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	Matthew Flinders
		Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was born in Lincolnshire in England.
		Flinders had been doing some exploring on his own and believed that he could prove that Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was an island.
		Flinders was captured by the French on the island of Mauritius in 1803 until 1810.
	www.davidreilly.com /australian_explorers/flinders/flinders.htm (448 words)

	Matthew Flinders - LoveToKnow 1911
		MATTHEW FLINDERS (1774-1814), English navigator, explorer, and man of science, was born at Donington, near Boston, in Lincolnshire, on the 16th of March 1774.
		Matthew was at first designed to follow his father's profession of surgeon, but his enthusiasm in favour of a life of adventure impelled him to enter the royal navy, which he did on the 23rd of October 1789.
		Flinders completed the survey of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and after touching at the island of Timor, the "Investigator" sailed round the west and south of Australia, and Port Jackson was reached on the 9th of June 1803.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Matthew_Flinders (1287 words)

	Matthew Flinders Collection - State Library of New South Wales
		Matthew Flinders, 1774-1814, was amongst the most accomplished navigators and chartmakers of any age.
		In 1798 he sailed south from Sydney in the sloop Norfolk, passed through Bass Strait and circumnavigated Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), thus proving it to be an island.
		The James Fairfax Matthew Flinders Electronic Archive is generously sponsored by Mr James Fairfax, AO.
	www.sl.nsw.gov.au /flinders (96 words)

	Matthew Flinders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Donington, Lincolnshire, the young Matthew Flinders had his hunger for exploration and knowledge whetted by the tale of Robinson Crusoe, and at the age of fifteen he joined the Royal Navy, serving under Captain Bligh on HMS Providence, transporting breadfruit from Tahiti to Jamaica.
		Flinders next attempted to return to England aboard the Cumberland, but the poor condition of the schooner forced it to put in at Mauritius for repairs on 17 December.
		Flinders is seen as being particularly important in South Australia, where he is often considered the main explorer of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matthew_Flinders (1358 words)

	Matthew Flinders Circumnavigation Voyage
		From 1802 - 1803, Matthew Flinders circumnavigated the continent in a leaky and rotting vessel, 'Investigator', producing a map of remarkable accuracy on which for the first time the word ‘Australia’ was provocatively inscribed.
		Matthew Flinders gave Australians their geographic identity, a necessary precursor to political federation a century later.
		Flinders’ handwritten logbooks and journals provide the earliest observations of parts of the Australian coast, the flora and fauna, as well as recording his contact with indigenous Australians.
	www.windbound.com /MatthewFlinders/epicvoyage.htm (154 words)

	MATTHEW FLINDERS: Biography
		Matthew Flinders, an officer of the Royal Navy, first explored parts of the NSW coast south of Sydney with his friend George Bass.
		The geography of Australia's coastline was of vital importance to Matthew Flinders; he placed the highest priority upon filling in the blanks on existing charts, and was the first to explore the vast length of the southern coast.
		Matthew Flinders is respected professionally for his high quality record taking and chart making, as well as the skill and daring shown during his explorations of Australia.
	www.vnc.qld.edu.au /enviro/flinders/mflind.htm (1346 words)

	Historical Feature - Matthew Flinders
		Flinders' detailed surveys of the coastline and his hydrographic researches contributed greatly to the exploratory knowledge of the country which he named 'Australia'.
		Flinders recommended to Hunter that the strait be named Bass "after my worthy friend and companion, as a just tribute to the extreme dangers and fatigues he had undergone in first entering it in the whaleboat".
		The remarkable feats of seamanship exhibited by George Bass and Matthew Flinders made an invaluable contribution to the knowledge of Australia's coastline and provided an inspiring example of that early spirit of discovery which was to become typical of the many explorers who followed.
	www.australianstamp.com /Coin-web/feature/history/flinders.htm (683 words)

	Matthew Flinders
		In 1801 Flinders commanded an expedition to explore the coastline of Australia, during which he passed through the great barrier reef and surveyed the Gulf of Carpentaria.
		On his homeward journey, Flinders was imprisoned by the French for almost seven years in Mauritius as a spy.
		Flinders' charts were engraved by Arrowsmith and published with his Voyage to Terra Australis.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/flinders.htm (335 words)

	Dictionary of Australian Biography F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Flinders next went on the Reliance to Cape Town to obtain stock for the settlement, and as it was found on her return that the vessel was badly in need of repairs he had to remain on board, while Bass on 3 December 1797 went off on the voyage during which he discovered Bass Strait.
		Flinders and Bass were not inclined to grumble, they gladly received their commission "to sail beyond Furneaux Islands, and, should a strait be found, pass through it, and return by the south end of Van Diemen's Land".
		Flinders was joyfully received on his arrival at the island, and with a crew of 10 he parted from the other relieving ships on 11 October and set out on his long cruise of 15,000 miles.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogF.html (20372 words)

	Genesis Publications: Matthew Flinders
		Flinders sailed for home in the Porpoise but this ship was wrecked on an unknown reef.
		Flinders' choice of 'Australia' for the name of the continent did not, however, come into general use until some time after his death.
		Volume 2 is A facsimile of Flinders' Private Journal 1803-1814 from the manuscript held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.
	www.genesis-publications.com /voyages/flinders.html (186 words)

	Matthew Flinders - Maps
		Shortly after the voyage of the missionary vessel "Duff" Matthew Flinders and his friend George Bass improved the maps of the New South Wales coast, and circumnavigated Tasmania, proving that it was separated from the mainland of Australia.
		Flinders clearly notes on the chart that this section of the coastline was discovered by Baudin in 1802 and James Grant in 1800.
		This map was drawn from the surveys of Captain Matthew Flinders and of Colonel William Light, Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia.
	www.slsa.sa.gov.au /encounter/flinders/maps.htm (1645 words)

	Flinders - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The Flinders rises on the southwestern slopes of the Gregory Range in...
		William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born in Charlton,...
		Flinders, Matthew (1774-1814), British explorer and navigator who charted the Australian coastline, born at Donington, near Boston, England.
	encarta.msn.com /Flinders.html (133 words)

	Matthew Flinders Biography \| scit_051_package.xml
		Matthew Flinders explored the coast of Australia, charted it more carefully than any explorer had before, and gave it the name Australia.
		Flinders reached the south coast of Australia in August of 1801 and began at once to make a complete and accurate survey of the south shore.
		Flinders had shown that Australia was a continent, and by the time of his death its possibilities were drawing the British to its shores.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/matthew-flinders-scit-051 (623 words)

	Matthew Flinders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 - 19 July 1814) was one of the most accomplished navigators and chartmakers of his age.
		By June 1803, the hull of Investigator had deteriorated to such a degree that Flinders was forced to abandon his survey of the northern coastline of Australia.
		Unknown to Flinders, England was now at war with France again, and the French governor, General De Caen, had Flinders detained as a prisoner of war.
	www.grandpapencil.com /austral/flinders.htm (678 words)

	Matthew Flinders - The Ultimate Voyage
		Matthew Flinders: The Ultimate Voyage is at the Queen Victoria Museum from October 28 to February 9, 2003 and then will continue to tour Australia until late 2003.
		Matthew Flinders' own account of his voyages of exploration around Australia, and his attempts to return to England after the termination of the voyage of the Investigator.
		Flinders is one of the many explorers mentioned in this survey of humanity's quest to explore further and further from home.
	ink.news.com.au /mercury/resources/flinders2.htm (773 words)

	Flinders University: News, events and notices - New book reveals more sides to Matthew Flinders' talents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Matthew Flinders makes an appearance in the little-known guise of composer and songwriter in a new anthology of essays, poems and paintings centring on his life and voyages.
		An arrangement of the song by Flinders, written for his wife during his long absence and sent back to England in a letter, is one of the book's more unusual entries.
		Flinders, Baudin and Beyond is a newly published collection of Flinders-related material edited by staff of the English Department at Flinders University.
	www.flinders.edu.au /news/articles/?fj19v13s04 (482 words)

	Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)
		Flinders was born on 16 March 1774 at Donington, Lincolnshire.
		Flinders began his naval career at the age of fifteen, on the HMS Alert.
		A biographical tribute to the memory of Trim / by Matthew Flinders; illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow.
	www.slsa.sa.gov.au /encounter/flinders/bio.htm (912 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Charting of Australia: 1795 - 1803 Matthew Flinders. 1774 - 1814, Master Navigator and ...
		Flinders with Bass away, and using the Colonial Schooner Francis, in February 1798 reached the Furneaux Islands south of the mainland coast, he believed that Australia and Tasmania were separated by a strait, but this could only be proven if he sailed right around Tasmania.
		Flinders suggested that he be sent to Australia to undertake surveys of that newly settled land.
		Flinders was not freed until March of 1810, and finally reached Portsmouth on the 24th.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/MatthewFlinders.1774-1814.html (2398 words)

	Matthew Flinders Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English naval captain and hydrographer who prepared detailed charts of much of the Australian coastline.
		Matthew Flinders was born on March 16, 1774, at Donnington, Lincolnshire, and educated in a local grammar school.
		While Flinders worked on his journals, Baudin foreshadowed his discoveries by publishing maps of the "Terre Napoleon." Flinders returned to England in 1810 in poor health and published Voyage to Terra Australis the day before his death on July 19, 1814.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/matthew-flinders (467 words)

	Flinders, Matthew
		Flinders reached the western part of 'the Unknown Coast' (W.A. and S.A.) on 28th January 1802 and made a landing in Fowler Bay.
		Flinders was anxious to return to England and left Port Jackson in August 1803 as a passenger aboard H.M.S. Porpoise.
		Flinders returned to England on 23rd October 1810 and was received with honours and promotion to post-captain.
	www.anbg.gov.au /biography/flinders-matthew.html (748 words)

	The Navigators - Captains - Matthew Flinders
		Matthew Flinders was born in a village in Lincolnshire on the east coast of England.
		A few months later, in 1798, Bass and Flinders returned triumphantly to proclaim Tasmania was indeed an island, separated by a strait which was then named in honour of Bass.
		Bass and Flinders' reputations as intrepid explorers continued to grow to the point where the Tom Thumb was exhibited as a kind of holy relic, a piece of wood from it even being presented to Baudin later on.
	www.abc.net.au /navigators/captains/flinders.htm (878 words)

	Matthew Flinders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Matthew Flinders was born in 1774 in Donington, England.
		After his work, in 1803 he sailed for England but unfortunately, his ship was wrecked at an uncharted reef and he returned to Australia in the ship's cutter.
		On his homeward journey, Flinders was imprisoned for almost seven years in Mauritius as a spy.
	australianexplorers.tripod.com /flinders.htm (152 words)

	Flinders Petrie
		Flinders Petrie was a British Archaeologist and Egyptologist.
		In turn, Flinders' habits led him to be known as one of the great innovators of scientific method in excavation.
		Although Flinders was primarily self-taught and had no formal schooling, he was made Edwards Professor of Egyptology at University College, London in 1892 and was also the founder of The Egyptian Research Account, in 1894 (which eventually became the British School of Archaeology in 1905).
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/petrie_flinders.html (561 words)

	Matthew Flinders
		Flinders joined the navy at the age of fifteen on the HMS Alert in October 1789 as lieutenant's servant.
		Flinders surveyed and charted the entire south coast from Cape Leeuwin and reached South Australian waters in January 1802 also charting the coast, islands, bays and headlands.
		As time went on Flinders was moved from goal and confined to the private residence of Madame D'Arifat and her daughter Delphine.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /mflinders.htm (1045 words)

	Matthew Flinders Terraces \| About our Retreat
		Matthew Flinders Terraces is a stylish, comfortable and relaxing base from which the wonders of Kangaroo Island can be reached on daily explorations.Situated just 25 minutes from the ferry terminal at Penneshaw and 20 minutes from the airport at Kingscote, the small fishing village of American River is a wonderful untouched coastal holiday destination.
		The recently upgraded self contained accommodation at Matthew Flinders Terraces is nestled into a terraced hillside - each unit having its own private deck with uninterrupted bay views across to the famous Island Beach with the chance to capture the spectacular morning sunrises.
		Eight 2 bed roomed self contained units with separate sleeping and living areas offer peace and tranquillity and the opportunity to truly experience the local native animal and bird life in the surrounding bush garden and along the nearby coastline.
	kangaroo-island-au.com /matthewflinders (209 words)

	Matthew Flinders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Matthew Flinders Portrait - courtesy of The State Library NSW.
		In considering a circumnavigation of Australia I have been aware that we were soon to celebrate the Bicentenary of Matthew Flinders Circumnavigation of Australia so what better time to plan a circumnavigation of Australia than during the Bicentennial Year.
		Matthew Flinders (1774 - 1814) naval navigator, hydrographer and explorer, holds a position, par excellence, in the discovery of our coastline and is credited with being the first to circumnavigate and name our country 'Australia'.
	www.users.bigpond.com /billyboytwo/Flinders.htm (328 words)

	William Matthew Flinders Petrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.
		Born in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent (now S.E.London), England, Petrie was the grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the Australian coastline.
		Flinders Petrie was encouraged from childhood of his inborn vocation in archaeology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Matthew_Flinders_Petrie (1362 words)

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