Flinders and Bungaree - What did they learn?
Australia appears on the world map
- Matthew Flinders published a very accurate map of the Australian mainland. He didn’t make an accurate chart of the whole country himself. He stitched together the maps of the Dutch and English voyagers who had explored the coastline before him.
- Bungaree became the first Australian to circumnavigate the continent. Flinders was the first European to achieve this honour.
- Tasmania was proven to be an island, separated from the mainland by Bass Strait.
- The Australian mainland was proven to be one continent.
Matthew Flinders (1803) General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia, from A Voyage to Terra Australis Vol 2.
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[icon] Look at these two maps of Australia below. The map on the left shows how Australia looked after James Cook’s voyage in 1770. The map on the right was published by Matthew Flinders in 1814 after his circumnavigation of Tasmania and the mainland.
Jno. Andrews (1767) A new chart of New Holland on which are delineated New South Wales, and a plan of Botany Bay published 1767.
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Matthew Flinders (1803) General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia, from A Voyage to Terra Australis Vol 2.
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