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* Flinders Island in Bass Strait In South Australia: * Flinders Mountain Range * Flinders Ranges National Park * Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island * Flinders University * the suburb of Flinders Park * Flinders Highway In Queensland * also another Flinders Highway * the Ipswich suburb of Flinders View * Flinders River, the longest river in Queensland In Victoria * the Melbourne suburb of Flinders * Federal electorate of Flinders In Western Australia: * Flinders Bay In NSW: * Bass and Flinders Point Throughout Australia, there are also many streets and schools named after Matthew Flinders.

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The Matthew Flinders University of South Australia is named after the explorer Matthew Flinders, who circumnavigated Australia between December 1801 and June 1803.

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