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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.

The vegetation and higher plant flora of the Cradle Mountain-Pencil Pine area, northern Tasmania

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Summary

The Cradle Mountain-Pencil Pine area, northem Tasmania, has a highly varied vegetation and a rich and highly Tasmanian endemic flora. The distributions of the synusae and floristic plant communities in the region are strongly influenced by geology, the altitudinal environmental gradient drainage conditions and fire history.

 

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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.