Accessibility
Event: Uniting Church National History Society Conference 2025
General information
Conference centre accessibility
Entry to the centre is accessed through the plaza, at the rear of church, from the corner of Northbourne & Rudd Street. There are no accessibility issues, both entry or internally with the conference centre. If you require onsite reserved parking for people with disability, please make a request by email.
Parking
Free Parking is available on Saturday and Sunday, and after 6pm on Friday evening, in the underground carpark beneath the conference centre (entry off Rudd St) with access by internal stairwell. An attendant will be onsite to direct attendees on Friday night. As this is not a public carpark please send an email if a car space is required. Public car parking is available nearby - cnr Northbourne Avenue and London Circuit or in the multi-storeyed car park in Marcus Clarke Street, both less than five minutes walking distance from the venue.
Public transport
Centre is two minutes from light rail terminus providing a link to hotel accommodation along Northbourne Avenue. City terminus for all suburban bus services less than five minutes walking distance. Light rail and ‘Rapid’ bus services generally run every 15 minutes or frequently, including weekends. There is the ability to ‘tap on and off’ public transport services using a Mastercard or Visa (physical and digital cards). For more information and specific public transport journey planning, see Transport Canberra website here: https://www.transport.act.gov.au/home
Accommodation
If you have not already arranged accommodation (September 2025) options will be limited, as this is a popular long weekend with Floriade on, for tourists to visit. There are a number of city hotels within the walking distance of the venue.
Book table
The planning committee is making available a table for those attendees wanting to promote their own publications. Please note that any purchases of books will need to be facilitated by the individual attendees, not the planning committee. If you do intend to use the book table, please let the planning committee know by email so we can ensure we have sufficient space.
General information
The opening session commences on Friday 3 October with registration from 5:30pm, and light refreshments from 6pm. Saturday 4 October commences with any new registrations from 8:30am, and the gathering devotional from 8:45am. Please note that daylight savings commences on Sunday 5 October, with clocks moving forward by one hour. Sunday commences with worship with the Canberra city congregation at 10am. Opening session and program timetables are available at the National History Society website - https://uniting.church/uca-national-history-society/. Full program details will be supplied to online attendees shortly prior to the conference. For those attending in person, a pack including the program can be collected at registration.