Urban transformations: booms, busts and other catastrophes: 11th Australasian Urban History/Planning History Conference, Perth, 2012

The 11th biennial Australasian Urban History/Planning History (AUHPH) Conference was held in two venues in Perth, Western Australia, from 5 to 8 February 2012. The convenors, Jenny Gregory and Andrea Gaynor from the University of Western Australia and Sarah McQuade from the State Library of Western Australia, ably assisted by Elizabeth Gralton, designed a high-quality programme that included eminent and highly acclaimed academics, historians, and urban history/planning history enthusiasts from a wide range of disparate disciplines. Significantly, the programme also included a number of excellent postgraduate presentations which launched or further established these researchers as significant contributors to the field of urban/ planning history. The organising committee is to be congratulated on delivering a stimulating, collegial and enjoyable conference that was efficiently administered.