RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Professor Greg Lehman, an internationally respected authority on the history and representation of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, shared his insights into visual narratives that continue to shape Australian cultural understanding.
This engaging presentation explored how early Australian colonial art drew heavily on visual traditions developed in French and British North America a century earlier. These images, often marked by naïveté and contradiction, nonetheless carry enduring influence, shaping perceptions of Aboriginal people and informing how we understand our place within the Australian landscape today.
Greg Lehman, an internationally respected authority on the history and representation of Tasmanian Aboriginal people, is a descendant of the Trawulwuy people of north-east Tasmania. He brings both scholarly depth and personal insight to his work. His distinguished career includes advanced study at Oxford, a PhD from the University of Tasmania, and major curatorial projects such as First Tasmanians at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and the award-winning touring exhibition The National Picture: The Art of Tasmania’s Black War.
This event is a joint presentation between The Royal Society of Tasmania and ArtsNational Hobart.
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.