Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Investigation of Eucalyptus spp. pollen transport modes on Liawenee Moor in Tasmania revealed that it is possible to separate woodland areas from areas of moor and heath vegetation. While most Eucalyptus spp. pollen is deposited locally, a relatively small component is distributed across treeless areas, where it behaves in a manner similar to the long-distance transported (LOT) pollen of rainforest and alpine conifer taxa. When deposited into lakes, the Eucalyptus spp. component of the terrestrial pollen is increased compared with local pollen.
Knowledge of the percentage Eucalyptus spp. pollen values from extant vegetation communities and the LOT components ofEucalyptus
spp. and rainforest-alpine conifer taxa is useful for palaeoecological interpretation of vegetation history from lake sediment cores.
Applied to the 8000-year-Iong Camerons Lagoon record, the study confirms the treeless character of Liawenee Moor during the
Holocene. The evidence indicates that the moorland has altered from grassy to heath, due to the impacts ofgrazing and burning associated with European pastoral practices, but that the boundaries between the moor and adjacent woodlands have remained stable.
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.
