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The TMAG exhibition Unshackled: The True Convict Story uses a mixture of objects and data to reveal startling new insights into Australia’s convict past. In this talk Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart will reveal details of the digital treasure trove that enabled this retelling and the thinking behind the design of Unshackled as a new form of interactive exhibition.

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Dr Andrew Trotter, Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith, and Ness Delpero speak about conservation and recovery efforts for the critically endangered red handfish.

Listen to TMAG's Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Simon Grove speak about his new book Seasons in the South: a Tasmanian naturalist's journeys of discovery and recovery.

After an introduction from TMAG curator Peter Hughes who co-curated the museum's Lloyd Rees exhibition Lands of Light: Lloyd Rees and Tasmania, the esteemed Australian architect Richard Leplastrier, friend and student of Lloyd Rees, speaks about the importance of Tasmania for Lloyd Rees and the impact of his wisdom and teaching.

Listen to Chris Tassell speak about the research into the Maritime Museum of Tasmania's recent acquisition of an extraordinary colonial sculpture which is regarded as a vituperative political comment on Governor George Arthur.

To view Chris's slide show while listening to him speak, click here.

Listen to Nick Mooney, Sally Bryant and Andrew Young provide different perspectives on the state of nature conservation in Tasmania and how we can all help. To view Sally and Andrew's Powerpoint presentations while listening to them speaking, click here.

Listen to retired TMAG Curator of Cultural Heritage, Ian Terry, as he speaks about his three year truth-telling project photographing the landscapes George Augustus Robinson passed through on his Big River Mission in 1831.

To view Ian's slide presentation while listening to his talk, click here.

Forest canopy ecologist Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness spoke to members about the Giant Eucalyptus Specimen Archive. After introducing the project, he spoke about individual trees, the Tasmanian Herbarium collections, and described the catastrophic backstory to this project and the lessons learnt.

To view Yoav's slide show while listening to his talk, click here.

On the fourth anniversary of her project Extinction Studies Dr Lucienne Rickard spoke to members about the life events, career progression and passions that have led her to perform one of the longest-running artworks to take place at our museum. 

To view Lucienne's slide show while listening to her speak, click here.

Here are the reports presented at our AGM. Read about what the Friends have been up to over the past year.

Agenda 2023 Minutes 2022.pdf

President's Report 2023.pdf

Treasurer's Report 2023.pdf