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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Estuarine sediments exposed during road construction at Royal Park in the city of Launceston, northern Tasmania, were found to contain a diverse molluscan fauna with some 40 species identified. An unusual occurrence was the presence of six specimens of Anadara trapezia, a species not previously encountered in situ in Quaternary marine or estuarine deposits in Tasmania. Amino acid racemisation and electron spin resonance, calibrated against radiocarbon dating, point to a late Holocene age for this estuarine sequence. A numeric age of 2600 ±400 yrs BP was derived for a specimen of A. trapezia, based on the extent of leucine and valine racemisation. Electron spin resonance data are consistent with this age assessment. The presence of A. trapezia in late Holocene sediments at Launceston may imply slightly warmer
water temperatures during the late Holocene.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
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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.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
