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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
A radiocarbon date of 19 I 00 ± I 00 yr BP (SUA 2856) closely dates the maximum extent of glacier ice at Lake Beatrice in the upper Dante Rivulet during the Late Wisconsin in western Tasmania. Study of the Dante Glacier outwash fan deposits shows that they overlie a palaeosol and an older outwash gravel formation, and are interstratified with fluvial silts containing transported organic detritus deposited by flooding of the King River. Examination of available radiocarbon dates obtained from the palaeosol and interstratified silts shows that the palaeosol, Dante ourwash and fluvial silt sequence was formed during a relatively short period preceding and around the peak of the Late Wisconsin glacial stade (18-20 kyr BP). The data suggest that the Dante Glacier extended to its end moraine limits for only a short time.
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.
