Matthew Flinders did not actually name Australia. However, Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824, ten years after his death.
On 28 January 1802, Flinders anchored in Fowler's Bay on the southern coast, and described it as "a well sheltered cove affording wood and water". He named it after his first lieutenant, Robert...
No. Australia was noted first by Portuguese sailors, then by numerous Dutch explorers, such as Jansz and Hartog. The eastern half of the continent was claimed for the British Crown by Lieutenant...