Maria Island
On 23 November academic staff and research higher degree candidates from the Schools of English, Journalism and European Languages; and History and Classics, travelled to Maria Island for a work-in-progress day. Representatives from Parks and Wildlife, the Heritage Council, Port Arthur Historic Site and the Convict Listing Team joined the delegates from the University of Tasmania. The day was an opportunity for post-graduate students and staff to share their current research that focused on Colonial Tasmania, and Post Colonial literary readings of texts. Following lunch there Cassandra Pybus chaired a round table on Cultural Heritage Futures, with a particular focus on Maria Island. This discussion opened up new possibilities for the Cultural Environments and Heritage (CEH) Honours programme.
Programme
10.15 - 11.15
Walking tour of Darlington
11.20 - 11.25
Welcoming address by Michael Lynch, Chair of the Heritage Council
11.25 - 12.10
Work in Progress Papers on Colonial Tasmania
Chair: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Andrew Gregg (UTas): 'Convict Discipline at Brickendon'
Leonie Mickleborough (UTas): 'Prelude to appointment in Van Diemen's Land: A new aspect of Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot's career'
12.10 - 12.30
Cassandra Pybus will discuss Indigenous Convicts on Maria Island
1.00 - 2.30
Chair: Cassandra Pybus
Round Table on Cultural Heritage Futures with a particular focus on Maria Island
Participants:
Jody Steel - Parks and Wildlife
Jenni Burton - Parks and Wildlife
Richard Koch - Parks and Wildlife
Angie McGowan - Parks and Wildlife
Jane Harrington - Port Arthur Historic Site
Deb Lewis - University of Tasmania
Julie Crozier - University of Tasmania
Alison Dunn - University of Tasmania
2.45 - 3.30
Work in Progress Papers on Postcolonial Readings
Chair: Lucy Frost
Lisa Fletcher (UTas): 'The Case of Pitcairn Island'
Elizabeth Mead (UTas): '"What My Corpse Would Say If It Could Speak": Postmodern and Postcolonial Appropriations in Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang'
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