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In this listing Flinders is listed as "Captain RN". Both Matthew Flinders and James Cook never reached the rank of Captain in the Navey - they only reached the rank of Post Captain.By placeing RN after their names you should list there rank as a Navil Officer. --Asitwas (talk) 08:41, 19 February 2012 (UTC) wasn't flinders cat eaten by humans cause they were staving to death and wanted food. Trim went missing, he could have been eaten!--Asitwas (talk) 08:41, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Dagedude 01:50, 25 January 2007 (UTC)I don't know, but HOLY CHEESECAKES, he is my ancestor, I am Nathan Dage Flinders, living in Houston, TX

Trim is the cat in question and is possibly more famous in Australia than his owner.petedavo 11:49, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

One vote for no. Was taught about Flinders in school, never heard of his cat. -Graham, Sydney, Australia. GraL (talk) 16:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

I am in sympathy for Dagedude and the loss of his ancestor, Trim. Petedavo must read only children's books if they think a cat more famous than Flinders.

Flinders' occupation, as in the Biography, is more properly; 'Royal Navy Ships Officer'. 'Naval Explorer of Australia' is ludicrous, and description of part of his career only. So i have changed it. He was employed by the Royal Navy to explore New Holland, as the RN described Australia at that time. Flinders was Commissioned command HMS Investigator on 19 January 1801, the name of the vessel being changed by this commission. 15 February 1801, Promoted to rank of Commander. (A Voyage to Terra Australis, Chapter 1.) A Voyage to Terra Australis is not, 'probably the first work on early Australian exploration'. Flinders describes how he collected 'most of the books of voyages to the South Seas' for Investigator's library. 7Mar5ha11 (talk) 18:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Naming Australia

This section contains great information. Only one problem - almost all of it doesn't belong here, only the bit that's relevant to Flinders. Very few people would think to look under "Matthew Flinders" to find such an extensive background to the name of the country. So, whatever its quality, the info is probably going to waste here. They might look under Australia, and some of this info is there, but not all of it. That is its spiritual home, not here. JackofOz 12:50, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Matthew Flinders

Did he die? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.180.205.106 (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC) MF was nearly killed by the governor of Mauritius, when he was caught banging the governor's 15yo daughter. It is now known that this is why he was thrown out of the colony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.213.63.82 (talk) 08:39, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Brother Samuel

Flinders had a brother named Samuel, who served with him as a navigator. If you believe Miriamm Estensen's book, Samuel was was something of a zipperhead. There's probably enough information about brother Samuel to justify an article.Dugong.is.good.tucker (talk) 01:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

There's probably enough information for an article on Trim too. ;-) Hesperian 01:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I'm not stalking you; we must have a lot of shared interests, as the articles you're editing are all on my watchlist. Hesperian 01:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Trim

Trim had 16 references in Miriam Estensen's biography of Flinders. Is there a picture or drawing? If there was a league ladder for well-known, named domestic animals prior to 1805, Trim would be high on the list. Dugong.is.good.tucker (talk) 13:22, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

General thoughts

The more I read this article the more I realise it needs a lot more in-line references added. This is especially true when it comes to the recent deletion of a paragraph regarding Flinders' first usage of the word "Australia". The paragraph is deleted with no explanation when the best result would have been to leave it in place and to add a

tag to the whole article. And that is what I am about to do. --Perry Middlemiss (talk) 22:28, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

I removed it because I didn't think it fitted in there, as there is another whole section which covers that below. - 3mta3 (talk) 09:48, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Date of death

The lead says 19 July, but the infobox says 18 July. Which is correct? -- JackofOz (talk) 13:03, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

19th July. billinghurst sDrewth 15:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Biography

'A Voyage to to Terra Australis' is not nearly the first book about exploration in Australia. Flinders describes many works is his text on this subject, the earliest of which seems to be an account of Dirk Hartog's voyage of the Dutch vessel, Endragt, from 1616, which is described in 'Tasman's Instructions'. See 'A Voyage to Terra Australis, Section II'. 7Mar5ha11 (talk) 22:46, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

If you are after some of these, then we have started hosting them over at Wikisource ... s:Category:Exploration of Australia billinghurst sDrewth 15:12, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

s:The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N. available at Wikisource

Hi all, We are in the very final stages of reproducing The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders with its images in the right places, linked index, and anchors through the work. We invite you to utilise it for your works, and do direct links to the places that you want to be. :-) billinghurst sDrewth 15:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

added Pending-changes protection

Added light pending changes protection to this page. billinghurst sDrewth 07:51, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Hobby's

anyone know what he liked —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.95.18.30 (talk) 23:32, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Melbamacca, 18 September 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Please change "In Victoria, eponymous places include Flinders Street in Melbourne, the suburb of Flinders, the federal electorate of Flinders, and the Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College in Geelong." to "In Victoria, eponymous places include Flinders Street in Melbourne, the suburb of Flinders, the federal electorate of Flinders, Flinders Christian Community College and the Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College in Geelong

Source for Flinders Christian Community College: www.flinders.vic.edu.au Melbamacca (talk) 23:54, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I can't see how that specific example adds to encyclopaedic understanding of the topic (ie M Flinders) - if you disagree, please elaborate. For now, this request is not done. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  04:17, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Battle of Ushant

How could he fight in the Battle ofUshant in 1781 if he was born in 1774? IS this verified? Visitor