RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
A 28-page digital catalogue featuring 42 historic Tasmanian artworks from the 1840s-1890s. Includes works by prominent colonial artists Francis Guillemard Simpkinson de Wesselow (naval officer/artist, 1845-1848), William Charles Piguenit (first notable Australian-born artist), John Skinner Prout (English watercolorist), Louisa Anne Meredith (pioneering female artist/writer), and others.
The collection documents early European settlement in Tasmania through landscapes, townscapes, botanical studies, and scenic views of Hobart, Mount Wellington, the Derwent River, and other iconic Tasmanian locations. Each artwork includes artist biographical information and historical context. Originally created for the 2025 Oatlands Heritage Festival exhibition, this catalogue preserves nationally significant colonial Australian art that has rarely been publicly displayed.
Perfect for art historians, Australian history enthusiasts, collectors, and anyone interested in Tasmania's colonial heritage and early artistic documentation of the Australian landscape.
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.
