About the Authors
Emeritus Professor Margaret Sankey Professor Margaret Sankey’s research career in French Studies has been devoted to the study of the history of ideas and mentalités in France, with particular...
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The Freycinet map was published in Paris in 1811, and was the first map to be published which showed the full outline of Australia as such, preceding Matthew Flinders’ map ‘Terra Australis or...
View ArticleRupert Gerritsen R.O.N. (1953-2013)
Rupert Gerritsen passed away in Canberra on 3 November 2013. He was Chair of ‘Australia on the Map’ (AOTM), the Heritage and History Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society (AHS). He wrote a...
View ArticleWHY ORGANISING AN EVENT COMMEMORATING DIRK HARTOG’S 1616 VISIT – IN 2016?
In 2015 we will commemorate the end of the Second World War. We will be invited to attend the ceremonies or watch on TV as the lines of be-medalled people march by. The authorities will organise them,...
View ArticleEARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH AUSTRALIAN SHORES – Rupert Gerritsen
The book “EARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH AUSTRALIAN SHORES” containing 14 easy read stories by the late Rupert Gerritsen, published by AOTM in July 2015, can now be ordered by sending a stamped self addressed...
View ArticleFinding Dirk in Canberra
When you are Canberra, don’t miss the opportunity to take the Early Explorers Walking Tour in the Inner South area of the city (Griffith and Red Hill). Take a good look at the street names – which...
View ArticleRestoring Cook’s Legacy 2020 Project – Aims
Restoring Cook’s Legacy 2020 is an exciting new project with a focus on the Cook 250th Anniversary commemorations in 2020. Many land features or Landmarks that Cook named are shown in the wrong place...
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The latest (and as yet unpublished) research by Trevor Lipscombe on Ram Head is available for downloading here.
View ArticleMartinus de Bruijn’s ‘Translator’s Appendix’ to his translation of Watkin...
Translated from Dutch by Robert J. King
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