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The British explorer Matthew Flinders landed on Coochiemudlo Island on 19 July 1799, while he was mapping the southern part of Moreton Bay. [6] The original European name was Innis Island from 1825 to 1850. [2] The island celebrates Flinders Day annually, commemorating the landing of Flinders.
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Flinders landed on Coochiemudlo Island on 19 July 1799, while he was searching for a river in the southern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. [86] The island's residents celebrate Flinders Day annually, commemorating the landing. The celebrations are usually held on a weekend near 19 July, the actual date of the landing. [87]
Flinders Wharf (previously known as Flinders Wharf Apartments) is located in the Docklands area, along the northern bank of the Yarra River on the edge of the Melbourne city centre. The 300- apartment complex is home to a multicultural blend of personalities and is a short walk from Southern Cross station , Flinders Street station , Crown ...
The plaque was shipped to Australia (with one of the chimney pots) as a gift to the Trustees of Captain Cook's Landing Place where it still resides. [289] A much larger slate plaque was erected by the Greater London Council on a wall at the site of 88 Mile End Road in 1970, the unusual choice of form and material reflecting the exceptional ...
Flinders Petrie (1853–1942), English Egyptologist Matthew Flinders (academic) (born 1972), British academic and political scientist Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), British explorer, after whom all the geographic features listed above were directly or indirectly named.
Matthew Flinders' 1798 map of Norfolk Bay shows his passage around Smooth Island. Prior to European settlement, the Forestier Peninsula to the east of Smooth Island is believed to have been occupied by the Pydairrerme band of the Oyster Bay (Paredarerme) tribe of Aboriginal Tasmanians. [1] [2] [3] They spoke the Paredarerme language. There is ...
Flinders Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1,745 km northwest of Brisbane. The national park was previously named Flinders Group National Park until it was renamed on 28 November 2013.