RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Tracing more than 140 years of acquisition history, this presentation explores the formation of the beautiful and sometimes surprising Japanese collection at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG). While major mainland institutions had connoisseur-led approaches to collecting, QVMAG’s Japanese acquisitions emerged through diffuse channels, shaped by civic curiosity, personal diplomacy, and transnational exchange, resulting in a unique collection that covers natural sciences, history, and visual art and design.
Kate Davies is a curator and art historian with over ten years’ experience working for Australian cultural institutions in South Australia and Tasmania. She is fascinated by the way Australian art, craft and design converses with the rest of the world. Kate has been with QVMAG for three years, creating exhibitions that bring the community and the collections together.
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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.