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This talk is presented by Keren Ruki, TMAG’s Pacific curator, First Peoples Art and Culture, and is co-curator of taypani milaythina-tu. Keren talks about the development of the exhibition, and goes behind the scenes to look at the logistics of setting it up, the research undertaken, and the negotiations involved to bring the ancestral objects home.

The exhibition presents the creative work of twenty Tasmanian Aboriginal artists responding to relationships between community and ancestral objects, particularly those held in institutions overseas and currently on view in this exhibition.

TMAG Technical Officer, Dr Judy Clarke is funded by a partnership between TMAG, TasNetworks and Woolnorth Renewables to investigate the mortality of Tasmania's endangered birds of prey. In this presentation Judy describes how she uses forensic and veterinary tools to determine causes of death and develop strategies to avert those dangers.

To view Judy's slide presentation while listening to her talk, click here.

Senior Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology, Dr David Hocking, presents the history of Tasmanian palaeontology as recorded in the collections of TMAG.
David discusses Tasmania's earliest fauna to our current marsupials and what the recent research, using new digital tools, has unearthed.

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

TMAG's Contemporary Migrant Experience Project Officer, Grace Williams, updates members with what she has been doing in this project in the two years it has been running.

To view Grace's slide presentation while listening to her fascinating talk, click here.

Jenny O'Connell, Senior Conservator (Painting) at TMAG shares a behind-the-scene look at painting conservation with the public; and Dee Dzelalija, TMAG Exhibitions Manager discusses researching and setting up the current exhibition - 'taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country.

Read all about what we've been doing over the past twelve months.

Agenda 22-Minutes 21.pdf

Presidents Report 21-22.pdf

Treasurers Report 21-22.pdf

Listen to Simon Munn, Lucy Burke-Smith & James Barker talk about the complex conservation works undertaken by TMAG on the 1824 Bond Store.

Listen to Gabrielle Balon & Janine Combes speak about their experiences volunteering on two of Tasmania's remote island lighthouses - Maatsuyker and Deal Islands.

You can download Gabrielle's slide presentation here and Janine's slide presentation here to view while listening.

Listen to Barbara Frankel talk about her research into a fascinating pendant with Antarctic provenance which was discovered in a Melbourne op shop in 2018. The Cape Adare pendant is now in the TMAG collection. 

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July 2022: Friends Vice President Janine Combes caught up with recently appointed TMAG Director Mary Mulcahy to chat about her career before joining TMAG, her hopes for the role and relationships with the Friends. You can read the interview here.

Interview Mary Mulcahy July 2022.pdf