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What is the small island that is part of Australia that lies to the southeast of Australia?
Possibly Tasmania, or Flinders Island.
Where was were the wild things are filmed?
Part of it was filmed at flinders, Victoria Australia but all of it was filmed in Victoria
Of which group of islands are Cape Barren Island and Flinders Island a part?
Cape Barren island and Flinders Island are part of the archipelago known as the Furneaux Group. This group is believed to be what is left of the original land bridge by which Tasmania was once joined to the mainland of Australia.
Is Flinders Island part of Tasmania?
Yes: Flinders Island is considered one of the Tasmanian Islands.
Who named Australia?
The name "Australia" was first proposed by Matthew Flinders in the early 1800s, as part of the full name Terra Australis,meaning Southern land. The actual name "Australia" was then adopted in 1824.
Where did Matthew Flinders arrive at Australia?
Matthew Flinders first came to Australia in 1791 with Captain Bligh aboard the ship Providence, where he came across part of the southeast coast of Tasmania. He learnt a great many of his sailing skills under Bligh's tutelage.
Did Matthew Flinders discover Flinders Island?
No. Flinders Island was discovered in 1773 by Tobias Furneaux, the commander of Captain Cook's support ship Adventure, when it became separated from Cook's flagship Resolutionby fog in the Great Southern Ocean.The island was named for Matthew Flinders by Governor Hunter in Sydney in 1798 after Flinder's successful circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in the sloop Norfolk. This proved that Tasmania was an island. Part of that task was also the proper charting of the Furneaux Group of islands - including the largest - Flinders Island.Note that Flinders never named anything for himself.There is also a 2nd Flinders Island off the south coast of Australia. Matthew Flinders named this small island in honour of his younger brother Lt. Samuel Flinders during their exploration of the south coast in the Investigator is 1802.
What was the purpose of Matthew Flinders exploring Australia?
Matthew Flinders arrived in Australia in the 1790s and commenced exploring and charting the coast of the continent. Together with George Bass, he circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), proving it was an island separate from the mainland. Between December 1801 and June 1803, Flinders charted the entire coastline of Australia, adding valuable information to the maps of the time. Australia was previously known as New Holland, and Flinders first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824.
Why did George Bass come to Australia?
George Bass never journeyed around Australia. Sometimes in conjection with his friend Matthew Flinders, Bass mostly explored the coastline south of Sydney between 1795 and 1797. This culminated in a voyage in which he sailed under the south coast of Australia as far as Westernport which suggested a strait existed between New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania.) This was proved beyond doubt when he again teamed up with Matthew Flinders in 1798 and they circumnavigated Tasmania. The strait was then named for Bass. It was Matthew Flinders who went onto circumnavigate Australia between 1801 and 1803. Bass had no part in that voyage.
When were the Flinders Ranges found?
The first non-indigenous person to see the Flinders Ranges is believed to have been Robert Brown, who was part of Captain Matthew Flinders's crew while he circumnavigated the Australian continent in 1802.The first European to actually cross the Flinders Ranges is believed to have been explorer Edward Eyre, who did so in 1839.
When did they call Australia Australia?
The name "Australia" was first proposed by sea explorer Matthew Flinders in the early 1800s, as part of the full name Terra Australis, meaning Southern Land. The actual name "Australia" was then adopted in 1824.The name Australia comes from the Latin term 'terra australis incognita', meaning "unknown southern land", because for so long the continent of Australia was theorised, but not realised.Matthew Flinders did not discover Australia, but he was the first to circumnavigate the continent. He suggested the name "Terra Australis" and this became Australia, the name officially adopted in 1824.Prior to this, Australia was known by the Dutch as New Holland (from the early 1600s), whilst in 1770 James Cook claimed the eastern half of the continent as New South Wales, on behalf of England.For more details on how the term Terra Australisoriginally came about, please see the related link.
What did Matthew Flinders name in South Australia?
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 Fowler. Encounter Bay, at the mouth of Australia's Murray River, was charted and named by Flinders on 8 April 1802. It was named this as it was where Flinders encountered French sailor and explorer Nicholas Baudin, on his own epic voyage. Flinders did not actually find the mouth of the Murray: that was left to later explorer Charles Sturt, in 1830.
