In Principio v16 no3 (2005)

BROOME I CAMPUS FREYCINET - OUR FRENCH COLLECTION EXHIBITION AT NOTRE DAME Notre Dame's Kimberley Education and Resource Centre hosted the Freycinet-Our French Collection exhibition during September. Staff members and members of the Broome community gathered for the official opening by the West Australian State Librarian, Margaret Allen. The exhibition included facsimiles of 18 items purchased at a Christie's auction in September 2002 for $1.2m which are part of the Freycinet Collection of the State Library of Western Australia. The most popular item on display was the reproduction of the first detailed chart of the Swan River created by Francois Boniface Heirisson in June 1801. It is over one metre long and shows depth soundings taken from the mouth of the river at Fremantle right up to the Helena River entrance. It is easy to recognise the major features of the river like Point Walter, the Narrows and, of course, Heirisson Island. Local residents, school groups and interested tourists visited the exhibition which was sponsored by Notre Dame's Broome Campus, Shire of Broome, Department of Culture and the Arts and State Library of Western Australia . .ol. Broom e Campus Librarian, Lyn Quince alongside t he 1801 Chart of the Swan River. UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND STUDENTS VISIT THE BROOME CAMPUS This year, the Broome Campus was host for a pilot program for Study Abroad students visiting from the University of Portland. Nineteen students and two staff including Dr Becky Houck and Fr Tom Hosinski stayed at the Broome Campus for six weeks during Notre Dame's winter break. The Portland students were the first Study Abroad group to trial the new concept w hich was developed by Dr Peta Sanderson, Assistant Dean, Science and Techno logy and Professor Simon Adams, Dean of the College of Arts. "The University has been running a successful Study Abroad Program on our Fremantle campus for many years and over this time we have welcomed students from Catholic Universities in the United States of America. Broome's climate in Winter is ideal for shorter-term intensive academic programs and it gave the students the perfect location to experience first-hand their studies in Animal Behaviour and Science and Religion " said Peta. During the visit the students also enjoyed camel rides on Cable Beach, visits t o a pearl farm and aquaculture centre, three-days of fieldwork at the Broome Bird Observatory, a five day field trip staying with an Aboriginal Community on the Dampier Peninsula, sailing at sunset, stargazing, view ing the dinosaur footprints and tidal pools at Gantheaume Point and a concert by Broome's Pigram Brothers. T Students and staff from the University of Portland during their field trip on the Dampier Peninsula.