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The Australian Antarctic Festival is produced by the Mawson’s Huts’ Foundation. With partnering organisations such as the Australian Antarctic Division. CSIRO and the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, the festival presents a unique opportunity for members of the public to inspect Australia’s latest Antarctic and marine research.
The 2024 festival features a program of fascinating, entertaining and educational events. The festival has a broad appeal ranging from academia, exhibitions and displays, a planned ‘road show’ for regional areas and entertainment .
Regular features returning by popular demand include the Antarctic Expo, the informative Law Lecture, the “Penguin Project” and the popular Australian Antarctic Festival Gala Dinner. The Antarctic Expo is a display of contemporary equipment used on the frozen continent as well as a collection of artefacts and equipment from Australia’s history of exploration in Antarctica. An Antarctic-themed philatelic exhibition featuring stamps and postcards is also being planned.
The festival runs over four days with the first two days usually dedicated to school group tours with members of the public using the weekend to take in the spectacular and informative opportunities offered.
We acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their enduring custodianship of lutruwita / Tasmania. We honour 40,000 years of uninterrupted care, protection and belonging to these islands, before the invasion and colonisation of European settlement.
As a destination that welcomes visitors to these lands, we acknowledge our responsibility to represent to our visitors, Tasmania’s deep and complex history, fully, respectfully and truthfully.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal people who continue to care for this country today. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present. We honour their stories, songs, art, and culture, and their aspirations for the future of their people and these lands. We respectfully ask that tourism be a part of that future.
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