A Tasmanian Requiem is a musical reckoning, and a pathway to reconciliation
- Written by Kristyn Harman, Senior Lecturer in History; Graduate Research Coordinator, School of Humanities; Course Coordinator, Diploma of History, University of Tasmania
Participants in A Tasmanian Requiem, a musical performance addressing Tasmania's Black War. Alastair Bett
On December 26, 1847, a small group of Aboriginal people sat in the Lieutenant-Governor’s box at Hobart’s Theatre Royal watching a new pantomime. A local newspaper reported how “the natives … seemed gratified at their...
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