Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania - 2021

Volume 155 (1)

Contents

• Foreword  v
• List of Northern Branch Presidents  vi
• Reflections  vii
• Ross, L. Resurrection: the creation history of the Royal Society of Tasmania’s Northern Branch  1
• Cameron, P. Tyereelore and Straitsmen: The true story of Tasmanian Aboriginal survival  9
• George, M. Astronomy in northern Tasmania, 1920–2020  19
• Ratcliffe, E. A rock in a hard place: European use of dolerite in Tasmania  31
• McQueen, M. Short Note: A brief history of the Central North Field Naturalists  41
• Maynard, D. & Fearn, S. Ecological and behavioural observations of a nesting aggregation of the endemic Tasmanian Digger Wasp Williamsita tasmanica (Smith, 1856) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae)  43
• Corbett, K.D. Channel to the Strait: the geological history of the Tamar Valley–Launceston area  51
• Richards, P. From iodine deficiency to excess: The Tasmanian thyrotoxicosis epidemic of the 1960s  63
• Maynard, D. Short Note: Torres Strait to Tasmania: nationally significant butterfly collection housed at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston  69
• Hawkins, R. Aquarium industry offers hope for Tasmania’s critically endangered handfish  71
• King, P. Robotic exploration beneath the ice: the challenges, risks and rewards of deploying an autonomous underwater vehicle in Antarctica 79

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