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An E-Petition to save the William Crowther Statue at Franklin Square is open for signatures. The petition ends 30 September 2023. For more details about this petition visit this link. https://haepetitions.parliament.tas.gov.au/haepet/Home/PetitionDetails/112

This Association is neither endorsing or defending the Hobart City Council's decision to remove the statue to probably to placed in storage.

Two talks that might interest you ...

Voice of the Voiceless Convict Women

11 July 2023, 1–2 pm. Book online.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/elizabeth-fry-voice-of-the-voiceless-convict-women-tickets-636975038487?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

The Noble Savage in the Antipodes

6 July 2023, 1-2 pm. Book in person or online...

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pha-vic-tas-the-noble-savage-in-the-antipodes-tickets-662047721557?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

In April 2023, the Federal Government announced that it had secured the long-term future of Trove, one of Australia's most significant historical and cultural resources.

The Government will provide the National Library of Australia with $33 million over four years in the Budget.

The Australian National Library for the past decade has provided the free digital resource of newspapers and magazines, photographs, web archives, parliamentary papers, reports and more, is now warning that the resource may have to close without Government Funding. There are many references on the web and here are a couple you may like to read.

https://www.uts.edu.au/news/culture-sport/troves-funding-under-threat.-its-time-overhaul

https://www.2gb.com/national-librarys-digital-archive-trove-under-threat/