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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.

Call of the Abyss: Caverneering & the Mole Creek Karst System

Lectures and Events

Summary

Presentation by Mr Paul A C Richards, MSc

QVMAG – Inveresk

Sunday, 24th March 2013 Commencing 2.00 pm until 3.00 pm

AGM at 1.45 pm followed by lecture at 2.00 pm

 

About the Speaker

Mr Richards is a Nuclear Medicine Scientist, University Lecturer, researcher, author, and artisan and has, for 50 years, worked and researched within the Tasmanian health system, overseas medical institutions and universities in the UK and USA. In more recent times he was senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University where he inaugurated and developed an undergraduate and postgraduate degree in Nuclear Medicine. Since 2001, he has written several books on medical history and co-ordinates and tutorsMasters subjects in Radiation Sciences at Sydney University

 

Brief Abstract of the Talk

Mr Paul Richards is a Launceston-based Nuclear Medicine scientist with a passion for geology and caverneering, which drew him to explore the subterranean world of the Mole Creek karst system at the base of the Western Tiers. Karst is terrain with distinctive landforms and drainage characteristics resulting from the relatively high solubility of certain rock types in natural waters. It often drains through natural subterranean conduits, some of which have become caves, large enough for humans to enter. The Mole Creek area is renowned for its spectacular caves, including Marakoopa, through which a karst stream flows allowing glow=worms to survive. Mr Richards will describe his experiences as a caverneer in this region in the 1960’s

Date:

March 24, 2013

Time:

12:00 am

Region:

North

Location:

North

Speaker:

Mr Paul Richards

Acknowledgement of Country

The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.

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On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.