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 Flinders & Baudin - 1802 - Encounter Bay, SA, Australia
S 35° 35.493 E 138° 36.237
54H E 282921 N 6058710
At the top of Rosetta Head is a granite boulder, with a Commemorative Plaque from over 100 years ago, for the meeting of two explorers who were circumnavigating Australia.
Waymark Code: WMZ6TC
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 09/20/2018
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It is a bit of a steep walk up a largely unimproved dirt track up to the summit of Rosetta Head. Here you have great views of Encounter Bay to the east, and north to Victor Harbor. There is a moderately large granite boulder, that the old metal plaque has been affixed to, with bolts. The cast inscriptions 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. F. 'le Geographe' - 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'
Unveiled by His Excellency LORD TENNYSON
April 8, 1902
Visited:0153, Tuesday, 29 May, 2018
[YEP, I had taken a walk up here after midnight!]
Subject: Town
Commemoration: 1902
Date of Founding: 1802
Date of Commemoration: April 8, 1902
Address:
Rosetta Head, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor, SA, 5211, Australia
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Web site if available: [Web Link]
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