HE gave Australia its name. He was the first to sail all its shores. Now the grave of Captain Matthew Flinders must make way for a rail bypass. Archaeologists working at a disused cemetery in London ...

Having completed the circumnavigation of the great land mass he named ‘Australia’ and having proved at last that it was an island continent, Matthew Flinders and his men said goodbye to Sydney just ...

The remains of Matthew Flinders, the first British explorer to circumnavigate Australia, will be reburied in his home village after being discovered under a London train station, a rail development ...

Archaeologists working on the HS2 rail link have solved the mystery of what happened to the remains explorer Captain Matthew Flinders. The explorer, who led the circumnavigation of Australia, is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. London: It could go down as one of history's big ironies. Matthew Flinders, famous explorer, who named and circumnavigated Australia and ...

MATTHEW Flinders was an explorer in the 18th and 19th centuries who was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. His remains have been discovered after it was forgotten where he had been buried.

14:00, Sun, Sep 27, 2020 Updated: 15:05, Sun, Sep 27, 2020 Headlines were made last year when the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, the Royal Navy explorer who led the first circumnavigation of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Late in 1806, three years into his confinement on Mauritius by the French, Matthew Flinders had his portrait painted. While much ...

The remains of explorer Captain Matthew Flinders have been identified by archaeologists working on the HS2 project in a London burial ground. Captain Flinders led the first circumnavigation of ...

The remains of Matthew Flinders, the British explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate Australia, have been found under a London train station, according to the company developing a ...