Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Calcarenites dredged from 807 and 960m, 50km southeast of St Helens, Tasmania, have yielded Early Miocene and mid-Pliocene foraminiferid faunas. The Miocene fauna is a deeper water continental shelf type of the same age (N4j 5) as other sediments well known from the northern coast of Tasmania. It contains a higher percentage of planktic forms than known in coeval sediments elsewhere in Tasmania. The mid-Pliocene (approximately N20)
including a significant planktic component, is the first such fauna documented from Tasmania.
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.
