Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 - 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and chartmakers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated and named Australia, survived shipwreck and disaster only to be imprisoned as a spy, identified and corrected the effect of iron ships upon compass readings, and wrote the seminal work on Australian exploration A Voyage To Terra Australis.

Legacy

Flinders's name is now associated with many geographical features and places in Australia in addition to Flinders Island, in Bass Strait. These include the Flinders mountain range and Flinders Ranges National Park, Flinders University, the suburb Flinders Park and Flinders Street in Adelaide, Flinders Street in Melbourne and the suburb of Flinders, commonwealth parliamentary Division of Flinders also in Melbourne.

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Flinders mountain range and Flinders Ranges National Park - Flinders University - Suburb - Flinders Park - Flinders Street - Adelaide - Flinders Street - Melbourne - Flinders - Division of Flinders

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The noted archaelogist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie was his grandson.

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Bryce Courtenay's novel Matthew Flinders' Cat also features Flinders. Flinders's cat Trim is famous for accompanying him on his voyages.

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Bryce Courtenay - Trim

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