Tourism, Culture and Recreation
November 25, 2010Media Advisory: Australian High
Commissioner
to Make Special Presentation to Provincial Government
The Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and
Recreation, on behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador,
will accept a replica of Sir Joseph Banks� Newfoundland Journal of 1766,
to be presented by
the High Commissioner of Australia,
His Excellency Justin Brown.
The event will take place tomorrow (Friday, November 26) in the Media
Centre, Ground Floor, East Block, Confederation Building, beginning at
10:45 a.m.
While visiting Newfoundland and Labrador in 1766, Sir Joseph Banks
kept a journal with illustrations of his discoveries of flora and fauna
which has become known as The Banks Journal. Following his visit here,
Sir Joseph visited Australia, where he became the first to document in
great detail previously unknown botanical specimens and species in that
country.
The presentation is one of several activities being undertaken by the
High Commission to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations between
Australia and Canada.
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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
2010 11 25 2:00 p.m.
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