After Matthew Flinders completed his circumnavigation of the Australian continent, he was aboard the HMS Porpoise when it was shipwrecked on Wreck Reef off the coast of Queensland. Now known as Wreck Reefs, these reefs are located in the southern Coral Sea.
Matthew Flinders travelled by ship. He was a sea explorer.
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The ship in which Flinders circumnavigated Australia was named Investigator.Prior to this Matthew Flinders, together with George Bass, circumnavigated Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) in the Norfolk.
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Matthew Flinders was on board a small sloop/sailing-ship named the Norfolk when he saw Redcliffe, July 1799.It was the same ship he had previously used to circumnavigate Tasmania.
Matthew Flinders explored by sea, so he always used a boat or ship. When exploring with George Bass, his transport was the small boat "Tom Thumb", but when circumnavigating Australia, he was in the ship "Investgator".
Matthew Flinders is most famous for circumnavigating the entire continent of Australia. He and George Bass explored the coastline South of Sydney, and together they made the discovery that Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania) was a separate island, and not joined to the mainland as had previously been thought.
Explorer Matthew Flinders had one brother named Samuel, who accompanied him on his circumnavigation of Australia, but he had no sisters. Samuel Flinders was second lieutenant on board the ship "Investigator".
Matthew Flinders and George Bass proved Van Diemen's Land was an island by circumnavigating it in the Tom Thumb.
This was Matthew Flinders. Matthew Flinders's circumnavigation of Australia was undertaken between December 1801 and June 1803. On this journey, he discovered that Australia was a single continent, and not split by a large gulf or river, as had been theorised.
Matthew Flinders was an Eighteen year old Midshipman when he set sail from England with Captain William Bligh in the "Providence", in 1792. He sailed to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). He then left England (again) for New South Wales in the "Reliance", in 1795.