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When the Franklins departed Tasmania in 1853, the museum and estate were entrusted to the nearby Queen's College, which itself was purchased by the Hutchins School in 1893. During this period, Lady Franklin's artefacts were dispersed, large portions of the parklands were sold for housing and the museum became a storehouse for apples. [3]
The foundation stone for the original building to house the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery was laid by the Mayor of Launceston, Robert Carter, on 21 June 1887. [2] Alexander Morton, of the museum in Hobart, acted as honorary curator from its opening in 1891 until 1896, [ 3 ] with Herbert Hedley Scott assuming the role of curator in May ...
Then, over 150 years ago, due to the limitations of cameras, portrait subjects would have to sit very still, looking at the camera, for the long exposure time that was needed to capture the image ...
Customs House was later requisitioned by the Legislative Council of Tasmania and became Parliament House, Hobart. The Royal Society of Tasmania later founded TMAG in the sub-committee room of the Parliament, possibly the same room. [4] The museum moved to Harrington St in 1852, where it paid £60 a year in rent for a hall there.
The precursor to MONA, the Moorilla Museum of Antiquities, was founded in 2001 by Tasmanian millionaire David Walsh. [4] It closed on 20 May 2006 [5] to undergo $75 million renovations. The new museum was officially opened on 21 January 2011, coinciding with the third MOFO festival.
Truganini was born around 1812 [9] at Recherche Bay (Lyleatea) in southern Tasmania. [10] Her father was Manganerer, a senior figure of the Nuenonne people whose country extended from Recherche Bay across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah).
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Robert Campbell (1902–1972): painter and gallery director; Jane Cannan (1822–1861): painter, drawer; James Cant (1911–1982): surrealist painter and teacher; David Caon (born 1977): designer; Jack Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963; Ethel Carrick (1872–1952): painter