DTAE News

TMAG Master Plan: A Concept for a World Class Cultural Icon

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Premier David Bartlett yesterday unveiled plans for the largest cultural development ever envisaged in Tasmania.

TMAG Master Plan: A Concept for a World Class Cultural Icon

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Premier David Bartlett yesterday unveiled plans for the largest cultural development ever envisaged in Tasmania.

Anti-tank line entered on register

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The Tasmanian Heritage Council has provisionally registered the little known Longley anti-tank line south of Hobart in the Tasmanian Heritage Register.

Oatlands in mid-winter as the Southern Midlands Heritage Survey progresses

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Researchers from Heritage Tasmania have been busy over winter walking around taking photographs, speaking with residents and collecting information in Oatlands.

Cooperative fuel reduction burning planned

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A series of fuel reduction burns will be conducted this month in Tasmania's North-East and on the West Coast as part of the inter-agency Fuel Reduction Burning Program.

Sustainable mountain biking in parks and reserves

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The Parks and Wildlife Service is working to deliver sustainable mountain bike recreation areas in two popular Tasmanian reserves, the Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Michelle O'Byrne, said today.

Crews clean-up milk spill

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Investigations are continuing into a spill from an over-turned milk tanker in Tasmania's north-west on Monday.

Pulp Mill Permit Amendment

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Environment Protection Authority Director Warren Jones has amended a requirement of the Pulp Mill Permit.

TMAG's thylacine expert attends conference

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Kathryn Medlock, recently returned from London where she shared her knowledge about the thylacine at a conference.

Short term drought for Gardens ducks

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The RTBG lily pond ducks have been left high and dry - but only for the moment.

Storytelling festival activities at Gardens and Museum

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The RTBG and TMAG will play host to the opening events of the inaugural Tasmanian International Story Telling Festival this weekend.

Revised Conservation Management Plan for Macquarie House

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Community comment on the intial draft Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for Macquarie House in Hobart has been considered in a revised CMP.

New challenge for Head of Herbarium

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

In his 20 years as a lichenologist, Dr Gintaras Kantvilas has had his fair share of trying experiences, most of them in the bush. Snow, heat and thirst - he has endured them all in his quest to collect and classify Tasmania's lichens.

Botanical setting for beautiful verse

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The seeds of verse have been sown at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens to produce a poetic aspect of Tasmanian Living Writers' Week.

New TMAG exhibition focuses on the process

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

A new exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, entitled Facture, is the uniquely Tasmanian result of a collaboration between TMAG and Contemporary Art Services Tasmania.

Heritage-news: August 2008

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The August issue of Heritage e-news is now available online.

New building, old foundation

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Hobart's newest and most architecturally innovative building is set to become the model for managing archaeological significant sites and making them accessible to the wider community.

Late 20th century architecture listed

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1000

The Tasmanian Heritage Council has permanently listed the Van Diemen's Land Company Cemetery and Portside in Burnie on the Tasmanian Heritage Register.