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    Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland...
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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 a...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • British navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the Australian and South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. Flinders' main campus...
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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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    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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  • 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 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Matthew Flinders Anglican College (MFAC) is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Buderim, approximately 90...
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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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    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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    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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    names of the individual peaks are much older however.[citation needed] Matthew Flinders explored the area and climbed Mount Beerburrum after sailing along...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Herstmonceux-Board of Longitude Papers, RGO 14/51: 18 f.172). Flinders, Matthew. "Letter from Matthew Flinders originally enclosing a chart of 'New Holland' (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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