Join the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s Senior Curator of Zoology Dr David Hocking in conversation with Hadley's Art Prize Curator Dr Amy Jackett to learn more about the endangered species in Pamela Pauline’s work, Once Was.

Held in the galleries at Hadley's Orient Hotel

David Hocking is a leading expert on the evolution of Australian and Southern Ocean marine mammals. His work combines traditional palaeontology and natural history with cutting-edge technology to better understand how animals work and why they behave like they do. Beyond the water’s edge, his work also extends to exploring behaviour and biomechanics in snakes, wombats, devils, Australia’s extinct marsupial megafauna, and birds.

This event is part of the Hadley's Art Prize Education Day, Culture, Creativity and Changing Landscapes. For more events, visit hadleysartprize.com.au/education-day

Image: Pamela Pauline, Once Was (detail), 2025, Unique 1/1 photographic collage on etching rag