In 1932, representatives of the legal practitioners, the judges, the law schools and the legal and diplomatic departments of the governments, founded the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, with the object of fostering in Australia the study of public and private international law, particularly the study of those topics which affect, or are likely to affect, Australia or New Zealand. The First Annual Conference was held at the Sydney University Law School from Thursday, August 17, until Saturday, August 19, 1933.