Topic: The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate – Compassionate Protection or Temporising Quackery?

Speaker: Dr Frances Thiele

About Dr Thiele
Frances Thiele is a professional historian and senior heritage advisor working in Aboriginal and historic cultural heritage management. In 1997, she was awarded the E.W. Benham Prize for a PhD in British History at the University of Adelaide.

Frances worked as Field Historian at State Library Victoria for seven years, and in 2007, was awarded the La Trobe Society’s inaugural Fellowship. Her research interests include Australian colonial history, especially in the Port Phillip District.

About AGL Shaw lectures

Alan George Lewers Shaw AO, FAHA, FASSA, FRAHS, FRHSV (1916 – 2012) was an RHSV Councillor from 1965 to 1971 and President from 1987 to 1991. He is also a Benefactor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He was President of the C J La Trobe Society as well and the two organisations, the C J La Trobe Society and the RHSV, have jointly presented the annual A G L Shaw lecture since 2002 as a tribute to a great historian. A list of previous lecturers can be viewed here.

House-keeping

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As at most RHSV events, we will be serving refreshments from 5:30pm to 6pm when the lecture starts. For the AGL Shaw lecture, we also serve refreshments after the event and we encourage our members and the members of the C J La Trobe Society to stay a little longer and share our hospitality.