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J. H. Wedge and the problem of ‘humane colonisation’

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posted on 2023-05-24, 23:34 authored by Rebe TaylorRebe Taylor
Rebe Taylor, Coral Thomas Fellow, will deliver this inaugural lecture on her recent findings at the State Library of NSW. In the early 1830s, surveyor John Helder Wedge collected early south-eastern Aboriginal wooden artefacts from Tasmania and Victoria, now housed in the Saffron Walden Museum in Essex. It has been suggested that Wedge sought the artefacts out of a rare ‘humanitarian’ interest in the Indigenous people. Rebe Taylor’s research in the Library’s collections investigates this idea and wonders: was there a more disturbing aspect to Wedge’s collecting? Following her lecture, Rebe, Mitchell Librarian Richard Neville and Kirsten Thorpe, Manager, Indigenous Services, will lead a Q&A with the audience on the ongoing and challenging questions surrounding Australia’s early frontier history and the collections of Indigenous cultural material in overseas museums.

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Publication title

Inaugural Coral Thomas Fellowship Lecture

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Place of publication

State Library of NSW, Sydney

Event title

Inaugural Coral Thomas Fellowship Lecture

Event Venue

State Library of NSW, Sydney

Date of Event (Start Date)

2018-10-19

Date of Event (End Date)

2018-10-19

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Understanding Australia’s past

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