Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
New exposures on the southern side of the proposed
damsite on the middle stretches of
the Gordon River reveal unequivocal examples of polyphase
folding in the Precambrian, low-grade
metamorphic rocks of southwestern Tasmania.
Three groups of folds are deformed by kink bands.
The first group comprises very tight, almost
isoclinal,and recumbent folds with north-south
trending hinges, and was formed by considerable
subhorizontal ovierriding of the western block
towards the east. These early, concentric folds are
folded by more open, similar folds. The hinges of
the second group of folds pitch shallowly north-northeastward
on steeply dipping axial surfaces
parallel to which there is a prominent transposition
foliation developed in the phyllites. These folds
were produced by a steeply inclined thrusting of
the eastern block towards the west during low
greenschist-facies conditions of metamorphism.
Small-scale, similar-style puckers pitching steeply
in the transposition foliation comprise the third
group of folds, and were produced by subsequent
subhorizontal movement in the phyllites of the
eastern block southwards.
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.
