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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The Climie Formation, which is about 460 metres thick in the type section of the Dundas Group, contains the youngest known fossils within the Dundas Group. Just south of the Murchison Highway bridge over the Dundas Rivulet the Climie Formation is overturned, sheared and contains poorly preserved fossils in two main horizons, which are well exposed in road cuttings. The lower fauna occurs about 200 metres below the top of the formation, while the upper fauna occurs about 145 metres below the top of the formation. The lower fauna contains the inarticulate brachiopods Angulotreta(?) sp., and Lingulella(?) sp., plus the trilobites described herein as Olenus sp., Neoagnostus sp., Agnostus sp., and Ceratopygidae, gen et sp. indet. Five fragmentary trilobite specimens are left in open nomenclature. The upper fauna contains the inarticulate brachiopods described herein as Lingulella(?) sp., and Acrotretidae, incertae sedis plus the trilobites
Agnostus sp., Lotagnostus(?) sp., Peltura(?) sp., and an unassigned member of the
Olenidae. It is suggested that the lower fauna is probably of early post-Idamean age,
with the higher fauna being slightly younger. Both faunas are of a cosmopolitan
nature and indicate easy communication with the open ocean at the time of deposition.
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.
