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RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
William Saville-Kent pioneered the scientific management of fisheries in Australia from 1884 to 1907. His wide-ranging research interest extended from infusoria to salmon and he worked in Britain, off Portugal, and in every part of Australia from Thursday Island in the north to Tasmania in the south. He cultured a number of marine species and was a leader in the movement to utilise the great Victorian public aquaria for scientific purposes. His prolific pen delineated Australia’s commercial fish resources, and brought to Europe, for the first time, the diversity and scale of the Great Barrier Reef.
Saville-Kent, fisheries, salmon, oysters, aquaria, Great Barrier Reef, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Royal Society of Tasmania, RST,
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.
