Matthew Flinders
A statue of Matthew Flinders in the centre of the village of his birth Donington Lincolnshire He circumnavigated both Australia and Tasmania and charted much of their coastline and proving them to be islands His use of the the word Australia gave the continent its name In Australia there is much named after him islands mountain ranges stations national parks but in the UK Great Britain he is little known
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