A program of monthly public lectures showcasing current research on Tasmanian history has been at the core of THRA’s activity since 1951. These lectures have been recorded and published online since 2015. Some podcasts have a PDF of images that accompany the talk. Please click on More Details to find the PDF.
November - Graeme Broxam, John Scott, sealer of Bass Strait and his Tasmanian Aboriginal descendants
Published: Wednesday, 10 November 2021More details
Alison Alexander - Tasmania v the British Empire: the battle to end transportation
Published: Wednesday, 13 October 2021More details
Kirstie Ross, Tasmania’s mystery train hikes of 1932 and the commercialisation of bushwalking
Published: Friday, 17 September 2021More details
Dianne Snowden, Female convicts in the New Norfolk Asylum
Published: Wednesday, 11 August 2021More details
July - Leigh Woolley, Shaping Hobart: Townscape scale and proportion. Re-viewing the Meehan Plan of 1811
Published: Tuesday, 13 July 2021More details
June - Imogen Wegman, Anything but common: why Van Diemen's Land never had commons
Published: Wednesday, 9 June 2021More details