The University of Newcastle, Australia

The failure of the Newcastle Workers Club building in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake is the topic of a keynote presentation to be given this week by the University of Newcastle's Professor Rob Melchers.

The Newcastle Earthquake - 20 years on is the theme of the conference hosted by the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society. The conference runs from Friday 11 - Sunday 13 December 2009 at Crowne Plaza, Newcastle. See http://www.aees.org.au for more information.