Bass and Flinders
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On the WallabyIn 1798, George Bass and Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia's island state) in the sloop...
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Matthew Flinders became famous through his exploration work. He first circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) with...
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Matthew Flinders was known for travelling with his black and white cat named Trim.
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He encountered many problems. His two ships were leaking. His second ship that was leaking had forced Matthew Flinders to stop by...
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Flinders building
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Matthew Flinders arrived in Australia in the 1790s and commenced exploring and charting the coast of the continent. Between...
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Matthew Flinders was captured by the French on the island of Mauritius in 1803. He was kept prisoner until 1810 on the grounds...
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Flinders was born on 16 March 1774 in Donington, England.
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Captain Matthew Flinders was born on the 16th of March 1774, in Donington, Lincolnshire, England.
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After his exploration with Flinders, George Bass left the Navy to become a South Pacific trader, and on 5 February 1803, he...
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The ship in which Flinders circumnavigated Australia was named Investigator. Prior to this Matthew Flinders, together with...
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The name of Bass's boat, in which he explored, was the Tom Thumb. Indeed there were 2 boats of that name. In the first Bass and...
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George Bass having joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon in 1794, was placed aboard HMS Reliance, which was sent to Sydney in 1795....
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Matthew Flinders's first seafaring expedition was when he accompanied William Bligh on his second voyage to Tahiti in 1791. He...
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Matthew Flinders was born in 1774 and died in 1803, He lived in Lincolnshire England before starting his voyage with George Bass.
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Matthew Flinders arrived in Australia in the 1790s and commenced exploring and charting the coast of the continent. Together with...
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George Bass is best known for circumnavigating Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) and proving it was an island and not connected...
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Matthew Flinders was born on 16 March 1774 in Lincolnshire, England. He became a sea explorer, and arrived in Australia in the...
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George Bass, together with Matthew Flinders explored and charted much of the coastline south of Sydney in the early days of the...
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Matthew Flinders was most famous for circumnavigating Australia. He first circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) with...
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Trim the cat was Matthew Flinders' constant companion on most of his journeys between 1799 and 1804.
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George Bass is believed to have died at sea in 1803. It is unknown what, exactly, George Bass died of. Bass left the Navy to...
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Matthew Flinders circumnavigated the entire continent of Australia, and was with George Bass when the discovery was made that...
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Matthew Flinders was one of the first explorers to enter Port Phillip Bay and explore the area. He did not specifically do...
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Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia between December 1801 and June 1803, meaning he mapped the Australian coastline,...
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Matthew Flinders did not actually name Australia. However, Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis",...
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Matthew Flinders's circumnavigation of Australia was undertaken between December 1801 and June 1803.
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Flinders was captured by the French, on the island of Mauritius, in 1803. He was kept prisoner until 1810 on the grounds that he...
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Matthew Flinders did not actually arrive in Esperance, as he did not go to shore there. However, his ship passed by the area...
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Matthew Flinders died on either 15 July 1814 or 19 July 1814. Accounts vary.
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Matthew Flinders was born in England.
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Matthew Flinders was the first explorer to circumnavigate and chart the Australian continent.
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He had a brother called Thomas and no sisters
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Matthew Flinders first came to Australia in 1791 with Captain Bligh aboard the ship Providence, where he came across part of the...
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The Flinders Ranges are in South Australia.
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Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia. This means he explored and charted the entire coastline of the continent. With George...
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The main campus of Flinders University is in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia.
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There are more than two islands in Bass Strait, but the two main ones are King Island and Flinders Island.
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yes from a site called enchanted learning its got stuff all about his exploration and pics as well
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Lieutenant James Cook named Morton Bay in 1770, but a misspelling when Cook's logs were published caused it to be changed to...
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Yes: Flinders Island is considered one of the Tasmanian Islands.
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Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Tasmania with George Bass.
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Matthew Flinders, together with George Bass, did much sea exploration around Australia: between 7 October 1798 and 7 January...
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No. Matthew Flinders did not go to university, or receive higher education of any description.
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On the evening of January 3rd 1798, George Bass on his voyage in an open whale boat to explore the possibility of a strait...
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No - because Tasmania is not a continent.Matthew Flinders, together with George Bass, determined that Tasmania (then known as Van...
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The southern coast of Australia was charted in great detail by Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated the entire continent between...
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Matthew Flinders and George Bass proved Van Diemen's Land was an island by circumnavigating it in the Tom Thumb.
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Flinders can be regarded as an Australian explorer, even though he made many other journeys on behalf of both Australia and...
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Bass and Flinders sailed to Botany Bay, where they explored the Georges River. Following their exploration, a settlement was...
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Matthew Flinders is considered to have started his journey of circumnavigating Australia on 6 December 1801.In reality, Flinders...
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After his exploration with Flinders, Bass left the Navy to become a South Pacific trader, and on 5 February 1803, he sailed the...
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Matthew Flinders was an Eighteen year old Midshipman when he set sail from England with Captain William Bligh in the...
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During his earlier career, Flinders probably only experienced the standard hardships of a naval life.However, later in his career...
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Matthew Flinders died in London, England on 19 July 1814.
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One of Bass and Flinders' major discoveries was their confirmation that Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was an island and not...
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George Bass was born on 30 January 1771.
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Matthew Flinders, the explorer who circumnavigated Australia, did not divorce Elizabeth Weekes. In April 1801, at the age of 27,...
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The Matthew Flinders University of South Australia is named after the explorer Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia...
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Matthew Flinders had several encounters with Aborigines while charting and exploring Port Phillip Bay. These encounters revealed...
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No. The circumnavigation of Australia was undertaken between December 1801 and June 1803. Prior to this, Matthew Flinders...
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Matthew Flinders was only 40 when he died
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George Bass travelled with Matthew Flinders explored and charted much of the coastline south of Sydney in the early days of the...
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Matthew Flinders was born in Donnington, Lincolnshire, England, where he received his education in a local grammar school....
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From the age of 15, until his death at the age of 40, Matthew Flinders was a member of, and employed by, the British Royal Navy....
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Matthew Flinders named many places, among them the following: On 17 July 1799, Matthew Flinders landed at and named Red Cliff...
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Matthew Flinders travelled on several voyages with fellow explorer George Bass.He also had a much-loved cat, Trim, who...
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On 28 January 1802, Flinders anchored in Fowler's Bay on the southern coast, and described it as "a well sheltered cove affording...
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Flinders Island in Bass Strait In South Australia: Flinders Mountain Range Flinders Ranges National Park Flinders Chase...
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The most obvious place named after explorer George Bass is Bass Strait. This is the strait that lies between the Australian...
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Governor Hunter was the one who sponsored Bass to determine whether a navigable strait existed between Van Diemen's Land and the...
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The main purpose for Matthew Flinders' exploration of Australia was to chart the coastline more accurately. This included...
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Common food for sea explorers of Flinders' time was anything that would keep well for a long journey. Such foods included salted...
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Matthew Flinders was inspired by reports of Captain James Cook's voyages, but it was after reading Daniel Defoe's "Robinson...
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six men and six weeks of rations
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Flinders' voyage to circumnavigate Australia in the Investigator lasted from 1801 to 1803.
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A voyage to Terra Australis was the name of the book that Matthew Flinders wrote.
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Because the french thought that he was a spy
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It depends on which journey you are referring to.During his circumnavigation of Australia, Flinders' crew suffered badly from...
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Following Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of the Australian continent, his first task was to report on his findings to the...
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George Bass and Matthew Flinders were the first to circumnavigate Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia's island state),...
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The Aborigines had been visiting Peel Island, in southeast Queensland's Moreton Bay, for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years....
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George Bass was a sea explorer who, together with Matthew Flinders, proved that Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was an island,...
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bass and flinders are really great friends.......
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A couple of games wereephedrismos and knucklebones
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= Tom Thumb
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