When was flinders born

Bellerophon at the naval battle of the 'Glorious First of June'. The next year he sailed for Port Jackson aboard H. Reliance in which George Bass was surgeon. From 7th October- to 12th January Flinder's commanded the ' Norfolk ' on an expedition in which he circumnavigated Van Diemen's Land Tasmania and thus proved it to be an island. Flinders was promoted commander and appointed as captain of H. In April he married Ann Chappell of Lincolnshire and on 18th July he sailed for Australia -his request for Ann to accompany him was refused by the Admiralty.

Robert Brown and his assistants were part of the scientific expedition on this voyage to explore the southern coast of Australia.

Flinders reached the western part of 'the Unknown Coast' W. On 8th April the corvette Le Geographe was sighted and Flinders exchanged information amicably with the Captain, Nicholas Baudin He arrived in Sydney on 9th May , having completed the task given to him by the Admiralty in England. Flinders wasted no time and on 22nd July he sailed north along the eastern coast of New South Wales and Queensland.

Flinders was born on 16 March at Donington, Lincolnshire. From a family of doctors, Flinders was expected to take up the same profession, but inspired by reports of Cook's discoveries, and the reading of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe , he decided to go to sea. Flinders began his naval career at the age of fifteen, on the HMS Alert. The following year he sailed with Captain Bligh on the Providence to Tahiti and honed his navigation skills. In he sailed in the Reliance to the new convict settlement at Botany Bay.

On board Flinders befriended George Bass, of similar intrepid nature. With Bass, Flinders made a number of small boat journeys and refined the charts of the New South Wales coast. In Flinders and Bass set out in the Norfolk to explore the extent of the strait between the mainland and Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania].

By circumnavigating Van Diemen's Land, Flinders proved that it was a separate island. It was on this trip that Flinders acquired his cat Trim. After further exploration in the new colony, he returned home to England to put his proposal to explore the entire coast of Terra Australis to Sir Joseph Banks, who had great influence with the British Admiralty.

By February the ambitious Flinders had been given command of the Investigator for this voyage of discovery, which was scheduled to take four years. During the weeks that the Investigator was fitted out for the voyage, Flinders married Ann Chappell on 17 April They had hoped to travel together, but this was not allowed, and so Flinders set sail without Ann, little knowing that they would not meet again for almost nine years.

The Investigator reached Cape Leeuwin on 6 December Sailing eastwards, Flinders first charted the unknown southern coastline, unexpectedly encountering Baudin and the French expedition, and arriving in Port Jackson in May After refitting the ship, he continued his anticlockwise circumnavigation up the eastern coast and to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

In November, examination of the Investigator found that much of its timbers were rotting. Further repairs allowed the Investigator to keep sailing, but by March the ship was in such poor condition, and the crew in ill-health, the survey was halted. The Investigator visited Timor for supplies, and then returned to Port Jackson down the west coast and across the Great Australian Bight.

In reaching Port Jackson, he had completed the journey around the southern continent. Less than two years into the expedition, it was found that the vessel was rotten beyond repair.

Flinders decided to return to England to obtain another ship in which he could continue the coastal survey. He sailed for home in the small sloop Porpoise , which ran aground on a reef off the coast of Queensland.

Matthew Flinders was born in Lincolnshire on 16 March at the market town of Donington. Two abiding concerns ran through his life. He wanted to be rich — or at least comfortable — and he wanted to be famous. It was sensible for Matthew to look towards the Royal Navy as a career.