In this final episode of the series we follow Flinders as he attempts his return to England in the hope of acquiring a better ship to more thoroughly complete his valuable explorations around the newly circumnavigated Australian coast.
But on the way the Great Barrier Reef gives him one last lesson, and then he makes the mistake of insulting a Frenchman!
(68 mins)
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REFERENCES – Ep 75
ESTENSEN, MIRIAM., 2002. The Life of Matthew Flinders. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-515-4.
FLINDERS, MATTHEW., 2012. Terra Australis. Text Classics. Melbourne, Vic.: The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-921922-40-4.
BASTIAN, JOSEPHINE, 2016. A passion for exploring new countries: Matthew Flinders & George Bass. North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925333-72-5.
FLINDERS, MATTHEW, SANDALL, PHILIPPA, and DOOLEY, GILLAIN, 2019. Trim the cartographer’s cat: the ship’s cat who helped Flinders map Australia. Oxfod: Adlard Coles. ISBN 978-1-4729-6722-0.
MORGAN, KENNETH, 2016. Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia. Online. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-4411-7962-3. Available from: https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/matthew-flinders-maritime-explorer-of-australia-9781441179623-9781474210805-9781441149107.html [Accessed June 2024].
BAKER, SIDNEY. J., 1962. My own destroyer: a biography of Matthew Flinders, explorer and navigator. Sydney, N.S.W.: Currawong Publishing Co.
WIKIPEDIA: DECAEN, 2024. Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Mathieu_Isidore_Decaen&oldid=1230495412 [Accessed July 2024].
WIKIPEDIA: MATTHEW FLINDERS, 2024. Matthew Flinders. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Flinders&oldid=1228917588 [Accessed June 2024].
ABC SCIENCE SHOW. [2024]. Mawsons Hut & Hobart Replica. Available from: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/scienceshow/mawson-in-antarctica-and-his-hut-in-hobart/104465336
BBC, 2019. Matthew Flinders: Australia explorer’s remains found in HS2 dig. Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46974247 [Accessed December 2024].
BBC, 2024. Australia explorer Matthew Flinders buried in Lincolnshire village. Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn384kpy1yno [Accessed December 2024].
DESK, News, 2022. Flinders remains in the news. Available from: https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2022/01/22/flinders-remains-in-the-news/ [Accessed July 2024].
Matthew Flinders, Maritime Explorer of Australia 9781441179623, 9781474210805, 9781441149107
RETTER, CATHERINE and SINCLAIR, SHIRLEY, 1999. Letters to Ann: the love story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle. Sydney, N.S.W. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-19696-6.
THOMPSON JA, Department of Defence; 2024. Captain Matthew Flinders finally returns home. Available from: https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2024-07-18/captain-matthew-flinders-finally-returns-home-0 [Accessed December 2024].
Music, IMAGES & other links:
- Intro/Exit music modified from: ‘Grand Canyon’ by David Löhstana [CCFM Music – 2018]
- Sound snippets: Sailing Ship noises – https://freesound.org/people/Supertyv2/sounds/166753/
- Map article: https://theconversation.com/putting-australia-on-the-map-29816
- Image: St James’s Gardens, tinted green and shown west of Euston railway station, on an 1890 Bacon Traveler’s Pocket Map of London by George Washington Bacon (from Wikipedia)
- Image: Australia 10 Shillings 1961–1965 ND banknote. (from Wikipedia)
- Image: The church in Donington, Lincolnshire, where the remains of Flinders are now buried. (https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/13/matthew-flinders-body-rediscovered-buried-donington)
- Image: Archaeologists working on the HS2 high-speed rail project in Euston, London, where they found Flinders’ remains. (https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/13/matthew-flinders-body-rediscovered-buried-donington)
- Image: Monument Ill de France (Gillian Dooley via https://firstvoyages.history.sa.gov.au/locations/flinders/22-world-mauritius/index.html)
- Image: Ill de France by Jacques Milbert (https://firstvoyages.history.sa.gov.au/locations/flinders/22-world-mauritius/index.html)
- https://www.matthewflinders.net/
- https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-919744411/findingaid
Rough transcript: Ep-75-BassFlindersPt6 TRANSCRIPT