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Putting Australia on the map: revisiting the extraordinary story of Matthew Flinders, the explorer who gave us our name

Putting Australia on the map: revisiting the extraordinary story of Matthew Flinders, the explorer who gave us our name

Update: 2025-10-05
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Matthew Flinders' 1914 Terra Australis map was the first to name Australia and the first to picture it as a self-contained island continent. In this talk with Flinders biographer Grantlee Kieza we delve into the man behind the map. Why did he do what he did and who was he? What is his relevance today?

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Putting Australia on the map: revisiting the extraordinary story of Matthew Flinders, the explorer who gave us our name

Putting Australia on the map: revisiting the extraordinary story of Matthew Flinders, the explorer who gave us our name

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