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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
Tasman Peninsula is in a higher rainfall area than most of southeastern Tasmania but the elevated topography ensures that run-off is rapid. Rainfall is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year. The early convict settlements obtained most of their water from nearby streams, although some water was collected from roofs of buildings and wells. Present supplies are taken largely from the same sources and farmers have constructed dams for irrigation supplies and stock. Some development of groundwater resources from fractured rock aquifers and from coastal sand deposits has been undertaken. Small irrigation quantities are sometimes obtained although usually the bores are only capable of domestic and stock supplies. The quality of groundwater is variable but mostly the water has a number of uses. There is considerable scope for expanding the use of both surface and groundwater on the peninsula.
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.
