RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The Northern Branch of the Royal Society of Tasmania invites you to a public lecture by Jon Addison, at 1.30pm on Sunday 23 July 2023. The lecture will be held in the Meeting Room, QVMAG, Inveresk, Launceston.
Admission is free for members of the Royal Society of Tasmania. General admission – $6. Students, QVMAG or TMAG Friends, and members of the Launceston Historical Society – $4. Full Covid vaccination and the wearing of face masks are highly desirable.
Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery holds in its collection one of the most important flags in Australian flag history – The Australasian League flag of 1851. Although this flag represents one short period of political agitation, Mr Addison shows how it can be considered the design origin of Australia’s current national flag, chosen by competition in 1901.
Australasian League Flag of 1851
Jon Addison is the Senior Curator of Public History at QVMAG, Launceston. Before taking up his current post in 2008 he worked at several museums in Australia and the UK, including the Western Australian Maritime Museum, the London Transport Museum and the Scottish Maritime Museum. His current role allows him to explore many diverse collections and interests.
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 Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.