Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation...
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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS FBA ((1853-06-03)3 June 1853 – (1942-07-28)28 July 1942), commonly known as simply Sir Flinders Petrie, was an...
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navigator Matthew Flinders charted some of the southern islands, using one of the schooner Francis' open boats. Later that year, Flinders returned and...
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Matthew Flinders' Cat is a 2002 novel by Bryce Courtenay (ISBN 0670910619), published by Viking Press. It records the relationship between a homeless former...
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24 August 2018. "The Flinders Papers: FLI/11 Matthew Flinders' biographical tribute to his cat Trim 1809 (FLI11) Page 8". flinders.rmg.co.uk. National...
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Flinders Street, named after explorer Matthew Flinders, may refer to: Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street, Melbourne Flinders Street railway station...
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Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with...
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Look up Flinders or flinders in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flinders may refer to: Flinders Peak, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula Flinders...
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Matthew V. Flinders (born 1972) is a British academic and political scientist. From July 2014 until April 2017 he was Chair of the Executive Committee...
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named in honour of the explorer Matthew Flinders. The catchment is sparsely populated and mostly undeveloped. The Flinders rises on the western slopes of...
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HMAS Flinders (GS 312/A 312), named for Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), was a hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by HMA...
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in pre-modern geography. The name was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders from 1804, and it has been in official use since 1817, replacing "New...
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Bribie Island (section Matthew Flinders, 1799)
remove Flinders' hat. Flinders refused and the Europeans and Bongaree returned to their boat. As they left the man who had tried to remove Flinders' hat...
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has long since spilled onto the peninsula, Flinders is still counted as a rural seat. As of 2022, Flinders is the Liberal Party's only safe seat in Melbourne...
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Matthew Flinders Girls' Secondary College is an all-girls State secondary school located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It provides education for students...
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Ten years later, Matthew Flinders began his survey of the South coast of New Holland from Cape Leeuwin in 1801 when he named it. Flinders landed in the bay...
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Flinders Street is a street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Running roughly parallel to the Yarra River, Flinders Street forms the southern edge of...
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Investigator was a sea voyage journal written by British mariner and explorer Matthew Flinders. It describes his circumnavigation of the Australian continent in the...
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The Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science is awarded biennially to recognise exceptional research by Australian scientists...
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Retrieved 17 October 2017. Miriam Estensen The life of Matthew Flinders p 460 Flinders, Matthew (1805). "Concerning the Differences in the Magnetic Needle...
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2022, a nomination for the Flinders Ranges to be named a World Heritage Site was lodged. The first humans to inhabit the Flinders Ranges were the Adnyamathanha...
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Wales on HMS Reliance on 7 September 1795. Also on the voyage were Matthew Flinders, John Hunter, Bennelong, and his surgeon's assistant William Martin...
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He then transferred to Naturaliste, and returned to France in 1804. Matthew Flinders was being held captive by the French on Mauritius, thus many of his...
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Petrie, William Matthew Flinders (1883). The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh. Field & Tuer. ISBN 0-7103-0709-8. Petrie, William Matthew Flinders (1892). Ten...
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the two major islands in Bass Strait was later named Flinders Island by Philip Parker King. Flinders returned to England in 1801. Meantime, in October 1800...
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Australia Matthew Flinders' journeys". State Library of NSW. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2020. Moheeputh, Anand (24 October 2003). "Matthew Flinders...
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Estensen, Miriam (2002). The life of Matthew Flinders. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. p. 185. ISBN 1-74114-152-4. Flinders, Matthew (1814). A Voyage to Terra Australis...
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Cape Barren Island, and Whitemark on Flinders Island, which serves as the administrative centre of the Flinders Council. There are also some small farming...
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HMS Investigator under Matthew Flinders charting Australian waters in 1803–1804. Arriving at Sydney too late to join in Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia...
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Laura Bush who lived with them at the White House. Trim sailed with Matthew Flinders as he mapped the coastline of Australia between 1801 and 1803. Trim...
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