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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
A record is presented of late Quaternary deposits from two sections on the Lumeah Point Peninsula, Pipe Clay Lagoon. The results permit interpretation of some of the main geomorphic events and environmental changes that have occurred during the late Last Glacial and Holocene stages. Interglacial marine deposits of sand, clayey-sand and gravels are unconformably overlain by freshwater organic sediments dated to about 25,000-20,000 BP. Pollen analysis indicates a change in vegetation from Eucalyptus forest to Eucalyptus-savannah during this time. After 22,000 BP aeolian sands began to accumulate at Site A and probably continued during the maximum of the Last Glacial stage. Once stabilised, the aeolian and adjacent marine sands were strongly podzolised during
the Holocene. Aboriginal middens and thin cover sands resulting from forest clearance for agriculture by European settlers occur in and on the A1 horizon of the podzol.
Published Papers
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.
