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Was Matthew Flinders' journey around Australia his only one?

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No. The circumnavigation of Australia was undertaken between December 1801 and June 1803.

Prior to this, Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Tasmania (then Van Dieman's Land) between October 1798 and January 1799.

Flinders was the first known European to visit the Moreton Bay area (now southeast Queensland) in July 1799. He landed at and named Red Cliff Point, now Redcliffe.

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