2019 Launceston Lecture series

 

The Royal Society of Tasmania

INVITES YOU TO

 

Jane Franklin – the Real Founder of the Royal Society of Tasmania

A PUBLIC LECTURE BY

   Dr. Alison Alexander

Sunday 26 May 2019, 1.30 pm

Meeting Room, QVMAG, Inveresk

 

admission free for members of the Royal Society of Tasmania

$6   general admission

$4    for students, QVMAG Friends, and members of Launceston Historical Society

 

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Various people have desired to gain kudos from establishing themselves as the founder of the Royal Society of Tasmania, notably Governor Eardley Wilmot. Alison will argue that Jane Franklin was the real founder, though as a woman with no official status she had to work behind the scenes.

Born and educated in Tasmania, Dr. Alexander has written thirty-three books about Tasmanian history. Her paid career was writing commissioned histories, including Launceston Church Grammar School and the Australian Maritime College. The subjects of her biographies range from romantic writer Marie Bjelke-Petersen to governor’s wife Jane Franklin, this book winning the National Biography Award in 2014. Duck and green peas! Forever! Finding Utopia in Tasmania (2018) is her most recent book.