Ngalda ngadja: A conference to honour two cultures

May 23, 2020, 8:15 AM – 4:00 PM

Ngalda Ngadja – “you and I” in the Chepara Yugarapul language of the people of the Moreton Bay Region

A conference to honour two cultures – The commemoration of Captain James Cook Rn – His HMS Endeavour voyage along the coast of the Chepara people

The Royal Historical Society of Queensland commemorates the 250 anniversary of Captain Cook's voyage with a series of conferences in Brisbane , 1770 and Cooktown. The Brisbane conference will take place in the auditorium of the State Library of Queensland, registration from 8:15, start 9:00 The conference dinner will be at the Tattersal’s Club from 6:30pm

Proudly supported by the Queensland Government, organized by The Royal Historical Society of Queensland, The National Trust of Australia (QLD), The Queensland Maritime Museum. The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.

Speakers at the conference:

Phil Benjamin: An Enduring Material Archive – the Numismatics of Captain Cook
Heather Clarke: Dancing on the Endeavour
Captain John Dikkenberg: Operating he Endeavour
Simon Farley: Priceless Value of Marginalia
Richard Ferguson: Cook’s Material Heritage
Gordon Guymer: The Endeavour’s Botany Legacy
Mr Michael Halliday: Cook’s Secret Instructions Susannah Helman: Cook and Queensland
Dr James Hunter & Kieran Hosty: Locating the remnants of the Endeavour in Rhode Island Bay
Ruth Kerr: Parkinson’s Notebooks
Professor John Maynard- Aboriginal Perspective
John Pearn: The Transit of Venus
Tim Roberts and William Westall: Art of the Endeavour
Peter Rout: HMS Endeavour
Stephen Sheaffe: Cook the Legend - a Fantasy
Kathrine Wiltshire: The Language of the Chépara People
Michael White: First Contact in Australia – the Royal Navy Perspective