Kanunnah
A new research journal for the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) collects and undertakes research on material and objects from both the natural and cultural worlds. The organisation is an extremely diverse institution with collections from the life sciences (including botany), cultural heritage, history and the arts. It is this breadth of collections that makes the TMAG unique within Australia. The primary focus of the TMAG journal is the State of Tasmania, but papers dealing with Tasmanian, southern Australian and sub-Antarctic issues would be particularly welcome.

The aim of the new journal is to disseminate research in all areas of study undertaken by TMAG. Kanunnah provides a venue for staff at TMAG to publish on research being undertaken locally, but also provides the opportunity for interstate and overseas researchers to publish on Tasmanian themes in the in-house journal of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. All papers submitted to the journal are peer-reviewed by specialists with expertise in the appropriate areas. The aim in publishing the journal is to encourage research on collections held in TMAG.

The first issue of Kanunnah was published in June 2005 and was formally launched later in the year by Andrew Rozefelds (Deputy Director of Collections and Research) at TMAG.

The Editorial Committee
Dr Marco Duretto
Mr Peter Hughes
Mr Craig Judd
Dr Andrew Rozefelds
Dr Genefor Walker-Smith