The SA Tourism Commission's 'Encounter 2002' project celebrates the bicentenary of Matthew Flinders' meeting with Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay. In 2002 various events and exhibitions commemorate the English and French voyages of discovery which determined the shape of the Australian continent, contributed to the scientific knowledge of this country, and paved the way for later settlement of colonies including South Australia in the south and west of the continent.
In addition to Adelaide celebrations, 'Encounter 2002' strongly encourages South Australian regional participation, and promotes international awareness of the State.
Many South Australian memorials honour the achievements of Flinders, but to date Baudin has not received such extensive recognition.
Celebrations
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Adelaide Chronicle 12 April 1902 p. 31 The Flinders Centenary—Ceremony at the Bluff. |
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Bicentenaire de l'Expedition du Grand Explorateur Francais le Commandant Nicolas Baudin : 200 ans d'histoire Franco-Australienne ; Soiree de la Decouverte, mercredi 13 juin 2001 [programme and menu]: cover page |
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Bicentenaire de l'Expedition du Grand Explorateur Francais le Commandant Nicolas Baudin : 200 ans d'histoire Franco-Australienne ; Soiree de la Decouverte, mercredi 13 juin 2001 [programme and menu]: 'Nicolas Baudin (1754-1803).' |
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Bicentenaire de l'Expedition du Grand Explorateur Francais le Commandant Nicolas Baudin : 200 ans d'histoire Franco-Australienne ; Soiree de la Decouverte, mercredi 13 juin 2001 [programme and menu]: 'Expedition Francaise en Terres Australes.' |
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Bicentenaire de l'Expedition du Grand Explorateur Francais le Commandant Nicolas Baudin : 200 ans d'histoire Franco-Australienne ; Soiree de la Decouverte, mercredi 13 juin 2001 [programme and menu]: 'Menu' and 'Vins'. |
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Bicentenaire de l'Expedition du Grand Explorateur Francais le Commandant Nicolas Baudin : 200 ans d'histoire Franco-Australienne ; Soiree de la Decouverte, mercredi 13 juin 2001 [programme and menu]: 'Et si . . . ' |
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Internet sites
Encounter 2002 : details events held at: Adelaide | American Beach | American River | Ardrossan | Carpenter Rocks | Ceduna | Edithburg | Elliston | Eyre Peninsula | Goolwa | Grange | Kingscote | Memory Cove | Mount Brown | Mount Lofty | Penneshaw | Port Adelaide | Port Augusta | Port Elliott | Port Lincoln | Port Victoria | Port Wakefield | Prospect Hill | Robe | Streaky Bay | Tumby Bay | Victor Harbor
Adelaide and Metropolitan Areas
Art Gallery of SA
The
Encounter, 1802: The art of the Flinders and Baudin expeditions. Art exhibition
Flinders University Alumni
Flinders
university public events - Encounter 2002
South Australian Maritime Museum
Exhibitions
program
University of SA Hawke Institute
Encounters:
cultural and scientific legacies and visions public lecture series.
Port Adelaide Community Arts Centre
Chart
the Art of Discovery. Art Exhibition focusing on Flinders and Baudin
and their expeditions along SA coast.
Regional South Australia
Encounter 1802: Remembering Flinders and Baudin
South
Australian Maritime Museum travelling exhibition
Parksweb Parks & Wildlife: Events
American River
Kangaroo
Island-Third largest island in Australia -American River
Cape Willoughby
Parksweb
Parks and Wildlife: Latest news
Penneshaw
Kanguroo
Island: Encounters with Naturalists. Joint environmental project with
Penneshaw Area School, Landcare Group, Adelaide Botanic Gardens and the
Plant Biodiversity Centre.
Port Augusta
Port
Augusta City Council
Port Elliot
Visit
Alexandrina: Encounter 2002: where they met
Port Lincoln
Port
Lincoln visitor information
Prospect Hill
Commemoration
ceremony to rename Mt Thisby
Yorke
Peninsula's Encounter 2002
Port Victoria, Edithburg and Ardrossan
France
Exposition des oeuvres de Lesueur et Petit retraçant le Voyage de Nicolas Baudin: Célébrations du Bicentenaire de l'expédition du commandant Nicolas Baudin
Maggie Beer - a word from me: South Australian Cocktail Party in Paris
Memorials
Internet Site
| Further Sources
Images from Mortlock Library South Australiana database
Flinders' memorials
Tablet, Memory Cove. 1934. [Memorial tablet erected by Matthew Flinders at Memory Cove, 1802]
Flinders Cairn, Proper Bay. 1939 [Flinders Cairn, Proper Bay, Port Lincoln. A stone cairn erected in memory of Captain Matthew Flinders and his ship's company's first visit for water in 1802]
Flinders Monument, Stamford Hill. 1930
Bronze Plaque. 1934 [Bronze plaque attached to the Flinders Monument, Stamford Hill]
Flinders Cairn, Hog Bay. 1906 [Flinders Cairn on Kangaroo Head, near Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, erected in 1906 on the supposed site of Flinders' first landing place on Kangaroo Island]
Flinders Monument, Kingscote. 1953 [Capt. Matthew Flinders monument at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, showing inscription]
Flinders Memorial. 1955 [Flinders Memorial, Port Wakefield]
Flinders Column Tablet. 1902 [Memorial tablet, Flinders column, Mount Lofty]
Flinders Column, Mount Lofty. 1936
Flinders Plaque. 1902 [Unveiling of Flinders and Baudin plaque on the summit of the Bluff]
Encounter Bay. 1905 [Tablet erected at the Bluff, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor, in commemoration of the meeting of Baudin and Flinders]
Flinders Tablet, Encounter Bay. 1910 [inscription on tablet commemorating meeting of Flinders and Baudin]
Flinders Memorial, Wallaroo. 1956
Baudin's memorials
Frenchman's Rock - Penneshaw. 1905 [Memorial marking the place where French explorer, Nicholas Baudin came ashore on Kangaroo Island in 1803.]
Flinders Tablet. 1900 [Commemorative plaque of the meeting between Matthew Flinders and Nicholas Baudin, 1802.]
Flinders Monument. 1902 [Tennyson opening the Flinders and Baudin monument, Victor Harbor]
Flinders Plaque. 1902 [Unveiling of Flinders and Baudin plaque on the summit of the Bluff]
Flinders - Baudin Tablet. 1910 [Flinders and Baudin tablet at the Bluff, Victor Harbor]
Internet site
History of South Australia: Memorials
Further Sources
Bulbeck F. Paul (Francis Paul) Some plaques and memorials of South Australia. 2 vols. Adelaide: F.P. Bulbeck, 1998-2000
Cameron, Simon. Silent witnesses: Adelaide's statues and monuments. Kent Town, S. Aust: Wakefield Press, 1997.
Gunton, Eric. Memories in stone: a collection of plaques recording historic events and people of South Australia. [Westbourne Park, S. Aust.]: E. Gunton, 1984.
Samuels, Brian. South Australian memorials, 1802-1935. Adelaide: Community History Unit, History Trust of South Australia, 1992.
