If you have some free days in late August, you should come along to a great conference the Dictionary is co-sponsoring. From the Ground Up: People and Places in Sydney's Past brings together academics, postgraduate students and professional historians of Sydney and its suburbs to explore urban history in this place. Professor Grace Karskens, Board member and contributor to the Dictionary, is a keynote speaker and many of Sydney's most interesting and prolific historians will be there. The conference is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University and the State Library of NSW, as well as the Dictionary of Sydney. Find out more, and register at the conference website. The Dictionary and the Sydney Journal will be publishing a selection of the papers, but anyone with an interest in Sydney history should come along and be part of what is sure to be a lively and interesting conference. See you at the Dixson Room, State Library of NSW, on 23 and 24 August 2012!