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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.

The significance of a new locality for Monograptus thomasi (Early Devonian) southwest of Beaconsfield, Tasmania, and of the Corn Hill Formation

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Summary

Monograptus thomasi, Early Devonian, occurs west of Cabbage Tree Hill, Beaconsfield, Tasmania, in rocks previously mapped as Cambrian. The occurrence constrains the location of a basal thrust considered to be a conduit for Late Devonian gold mineralisation. The Corn Hill Formation, which contains the graptolite, is significant in regional stratigraphic, palaeogeographic, structural and tectonic models.

 

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Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library

Acknowledgement of Country

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.

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On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.