Joint Launch re Artwork and Children's Picture Book

In the afternoon, the Governor and Professor Chalmers hosted a joint launch for the new artwork, ‘relipianna melaythenner relipianna timmarerer’ (‘Strong place, strong baskets’) by Aboriginal artist, Belinda Casey, and the new children’s picture book, ‘We Live at Government House’, written and illustrated by Leisha Owen.

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International Women's Day Luncheon 2026

On Friday 6 March 2026, Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania, hosted an International Women’s Day fundraising luncheon at Government House to support Tasmanian women with gynaecological cancer. More than 100 people attended the event, with all proceeds going to the Rotary Tasmania Gynaecological Cancer Project.
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Embassy of France

In the evening on board the French icebreaker, L’Astrolabe, berthed at Macquarie Wharf 4, the Governor of Tasmania, the Honourable Barbara Baker, accompanied by Emeritus Professor Don Chalmers, delivered an address at a rec

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