1902, Photograph, B 10178
Unveiling of the Flinders Tablet at the Bluff, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor on April 8, 1902. Simpson Newland (Acting President of the Royal Geographical Society, SA Branch) is reading the address. The memorial is draped in the Union Jack flag and reads "In commemoration of the meeting near this Bluff between HMS "Investigator" - Matthew Flinders who explored the coast of South Australia and MF "Le Georaphe" - Nicolas Baudin, April 8, 1802. On board the "Investigator" was John Franklin the Arctic Discoverer. These English and French explorers held friendly conference and Flinders named the place of meeting "Encounter Bay". Tablet unveiled by His Excellency Lord Tennyson, April 8, 1902". In the foreground from left to right are: Charles Tucker MP, CE Owen Smyth, Simpson Newland, TS Reed, Lord and Lady Tennyson, and Lord Richard Nevill (private secretary to the Governor).