HISTORY SYMPOSIUM

30 April-1 May 2016 at Breakfree on Cashel, Christchurch, New Zealand

Description:

Prior to the FIG Working the International Institution of History for Surveying and Measurement, a permanent institution of FIG, was hosting a two day symposium. Day one focused on the boundaries of South Pacific and answer the question "Are the Islands Sinking?". The second day had the theme "From Mercator to Cook to Silent Cinema: Surveyors of the World".

Programme:

Saturday 30 April, 2016
Boundaries of the South Pacific
Are the Islands Sinking? Come and find out. 

9.25-10.55

SESSION ONE
Chairman John Brock (Australia)

Welcome dignitaries & guests – John Brock, Full Day Chairman
Official Opening – John Brock due to inability of Chairman Jan De Graeve

Presentations by:

  • Tuvalu  - Faatasi Malologa, Director Dept. Lands and Survey
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.10

SESSION TWO
Chairman John Brock (Australia)  

Presentations by:

  • Niue - Hubert Kalauni, Head, Div. of Land & Survey Management
  • Cook Islands - Vaipo Mataora, Manager Geospatial Infrastructure
12.10-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.40

SESSION THREE
Chairman Andrick Lal

Presentations by:

  • Tonga  - Viliami Folau, Min. of Lands, Survey & Natural Resourdes
  • PNG – Andrick Lal
14.40-15.10 Afternoon Coffee
15.10-16.00

SESSION FOUR
Chairman Kerima-Gae Topp (Australia)

Presentations by:     

  • Northern Territory – Craig Sandy, Surveyor-General of the NT

Sum up and Closing Remarks 

16.00-17.30

Friendly after symposium get-together.

Nibblies, wine and juice provided.
 

Sunday 1 May, 2016:
From Mercator to Cook to Silent Cinema: Surveyors of the World
9.15-10.45

SESSION ONE –  THE BELGIAN QUARTER
Chairman John Brock (Australia)

  • Welcome to dignitaries and guests – John Brock, Full Day Chairman
  • Day Two Opening: John Brock due to inability of Chairman Jan De Graeve
  • In the Birthland of Mercator: Belgian’s Surveying History – Marc Vanderschueren, Surveyor-General of Belgium (Belgium)
  • From Peninsular War to Coordinated Cadastre: William Light's Route Maps of Portugal and Spain, and His Founding of Adelaide, the "Grand Experiment in the Art of Colonization." – Kelly Henderson (Australia)
10.44-11.14 Coffee Break
11.15-12.25

SESSION TWO – THE KIWI QUARTER
Chairman Jan De Graeve (Belgium)            

  • Felton Mathew: New Zealand’s First Surveyor-General – Bill Robertson, Former NZ Surveyor-General (New Zealand)
  • James Cook, Surveyor in New Zealand – How The Great Explorer Made His Measurements in the South Pacific  - John Brock (Australia)

 
12.25-13.25 Lunch
13.25-14.35

SESSION THREE – THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUARTER
Chairman Kerima-Gae (Australia) 

  • A Brief History of Land Rights in KwaZulu-Natal – Chris Williams-Wynn, Surveyor-General of Eastern Cape (South Africa)
  • The Relocation of VOC-Era Bosheuwel farm in the Liesbeeck River Valley, Cape Town – Prof. Jennifer Whittal, Capetown University (South Africa)
14.35-15.05 Afternoon Coffee
15.20-16.40

SESSION FOUR – THE AUSSIE QUARTER
Chairman Bill Robertson (New Zealand)                                

  • Surveyors Through The Eyes of a Non-Surveyor– Kerima-Gae Topp (Australia)
  • Silent Screen Superstar Surveyors: 1908 -1930 – John Brock (Australia)
  • Summary and concluding remarks/thanks
16.20-17.30

Friendly after symposium get-together.
Nibblies, wine and juice provided.