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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Interpretation of gravity and magnetic data in southeastern Tasmania indicates that blanketing post-Carboniferous rocks generally lie unconformably on late Precambrian rocks. Supporting evidence is provided by clasts of basement within
overlying pyroclastics and till, and three boreholes.
Near Hobart, west of the Huon River and south of Bruny Island, deep troughs were filled with (?) Cambrian sequences with a significant volcanic component. Some ultramafics are present along the western margins. Relatively thin wedges of Ordovician-Devonian rocks are also implied, especially west of the Huon River. All rock-units are comparable with those exposed in western Tasmania.
The boundary between eastern and western Tasmania terranes occurs near Sorell and granitoids are dominant east of it.
Jurassic dolerite feeder locations have been controlled by basement structure, and doming at Cygnet is related to a thick
syenite intrusion. Many modem topographic, or Tertiary structural patterns may be recognised in deep structures.
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.
