Principal speaker
Professor Paul Taçon
Van Gogh versus rock art. Both priceless. But one sits behind glass in a temperature controlled museum heavily guarded. The other is left out in the open, subject to vandals, insects and inclement weather. It's not practical to collect and store Australia's rock art in museums, so Professor Tacon is doing the next best thing. He is dedicating his career to travelling Australia, finding and documenting rock art. The aim is simple: gather more information about Australia's heritage, showcase these brilliant specimens properly and save the works for generations to come. Professor Tacon has spent the last three decades travelling extensively to remote areas of Australia to unravel the stories of our past and save them for our future. With more than 100,000 rock art sites believed to be scattered across Australia and the possibility of even more undiscovered treasures, Professor Tacon knows that time is running out to safeguard many of these ancient survivors.
A free public lecture by Professor Paul Tacon of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research on the battle to save our nation's heritage. Please register to attend at the URL below.