Public Talks

The museum hosts a regular series of FREE public lunchtime talks. The talks are held on the FIRST Tuesday of each month EXCEPT January from 12.00 noon until 1.00pm in the Royal Society Rooms at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Our next talk on Tuesday 2 May at 12 noon is presented by Peter Horobin MBE, leader of the project to establish an Australian National Submarine Museum.

Peter's presentation will range widely from a brief explanation of the Australian National Submarine Museum via the beginnings of submarines and HMAS AE2, “the Silent ANZAC”, through the Allied submarine operations in defence of Australia 1942 – 1945 to the modern era and AUKUS – Nuclear Powered submarines.  Peter is hoping to be able to show that AE2’s operations in WWI and the Allied Submarine Operations out of Australia in WWII can explain why we think nuclear powered attack submarines are relevant for Australia now and over the next 50 years.

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Peter Horobin is a submariner who has subsequently enjoyed a career in industry, usually in support of the submarine community. While serving in the Royal Australian Navy he had the privilege of commanding the submarines HMAS Onslow, HMAS Otway and HMAS Otama. On leaving the Navy he worked as a consultant to the Australian and Malaysian governments and held senior positions in industry in Australia and the United Kingdom. In recent times he has been the director with responsibility for an international submarine rescue organisation supporting three of the NATO countries, Australia and Singapore, and more recently the regional (Asia Pacific) lead for the same submarine escape and rescue organisation. He played a significant role in the National Submarine History Task Force that provided the submarine Ovens for the Western Australian Maritime Museum, and he was the founding president of the Submarine Institute of Australia Inc. He is the leader of a project to establish an Australian National Submarie Museum.

J Class HMAS Submarines alongside Princes Wharf. MMT Chandler Collection

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A NEED TO PRE-BOOK FOR THE LUNCHTIME TALK PROGRAMME.
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF COVID 19.