RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Peter Smith Medal winner, Associate Professor Jacqueline Halpin, and Doctoral Medal recipient, Dr Katie Marx, will each present a lecture. Both have an Antarctic theme.
All Welcome.
Join us from 3.30 pm for a glass of wine before the lecture, commencing at 4.00 pm.
If you are not an RST Member, please provide a $7.00 cash donation at the door.
Join us to celebrate outstanding Tasmanian research as the 2025 Peter Smith Medal winner, Associate Professor Jacqueline Halpin, and 2025 Doctoral Medal recipient, Dr Katie Marx, present lectures on their award-winning work.
These annual medal lectures showcase research of exceptional quality and impact, providing a fascinating opportunity to hear directly from two distinguished scholars about their discoveries, insights and the significance of their work.
Dr Marx’s lecture is entitled “Distant, Yet Entangled: Society’s relationship with Antarctica“.
Associate Professor Halpin will speak on “Building Antarctica – through ancient supercontinent cycles to south pole sojourn”.
More information to come.
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.