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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The Royal Society of Tasmania (RST), the oldest scientific society in Australia and New Zealand, was founded in
1843 and quickly established its own library. In 1845 the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemenâ’s Land wrote to the Royal, the Antiquarian and the Linnean societies in London, of which he was a member, seeking books for the RSTâ’s library. By 1849 the collection held 250 volumes. As the Society grew, the library acquired books more purposefully, emphasising Tasmanian natural history but keeping abreast of national and international publications. In its first century the library was the major public source of natural history knowledge in and about this remote intellectual outpost. The Library at the End of the World reviews and illustrates some of the libraryâ’s treasures
Book review, The Royal Society of Tasmania, Tasmanian biota, Van Diemenâ’s Land, Library
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.
