AAS Organisation

The Australian Anthropological Society Inc was incorporated under New South Wales legislation in 1973 and represents the profession of Anthropology in Australia. The Society recognises that anthropological work is broad in scope and includes academic research, teaching, consultancies and public commentary. Members of the Society currently include a substantial proportion of the practising anthropologists in Australia, with some other members overseas in, for example, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.

Although the AAS cannot govern the behaviour of its members, they agree to abide by a Code of Ethics upon application and acceptance into the AAS. This can be downloaded in either Word (rtf) or Portable Document (pdf) format. The Society's Constitution can be downloaded from this site in either Word (rtf) or Portable Document (pdf) format.

The affairs of the Society are conducted by an Executive drawn from the membership. The current Executive comprises:

President		Prof. Linda Connor
President Elect:		Assoc Prof. Alan Rumsey
Secretary:		Ms. Terry Woronov
Treasurer:		Ms. Pamela Mc Grath
Executive Members:		Mr. Anthony Redmund Dr. Yasmine Musharbash Dr. Martha Macintyre (Editor, TAJA)
Postgrad Rep:		Ms. Cameo Dalley
Public Officer:		Dr Grant McCall

Call for nominations

In accordance with Rules 16 and 25 of the AAS Constitution, the Society intends conducting a ballot for the vacant positions of President Elect and Director for the Society, and is therefore first seeking nominations for these positions. Nomination forms are available in either rtf or pdf format. The nomination forms need to returned by Monday 25 October.

Timeline for elections

Submit nomination forms - 29 July

Voting Period - 2 August to 3 September

Ethics Review Documents

Ethics report from the AAS executive

Ethics report from Andrew Alexandra

Comparative review of professional codes of ethics

Annex to comparative review of professional codes of ethics