The Royal Society of Tasmania invites you to its Annual Tasmanian Aboriginal Lecture by Mr Rob Anders on 25 May 2025, in the Meeting Room, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG) at Inveresk, Launceston.
All RST members, their guests, and the public are welcome.
Admission is:
● free for RST members and children under 12.
● $7 for the general public, QVMAG or TMAG Friends, and members of the Launceston Historical Society.
● $5 for students, .
When: 1:30 pm Sunday 25 May 2025.
Where: Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk.
What is an Aboriginal cultural landscape and how are they being managed? Tasmanian Aboriginal people sustainably managed our environments through their relationship with Country. The imposed settler-colonial framework has seen changes to these environments. Pest species are spreading uncontrollably, and wildfire is rising. It’s time to re-think how these landscapes are managed. This talk discusses how empowering regional Aboriginal communities to manage these places can lead to better environmental and social outcomes.
Rob is an Indigenous Fellow and PhD candidate in the School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences at UTAS. With a spatial sciences background, he’s authored maps on Tasmania’s Aboriginal discourse, e.g. in books by Aunty Patsy Cameron (AO) and Lyndall Ryan. Rob has a long involvement at the regional Aboriginal community level and served 5 years on Tasmania’s Aboriginal Heritage Council. His interests are in strength-based approaches to Aboriginal empowerment, sustainability, and cultural land management.
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