Jane Austen’s Legacy: 250 Glorious Years (SF) and The Jewels of the Regency Period (AD)

Midwinter Dinner and Lecture

Summary

Join Susannah Fullerton, one of Australia’s renowned experts on Jane Austen and Mr Adrian Dickens, a bespoke jeweller with extensive knowledge on some of the world’s most famous jewel collections, for an engaging midwinter lecture and dinner at The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Please join us.

Join us at 4.45pm for a 5pm lecture Adrian Dickens; Dinner at 6.15pm followed by lecture by Susannah Fullerton at 7.15pm

Susannah Fullerton, OAM FRSN, is Sydney’s best-known lecturer on classic novels. She lectures regularly at the  State Library of NSW, at conferences, schools and libraries. She is a registered speaker for ArtsNational (previously the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society). She gives talks on famous writers and their novels, poems and plays at a great variety of places around NSW, Australia and overseas. Susannah has been President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia for almost 30 years.

Adrian Dickens is a personal jeweller with 40 years’ experience in Modern and Bespoke, Estate, Vintage and Antique jewellery. British-born, he trained in England before moving to Australia in 1988.

In 2012 Adrian founded his own business, Circa AD Jewels, where he personally collaborates with clients to exceed their expectations. His guiding principles are trust, value and discretion.

Date:

July 3, 2025

Time:

4:45 pm

Region:

South

Location:

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay

Speaker:

Susannah Fullerton OAM, FRSN and Adrian Dickens

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

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