Bass and Flinders
Questions and information about Australian explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders.
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Bass Strait is the channel located at the bottom of Australia between the mainland and the island of Tasmania.
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Captain Matthew Flinders died on July 19, 1814 at the age of 40.
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Yes, he married Elizabeth Waterhouse.
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Matthew Flinders had at least one younger brother Samuel Ward Flinders who also entered the Royal Navy. On Matthew Flinders main...
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He violated the terms of his scientific passport by changing ships and carrying prohibited papers.
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circumnavigate Australia
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At the time that Flinders left England in July 1801, the Investigator had a total complement of 88 people. This included...
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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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Theoretically, Matthew Flinders discovered the coastline of Victoria.
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Matthew Flinders was a sea explorer.
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No. Western Australia was noted first by Portuguese sailors, then formally "discovered" by Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog.
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No. The European discoverer of Tasmania was Abel Tasman.
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After circumnavigating Australia, Flinders was returning to England when he was shipwrecked, in 1803. He sheltered with his crew...
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