30 Years and 50 Years of Tasmania’s State Cultural Heritage Legislation
Cultural Heritage Practitioners Tasmania (CHPT) is excited to advise that registrations are now open for the CHPT Symposium Looking Backwards– Looking Forwards: 30 Years and 50 Years of Tasmania’s State Cultural Heritage Legislation to be held on Friday 22nd May 2026. This milestone event is being held in National Archaeology Week 2026.
The Symposium provides an opportunity after 50 years of operation of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1975 and almost 30 years of operation of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 to review these two key pieces of Tasmanian cultural heritage legislation. It is an opportunity to explore how well this heritage is understood, valued and managed today, how well the legislation has worked to achieve this, and what might be required to provide better protections for Lutruwita/Tasmania’s cultural heritage into the future.
The Symposium provides a forum for cultural heritage and allied professionals to share their knowledge and experience to help inform future legislative change. It aims to bring together a range of voices, to present informed perspectives, and engender discussion to help ensure that future legislation meets the range of needs and is relevant and effective.
Please come and join the discussion, and help encourage the development of best practice cultural heritage legislation for Lutruwita/Tasmania.
When: 8.30am to 4.45pm, Friday 22nd May 2026
Where: Hadley’s Orient Hotel (John Webb Room), 34 Murray Street, Hobart, Lutruwita/Tasmania
Cost: $80 (full day Symposium, with lunch and refreshments); $55 (morning only, with lunch)
For more information and registration: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1561080?
Enquiries: To Anne McConnell, CHPT Coordinator – annemc@aaa.net.au, or phone (03 6239 1494).
Virtual Access Note: For those who live and work outside Tasmania and are interested in the Symposium, offering Zoom access to the Symposium is being considered if there is enough interest. This will be non-participatory access, and the cost will be $40 per person. Please contact Anne McConnell if you are interested in this option.
Image: The Tasmanian Parliament House – Tasmania’s law making place. A.McConnell, 2026.