Matthew Flinders (International) assertion Matthew Flinders i(A57106 works by)
Born: Established: 16 Mar 1774 Donington, Lincolnshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 19 Jul 1814 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1795 Departed from Australia: 1803
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BiographyHistory

An English navigator and explorer who explored the east coast of Australia, and circumnavigated the country. His journals include interesting observations on, and insights into, Australia.

Most Referenced Works

Affiliation Notes

  • Australian Colonial Narrative Journalism:

    Matthew Flinders navigated the Australian coastline and wrote the two-volume work of non-fiction A Voyage to Terra Australis. He died before seeing it published.

    In the introduction to his edition of Terra Australis, Tim Flannery (2000) describes the navigator as ‘painfully honest’ and ‘the eternally dashing man of action’ (2000: vii). Like Watkin Tench, Flinders was a gifted narrator with an eye for detail, scene and character.

    Between 1795 and 1798, Flinders, with surgeon explorer George Bass, charted the Eastern Australian coastline and circumnavigated Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania) to prove its separation from the mainland. After Bass disappeared en route to South America on a separate voyage, Flinders continued exploring, ultimately circumnavigating Australia.

    In 1803, en route to England to reunite with his wife, Flinders was imprisoned by the French Governor of Mauritius while stopping for repairs. During his six year internment, Flinders began working on A Voyage to Terra Australis (1814)The full manuscript includes his time in captivity in Mauritius.

    Bibliography:

    • Flinders, M, (2000) Terra Australis, Tim Flannery (introduction), Text Publishing, Melbourne
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