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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Calcareous sands and podzols of four different ages (0, 3 100, 4200 and 5500 calendar years) form a soil
chronosequence at Rheban Spit, a prograded sand barrier, near Orford on the east coast of Tasmania. In terms of profile morphology the soils range from undifferentiated quartz sand with shell at the youngest site, to a well-developed podzol with prominent AI, A, and B horizons at the oldest site. Age trends are derived for a number of soil features, the most significant of which are the leaching from the sediments of detrital marine shell carbonate, the increase in organic matter content in the A and B horizons, the decrease in profile pH, the progressive development of A, and B horizons in terms of acid-extractable iron and aluminium, the increase in thickness of the B horizon and the decrease in the average concentration of cations in the profiles. Most of these age trends are in accord with those derived from soil chronosequences in New South Wales and overseas, but some are markedly different.
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.
