The first conference occurred during the Western Australian sesquicentenary celebrations known as WAY '79, as well as the Indian Ocean Arts Festival from 22 September 1979 to 6 October 1979 in Perth.[3][4]
The main organizers of the conferences were the late Frank Broeze and Kenneth McPherson, who had published on the region, before and after the conferences.[6][7][8]
Subsequently a centre at Curtin, the Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, operated between 1988 and 2000.[9]
^International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies (1st : 1979 : Perth, W.A.); Murdoch University; University of Western Australia. Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies; Western Australian Institute of Technology; Perth Building Society (W.A.) (1979), The Indian Ocean in focus : International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies, Perth, Western Australia, 1979, University of Western Australia, retrieved 1 November 2016{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^.Durack, Elizabeth, 1915–2000 1979, Indian Ocean Arts Festival 1979, Perth, Western Australia, 22 September-6 October Direct Publications, West Australian Newspapers, [Perth]
^Curtin University of Technology. Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies (1988), The Indian Ocean review, Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies, Curtin University of Technology, ISSN1031-2331
Kerr, Alex, editor (1981) The Indian Ocean region : resources and development Nedlands : University of Western Australia Press. ISBN0-85564-186-X Proceedings of the International Conference on Indian Ocean Studies. Section 2.
