ANZ Conference

History and aims of the conference

Beginning in 1952, five Australia-New Zealand Conferences on Soil Mechanics and Foundation were held. The Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics continues the series, with its scope has been extended to include the three main fields of geomechanics; soil mechanics, rock mechanics and engineering geology. The First Australia-New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics was held in Melbourne, 1971, and has since been held every four years. By tradition it is hosted in sequence, two times in Australia by the AGS and once in New Zealand by the NZGS.

Past proceedings and papers for the conferences hosted in New Zealand are available in the Library.

Title	Year	Location	Proceedings
1st ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1971	Melbourne	Link
2nd ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1975	Brisbane	Link
3rd ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1980	Wellington	Link
4th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1984	Perth	Link
5th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1988	Sydney	Link
6th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1992	Christchurch	Link
7th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1996	Adelaide	Link
8th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	1999	Hobart	Link
9th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2004	Auckland	Link
10th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2007	Brisbane	Link
11th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2012	Melbourne	Link
12th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2015	Queenstown	Link
13th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2019	Perth	Link
14th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics	2023	Cairns