Seminar: The 1814 Flinders Map Bicentenary
To mark the bicentenary of the publication of Flinders’ General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia, mariners, academics and curators explore the life of Matthew Flinders, his friends and his enemies and the significance of the map.
Session 1 Keynote Address
Matthew Flinders – A Life
Miriam Estensen, author
Session 2 Encounters and Incarceration
We cleared for Action: Matthew Flinders at Encounter Bay
Gillian Dooley, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Flinders University, delivered on behalf of Anthony Brown.
Incarceration in Mauritius
Margaret Sankey, Emeritus Professor, The University of Sydney
Baudin’s Lessons from Flinders at Encounter Bay
Professor Jean Fornasiero, Head, School of Humanities, The University of Adelaide
Session 3 Indigenous Encounters
King Bungaree and Flinders
Djon Mundine OAM, Indigenous curator and art historian
The Nyungar of south western Australia and Flinders
Professor Len Collard, School of Indigenous Studies, The University of Western Australia & Dr David Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Community Development, Murdoch University
Session 4 The Naming of Australia
I call the whole land Australia
Lindsay Perry, Secretary, The Matthew Flinders Society of Australia
Early European place-naming in Australia
Dr Jan Tent, Lecturer Linguistics Department, Macquarie University
Supported by the Poynton-Baker Trust Fund and Australia on the Map.
View the Flinders Chart in the collection: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t570
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