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Views of SA, WA, Vic & NSW : Victor Harbor [B 58973/57] • Photograph

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Summary

Memorial Tablet at the top of the Bluff, Victor Harbor. Reads 'In commemoration of the meeting near this Bluff between H.M.S. Investigator Matthew Flinders who explored the coast of South Australia and M.L. Le Geographe Nicolas Baudin, April 8 1802. On board the Investigator was John Franklin the Artic Discoverer. These English and French Explorers held friendly conference. And Flinders named the place of meeting Encounter Bay. Unveiled by his Excellency Lord Tennyson. April 8, 1902'.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 7 cm x 9.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1925

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814
Franklin, John, 1786-1847
Memorials -- South Australia -- Encounter Bay
Victor Harbor (S.A.)
Encounter Bay (S.A.)

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Formatted content

One of 170 photographs in an album presented to Mr H.L. Goldbeck from G.W. Gray in October 1925. They consist of views of South Australia, W.A., Vic and N.S.W. To see individual photographs from the album do a number search on B 58973/1 to B 58973/170

Digitisation information

Date

06/08/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,186 x 2,243 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

7.18 MB

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