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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
At Piccaninny Point, structures developed at the contact between the Piccaninny Creek Pluton and the Mathinna Beds have, a bearing on the mode of emplacement of this body and other granodiorite plutons in north-eastern Tasmania. The contact has both concordant and irregularly discordant segments, and a dilational mode of intrusion is indicated. During the late crystallisation stage flattening of partially crystallised
magma against the contact produced a secondary cataclastic foliation and flattened xenoliths, and caused injection of cross-cutting leucocratic dykes. Magmatic pressure on the wall continued after the marginal granodiorite had crystallised,
producing conjugate faults and quartz gash-veining. The Piccaninny Point contact has features analogous to regional features of the granodiorite plutons of the Blue Tier Batholith to the north. The granodioritic plutons appear to have been emplaced by fracture controlled dilation, with upwelling of magma in the centre and lateral spreading against the walls.
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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.
