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.
The Flinders Ranges are in South Australia.
The area of Flinders Ranges Council is 4,198 square kilometers.
Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard was created in 1974.
Flinders Ranges National Park was created in 1945.
The Flinders Ranges are in South Australia. They are named after explorer Matthew Flinders, though he never set foot on them.
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The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia.
Flinders Ranges
The Flinders Ranges are located in South Australia, around 200km northwest of Adelaide. They extend for some 430 km north of Port Pirie and east of Lake Torrens.
Flinders Ranges.
The Flinders Ranges were discovered by Edward Eyre in 1839 when he first ventured north of Adelaide in search of farming land. However, the ranges were not named by him: they were named by South Australia's Governor Gawler in a letter to Colonel Torrens which was published in the Government Gazette in July 1839.
The Flinders Ranges lie to the west of Port Augusta.