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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The paper reviews previous ideas on the glaciation of Macquarie Island and gives an account of glacial landforms observed during a brief visit in 1972. The field evidence indicates that Macquarie Island was not completely overridden in an easterly direction by an ice sheet which developed on a broad submarine shelf to the west as advocated by L.R. Blake (in Mawson 1943). Local plateau, valley and cirque glaciers accumulated
in depressions, basins and valleys on the surface of the plateau and at their maximum extent occupied about 40% of the island. A migration of the Antarctic Convergence from 150 – 200 km south of the island to north, of the island would depress sea level temperatures by 3-4 degrees; an amount adequate to account for the modest glaciation of the plateau surface. The majority of plant and animal species probably immigrated prior to the last glaciation, which is of Wisconsin age, and survived in non-glaciated areas of the present island and adjacent shelf to the west.
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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.
