Image: Before leaving Paris, the rikawa was checked by condition report, a detailed physical assessment of the condition of the object, before being placed into a specially designed and climate-controlled case for the journey by Stéphanie Leclerc-Caffarel, curator of Pacific Collections at Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. (PS)
After 230 years overseas, a cultural artefact has finally...

Image: The Cartela, currently moored at Franklin, has received funding that will allow it to be restored. (PS)
Following years of stagnation on its repair, a funding boost from the Tasmanian Government will help to bring new life again to the 111-year-old steamship Cartela once again.
The Tasmanian Government announced a $1 million grant for the Cartela in early February, which will be...