Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Rock outcrops provide unusual environmental conditions, often being the habitats of disjunct populations or rare species. A large rock plate on Mt Direction, within the Meehan Range, southeastern Tasmania, supports an open-heath of unusual floristic composition, and contains the only known population of Ozothamnus reflexifolius Leeson & Rozefelds. Four floristic communities occur on and around the plate, forming a sequence from the open-heath on the plate itself to tall woodland with a dense understorey of small trees where rock and bare ground cover are low. Patterns of moisture availability, related to soil depth, aspect, slope and topographic position seem to best explain the floristic, structural and species richness patterns in the area.
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.
