Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English explorer, naval officer, and navigator who circumnavigated Australia.
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Born in Donington in 1774, he was a naval captain and explorer who mapped much of the Australian coastline. The bronze statue, erected in March 2006, also features Trim, his cat, which travelled on voyages to Australia with him but... more
1800 Matthew Flinders’ Bicorn Hat | Australia's migration history timeline | NSW Migration Heritage Centre
Matthew Flinders led the first circumnavigation of Australia and was buried in London in 1814.
For a long time, there was an urban myth that Cpt. Flinders was buried under platform 15 at Euston station. Now they know the real location of his real burial place.
A renowned explorer who gave Australia its name has been reburied in the village of his birth in the United Kingdom.
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Matthew Flinders discovered during HS2 works.
Matthew Flinders was a celebrated explorer who literally put Australia on the map in the early 19th century. But after his death, it was Flinders' turn to
Matthew Flinders’ cat, Trim circumnavigated the globe, and Australia (several times): http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/famous/trim.html
The chart was drawn by British explorer Matthew Flinders in 1804 after circumnavigating the continent in leaky, rotting boat.
What do Stockton, Matthew Flinders, pirates, shipwrecks and the Great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 have in common? Two Minute Postcards has the answer.
Discover the original journals, logbooks, letters, paintings and drawings covering the voyage of the First Fleet, the mutiny on the Bounty and Matthew Flinders' journeys.
On 8 April 1802 two ships met by accident not far out to sea from this point. HMS Investigator, an English ship commanded by Matthew Flinders, was exploring the S.A. coast when it encountered the French ship Le Geographe captained by Nicolas Baudin. Flinders later named the location Encounter Bay. Encounter Bay from the Bluff, Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.
