keeping with the Far North Queensland location symposia aligning with the theme of Ornithology in the Tropics are particularly welcomed.

This announcement is a call for people interested in organising symposia. Each symposium will comprise ~5 x 12 min concurrent spoken presentations on a single theme. Symposia organisers will propose a specific theme and contact and liaise with prospective presenters to insure consistency of theme and full subscription to their proposed topic.

To register interest in being a symposium organiser, or for general enquiries about the conference email Brad Congdon, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

A call for contributed papers and further conference details are to follow shortly.

Past AOC Conferences

Those interested in finding out more about the conferences and the cutting edge research and conservation topics presented at them can download abstracts from previous events.

AOC 2009
Held in Armidale, NSW. Organised by BANN committee members. 

AOC 2009 Abstracts (1.1mb)

AOC 2007
Held in Perth, WA. Organised by BAWA committee members. 

AOC 2007 Abstracts (1.2mb)

AOC 2005
Held in Blenheim, New Zealand.  Organised by Kerry-Jayne Wilson, Sue, Michael and Brian Bell.

AOC 2005 Abstracts

AOC 2003
Held at Australian National University, Canberra. Organised by Penny Olsen, Denis Saunders and Nick Nicholls.

AOC 2003 Abstracts

AOC 2001

Held at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst NSW. Organised by David Watson and Andrew Fisher.

AOC 2001 Abstracts