Malcolm Turnbull unveiled the Matthew Flinders memorial statue on 13 May 2016 at Flinders University to coincide with the announcement of the extension to the Tonsley Rail Line and Flinders Station that will be created outside the Flinders…
Matthew V. Flinders (born 1972 [1 ]) is a British academic and political scientist. From July 2014 until April 2017 he was Chair of the Executive Committee of Trustees of the Political Studies Association. [2 ] [3 ]
Matthew Flinders, English navigator who charted much of the Australian coast. In 1795 he sailed to Australia, where he explored and charted its southeast coast and circumnavigated the island of Tasmania.
Flinders was involved in several voyages of discovery between 1791 and 1803, the most famous of which are the circumnavigation of Australia and an earlier expedition when he and George Bass confirmed that Van Diemen's Land was an island.
Po dobu své kariéry, která trvala pouze něco přes dvacet let, se plavil s kapitánem Williamem Blighem, obeplul a pojmenoval Austrálii, přežil ztroskotání, aby byl později obviněn ze špionáže.
Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's greatest explorers, was the first to circumnavigate the continent and it was he who advocated strongly for the land...
Nominations for the 2027 round will open in February 2026. Award background and eligibility The MatthewFlinders Medal and Lecture is a career award that recognises scientific research of the highest standing in the physical sciences, and…
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following...