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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Marginal populations of both black-browed (Diomedea melanophris) and grey-headed (D, chrysostoma)
albatrosses breed in the Macquarie Island Nature Reserve. Black-browed albatrosses breed in three colonies: one, on North Head, has been declining in numbers since the 1950’s; the second, in the southwest corner of the island, has been increasing; the third, on Bishop and Clerk Islets, appears to be larger than the second. Breeding success has been high in the southwest colony over the past ten years, but recruitment of banded youngsters into the breeding population has been very low.
Grey-headed albatrosses, biennial breeders, breed only in the southwest corner of the island, with an apparently stable breeding population. The breeding success is slightly higher than that of the black-browed albatrosses but again recruitment into the breeding population is very low.
First breeding records of birds banded as fledglings are given for both species and these data are used to extrapolate minimum ages for birds banded as adults in the 1950’s. Observations from several seasons are combined to construct the breeding cycles of both species at Macquarie Island Nature Reserve
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
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.
