Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The Cygnet Coal Measures is a unit of carbonaceous shale,
coal and feldspathic sandstone in Tasmania of
Upper Permian age. It is overlain
gradationally or disconformably by the Springs
Sandstone, the lower member of which, Barnetts
Sandstone, is a thinly-bedded, fine-grained feldspathic
to arkosic sandstone, and the upper, the
Mountain Lodge Sandstone and a more thickly-bedded,
medium-grained protoquartzite. The upper part
of the Springs Sandstone is probably Otoceratan.
The Permo-Triassic boundary lies within these
gradational non-marine units and cannot yet be
fixed accurately. The base of the Mountain Lodge
Member is probably the most convenient boundary
to use as the Permo-Triassic boundary in local field
mapping.
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.
