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Encounter 2002

Official Sites
South Australian Government: Encounter2002 Site
Flinders University
The Royal Geographical Society of South Australia's site
Useful Links & Activities
Art Gallery of South Australia: Art of the Flinders and Baudin Expeditions
SA Maritime Museum travelling exhibition: more information: www.history.sa.gov.au
Marine Life Society of South Australia: 2001 Journal features an article about Flinders & Baudin (lengthy).
Middle-schooling activities: a Websleuth Adventure from Kongorong Primary School.
The EdNA Theme Page on Encounter 2002
Col Grant's Matthew Flinders South Eastern Australia Site hosted by Villanova College
Biographies:
Matthew Flinders
State Library of New South Wales Matthew Flinders Collection
Flinders Ranges Research
 An example of a Matthew Flinders web page project from a Queensland primary school student.
Baudin
A brief description of Baudin's discoveries


C18th Shipping
Radio National's Ockham's Razor: Australian Nautical History

Nautical Equipment
Encyclopedia Britanica's The Astrolabe
Cognitive Technologies Corporation introduces the Sextant
The State Library of NSW details The Investigator

Place names
Search the website of South Australian placenames
Use an Atlas or map of South Australia to find some of the coastal names of South Australian places named by Baudin and Flinders.
French sites: language teachers... do some translation about this historic event!
Australian Embassy Paris: Baudin à la découverte du Continent Australien
France's Ministry of Culture: Célébration Nationales Baudin 2001
Celebrations/Activities in the Community
American River, Kangaroo Island
Port Elliot
Yorke Peninsula

Text References
A Brown, "Ill Starred Captains" Wakefield Press, Adelaide 2000
Weekend Australian 26-27 January 2002: Article and Poster insert
The Advertiser, Saturday 26 January 2002, Article NB: The Advertiser will be publishing a series of articles on the subject.
Postcards, Encounter programme, Banksia Productions.

Flag Sources on this page:
Flags courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries used with permission.
Australian National Botanic Gardens images