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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Images from the State Library catalogue
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
Adelaidia: Things - view public arts works, monuments and 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.
