Colonial South Australia in concert
Flinders University historical researcher Dr Gillian Dooley will perform music from ‘colonial South Australia and beyond’ for a lecture-recital at Urrbrae House from 2.30pm on 19 March.
The concert will the concert will feature songs written by prominent figures in SA’s colonial history, and features a piece written by Dr Dooley using part of an official journal record of British explorer Matthew Flinders, who turned 28 in March 1802 when the Investigator was coming down the eastern shore of Spencer Gulf, near Port Pearce in South Australia. Pianist James Huon George and flautist Gemma Vice will also perform.
By 27 January 1802, the Investigator was near the head of the Great Australian Bight. From February to March 1802, the British crew surveyed Spencer’s Gulf, explored Kangaroo Island and charted St Vincent Gulf. In April the Investigator revisited Kangaroo Island, and on April 8 and 9, unexpectedly met the French expedition under the command of Nicolas Baudin at the location which became known as Encounter Bay. Despite their countries being at war, the captains exchanged information in a spirit of cooperation.
“The words of my song come from Flinders’ reflections at Pelican Lagoon on Kangaroo Island,” adds senior research fellow, English Dr Dooley, who is also president of the History Council of SA.
Politics in pictures
Join Associate Professor Alice Gorman and Professor Robert Phiddian as they share their insights into the cartoons and cartoonists featured in the State Library’s latest exhibition, Behind the Lines: the year in political cartoons 2022 on Tuesday 21 March 2023.
Find out what the behind the scenes information on what the judges look for and discuss in the annual Behind the Lines exhibition, and it takes to be chosen as the political cartoonist of the year.
New book from NT men’s health expert
Congratulations to Flinders University Professor of Health and Social Equity James Smith for co-editing a new book, Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour: Global Strategies for Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice in Context. Professor Smith, who is based in Darwin as Deputy Dean of Rural and Remote Health, also contributed to four chapters of the book, after collaborating with US experts in the field on a Fulbright scholarship to North America. The book highlights innovative programs which tackle the even more complex social and structural barriers facing adolescent boys and young men of colour in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand