RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the August 2023 RST Newsletter. George Thomas William Blamey Boyes – a member of the John Skinner Prout cohort who painted ‘plein air’ watercolours is this month’s protagonist, and he is arguably as well-known as a diarist as an artist. As well as having […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the April-May 2023 RST Newsletter. I thought that I would write about something quite different for this month’s newsletter. That is, artworks that are not by a Tasmanian artist or of a Tasmanian scene or person. There has been some debate as to whether […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the April-May 2023 RST Newsletter. The Amateur Tradition: Documenting Place Charles Henry Theodore Costantini, Paris-born surgeon was transported to Australia twice. After some time in New South Wales, he was given a pardon and returned to England. Shortly after returning, he was found guilty […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the December 2022 RST Newsletter This month’s article is the second piece about John Skinner Prout’s Tasmania Illustrated, Vol 1. (the remaining lithographs). John Skinner Prout (1805–1876) Last month I looked at five lithographs and covers from John Skinner Prout’s Tasmania Illustrated, Vol 1, […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the November 2022 RST Newsletter This month’s article will be the first piece about John Skinner Prout’s Tasmania Illustrated, Vol 1. (the first five lithographs). The next exciting instalment will be in December’s Newsletter!: John Skinner Prout (1805–1876) In January 1844 Van Diemen’s Land […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the October 2022 RST Newsletter Because Van Diemen’s Land began as a penal colony, it is not surprising that a number of our early artists were convicts – unfortunately occasionally putting their artistic talents to forgery. One of the convict artists featured in the […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the September 2022 RST Newsletter This month I will look at the work of another naval officer, Captain James Lucas. There is no record of how the eight watercolours by James Lucas came to be in the Royal Society of Tasmania Art Collection. It […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the August 2022 RST Newsletter The Royal Society of Tasmania Art Collection includes three pieces by the artist and lithographer Frank Dunnett. Those of you who were at the Society’s Mid-Winter Lecture on 14 July will recall that Marley Large and I spoke briefly […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the July 2022 RST Newsletter. Louisa Anne Meredith was quite a remarkable woman; a prolific artist, writer and social commentator. The Society has a large number of her sketches and watercolours in its Art Collection, as well as a number of her books in […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the June 2022 RST Newsletter. William Arthur Wiggins (19 May 1881–1 January 1947) There are two artworks in the RST Art Collection that are jointly owned by the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. This one, Old Mill at […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the May 2022 RST Newsletter. Edward La Trobe Bateman (1815?–1897) There is only one sketch by Edward La Trobe Bateman, an exquisite pencil drawing with white highlights, in the Art Collection of the Royal Society of Tasmania. There is no record of how it […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the April 2022 RST Newsletter. A curious note Back in 2014, when Margaret Davies and I were considering images and books for the Society’s Library at the End of the World at the Society’s library, we found a curious note in the unbound copy […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the March 2022 RST Newsletter.Note: Some images may be enlarged by clicking on them. Botanical drawings After all the excitement and drama of last month’s paintings, I thought we could look at some more serene – but equally beautiful – artworks this month. The […]
Article prepared by the RST Honorary Curator, Dr Anita Hansen, for the February 2022 RST Newsletter.Note: Some images may be enlarged by clicking on them. As the new Honorary Curator of the Society’s Art Collection I will be delving into the amazing collection each month to bring you some snippets about the artists and works […]
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.