Announcement 1 
MOLLUSCS 97 
Symposium on the Molluscs of the Indo-West Pacific 
and Australasian Region 
Rottnest Island, Western Australia 
1-4 February 1997 
Organised by: 
The Malacological Society of Australasia Ltd. 
ACN 067 894 848 
The huge Indo-West Pacific and Australasian Region has a tremendous diversity of molluscs in all 
environments: marine, freshwater and terrestrial. This will be the first meeting to bring together 
malacologists and other interested scientists working on the molluscs of the region. 
The symposium will be held at the Rottnest Environmental Education Centre at Rottnest Island, off 
the coast of Perth, Western Australia from 1 to 4 February 1997. 
The first two days of the conference, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February, will be devoted to scientific 
sessions, as will Tuesday, the 4th. Excursions will be held on Monday, 3 February. 
Rottnest Island is on the central west coast of Western Australia, where there is a mixture of 
temperate, tropical and Western Australian endemic molluscs. An island tour with the opportunity to 
explore the local rocky shore habitats will be organised for Monday, 3 February. 
The Symposium will be held over a weekend so that Australian participants can obtain the cheapest 
airfares (which require a stay including a Saturday night). 
The Malacological Society of Australasia expects to make limited travel support available to some 
student members living in Australasia who present a paper or poster. 
Three symposia are planned: 
* Molluscs of environmental or economic importance 
* Evolutionary studies of molluscs 
* Contributed paper sessions 
Posters are also welcomed as an alternative to papers. The symposium is open to papers and posters 
оп all aspects of Indo-West Pacific and Australasian molluscs, whether marine, freshwater ог 
terrestrial. 
Participants are encouraged, but not required, to publish the papers presented in Molluscan Research, 
the journal of The Malacological Society of Australasia. Papers submitted to Molluscan Research 
will be subject to the normal editorial review process. 
Post conference tours 
* Many of the delegates will be visiting Western Australia for the first time. There will be a four day 
postconference tour to the Cape Nautraliste-Cape Leeuwin area on the southwestern corner of the 
State, pending sufficient interest. More information will be available in the second announcement. 
* Information will also be sent in later announcements on commercial day trips available from Perth. 
To register for the mailing list for further announcements please write to: 
Dr FE Wells 
Western Australian Museum 
Perth WA 6000 Australia 
Fax: 61 9 328 8686 
