Land locked at the moment due to Covid got us thinking about how Australia came to be?
Enter Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia. His charts were so accurate that some are still in use to this day.
His most successful voyage came between 1801 and 1803 when he charted the coastline of Australia, completing and linking together other partial surveys to give us the first complete picture of our island nation.
Flinders recorded his voyage on the HMS Investigator, and if you have the opportunity, look up A Voyage to Terra Australis. The day after his book was published in 1814, Matthew Flinders died, aged only 40, but already with an indelible place in Australian history.
Flinders lasting legacy is the name 'Australia' he gave to our country, lets find out more on this week's episode.
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