Oceanic Art Society

Promoting the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art.

OAC Journal Lecture Reviews & Updates

Unpacked: The Reverend Fellows collection of Trobriands art

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Public lecture by Crispin Howarth: Held at the National Gallery of Australia is a little known, rarely shown but very significant collection of Massim Art. Amassed in the late 19th century and for the best part of the 20th Century hundreds of objects lay hidden under a house, dozens of decorated clubs, piles of elegant […]

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Jude Philp on the Macleay Museum’s Pacific collections

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Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 14 September 2016. Report by Jude Philp In 1875 Maino of Mowatta welcomed William John Macleay’s Chevert expedition party to his village, and introduced him to the neighbouring  village of Tureture. The Chevert  stayed nearly  two weeks, as the various men of Macleay’s party and those of Maino’s village […]

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Centuries 19 to 21. The Macleay Museum’s Pacific collections

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At what date the Macleay family started collecting objects made by peoples from the Pacific islands is not known. But living in Sydney from the 1830s certainly gave them opportunity and a position in society to do so. Entomological specimens, crabs, sponges and a huge variety of zoological and faunal material came to them as […]

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Mark Blackburn on Understanding Polynesian Art

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Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 20 June 2016. Report by Robin Hodgson On Monday 20 June 2016, in the Annexe of the Australian Museum, our visiting lecturer, Mark Blackburn from Hawaii, gave us a fast-paced look at his life as an exuberant explorer, enterprising protector and dedicated exponent of ancient and modern Polynesian art […]

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Using archaeological perspectives to uncover indigenous perspectives on the colonial process in PNG

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Saturday 14 November – Australian Museum via William Street new entrance 10:00 am registration, 10:30 OAS AGM, 11:00 Dr Robin Torrence (see below), 12 Noon close, 1:00pm Lunch at Sky Phoenix in the city. Bookings essential. Dr. Robin Torrence, Senior Principal Research Scientist – Geosciences and Archaeology, Australian Museum, wil be presenting a talk on: […]

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Oceanic and Aboriginal art in the collection of the Melbourne Savage Club

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Lecture Review Lecture by Dr. Ross Bowden, November 15, 2014 Ross Bowden, DPhil (Oxford), taught anthropology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, from 1979 to 1999 and was then a visiting research associate for ten years. He is now an independent scholar. Ross joined the Melbourne Savage Club to help curate its collection of Aboriginal and […]