What things did Matthew Flinders name on his voyages?

Answer 1

Flinders was known for his circumnavigation of the Australian continent, and he named numerous features along the way. Among them were the following:

• In July 1799, Matthew Flinders landed at and named Red Cliff Point, now Woody Point and a suburb of Redcliffe, north of Brisbane.
• James Cook had named "Glass House Bay", which Flinders renamed Moreton Bay in 1799. As he sailed out of the bay, he also named Moreton Island, because he believed Cook would have done so, had he realised it was an island and not part of the mainland.
• Also in 1799, an incident with aborigines on the south western side of Bribie Island caused Flinders to name the spot Skirmish Point.
• Between Bribie Island and the mainland, a large amount of pumice stone in the area led him to name Pumice Stone River, which is now known as Pumicestone Passage.
• In 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.
• In February 1802, Flinders and his crew discovered Port Lincoln, on the southern end of what later became known as the Eyre Peninsula. Flinders wrote that he named it in honour of his native province.
• In August 1802, Flinders discovered an excellent harbour, sheltered and deep, on what is now the central Queensland coast. He named it Port Curtis after Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope. The port city of Gladstone now stands at that site.
• Australia was previously known as New Holland, and Flinders first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name which was adopted in 1824.