Every year over 71 million
people pass through Euston's
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station in London.
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It's the southern terminus
and is the gateway from London
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North to Birmingham, Liverpool,
Manchester, Edinburgh, and
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Glasgow. It's one of the busiest
railway stations in all of the
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UK and there are plans to
re- develop and expand the
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rail system here to make
it even bigger and busier.
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This will double the number
of seats available and it will
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build the HS2 or High-Speed two
rail system to the major cities
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in the north. Now right
near the main entrance to Euston
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station is a new statue of a
man kneeling down and beside him
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sits a cat. Who is
this man with the cat?
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and why is the statue
here at Euston Station?
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Well, to find out we need
to go back hundreds of years.
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Now about two kilometers from
Euston Station is the famous
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St. James Church
Piccadilly in London's west end.
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It's a beautiful church
and was consecrated on the 13th
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of July 1684. It was a
popular church with many members
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and by 1788 there was
need for more burial ground
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so land next to Euston Station
purchased as the church's
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additional burial ground.
The new cemetery was used
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from 1790 to 1853
for about 60,000 burials.
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Then in 1887 the burial ground
was closed, the majority of the
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monuments and tombstones
were removed and it was opened
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as a public garden
known as St. James Gardens.
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The thousands of underground
graves were left undisturbed
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until the high-speed rail
project at Euston's Station
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bought the gardens for
the construction of the HS2.
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Before construction could
begin, a team of archeologists
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began to painstakingly remove
and sift the soil of the old
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cemetery in hopes of finding
artifacts or human remains
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that could be
historically significant.
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The archeologists were
aware that the famous navigator
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and explorer Matthew Flinders
had been buried somewhere
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in the vicinity of the station.
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But they realized that
the chance of actually finding
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his grave was very slim bearing
in mind that there were over
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60,000 graves here. Only a
small portion of the bodies
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exhumed had been identified
so searching for Flinders grave
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was like looking for
a needle in a haystack.
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But then, on the 25th of January
2019, the unbelievable happened.
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The grave of Matthew Flinders
was located, the archeologist
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identified Flinders coffin by
a lead plate attached to the top
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the plate was
inscribed with the words...
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So, why is this statue
here at Euston Station?
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Well, it commemorates
Captain Matthew Flinders,
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one of England's most
famous sea explorers and the man
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who formally named
the country of Australia.
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Join us this week as we
take a closed look at the life
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and adventures of Captain
Matthew Flinders and his cat
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Trimm down under.
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Matthew Flinders was born in
1774 in the small market town
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of Downingtown and Lincolnshire.
The family lived in a small home
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on the edge of the bustling
Market Square, a plot today
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shows the place where the house
stood. Matthew's father was a
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doctor and had high hopes
that his son would one day
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follow in his footsteps.
When Flinders was a young boy
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he picked up a copy of
Daniel Defoe epic adventure
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Robinson Caruso, he devoured
every word of the spellbinding
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tale which conjured up images
of sailing to distant shores
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in search of
action and adventure.
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When he came to the end of
the book, a single thought was
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firmly etched into his
young mind. He was determined
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to be just like Robinson
Caruso a seafaring adventurer
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conquering new
and untamed frontier.
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Well, his family and friends
were less than pleased about his
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decision to go to sea.
His father was determined that
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he should become a doctor
and tried hard to convince him
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to give up his seafaring
notions, but the young Flinders
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could not be persuaded, Robinson
Caruso had left an indelible
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impression on his young mind
and as he wrote later in life
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he burned with a desire
to have adventures of his own
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and to make his own mark
as an explorer discovering new
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lands. Despite Flinders
desire to join the Royal Navy
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he was aware of the fact that
without the right connections
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it would be almost impossible
for him to secure a position
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on board a ship. What he
needed was a link to a senior
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naval officer who would
be willing to nominate him
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for a posting.
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Providentially he soon
found such a link, his cousin
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Henrietta Flinders had
been employed as a governess
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by the family of the
Captain Thomas Paisley.
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When Henrietta mentioned
her young cousins ambitions
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Captain Paisley asked her
to invite Matthew to his home
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for a visit. The short overnight
stay proved to be extremely
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fruitful. Captain
Paisley was very impressed with
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young Flinders and made
arrangements for him to be
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placed as a lieutenant's
servant on board the HMS Alert
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On the 23rd of October 1789,
15-year-old Matthew Flinders
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found himself walking up
the gangplank of the two mast
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ship and was immediately
thrown into an overwhelming
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and fascinating new world.
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After a seven-month apprentice-
ship on board the Alert
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Captain Paisley was convinced
that Flinders had the makings
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of a competent sailor and
he transferred him on board
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his own ship the
Skipio, a massive 64-gun ship
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which was an agile warship
sporting cannons mounted on
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two decks. Sailing under
Paisley's command, Matthew
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soon learned the
ropes and progressed rapidly
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a year later, he was transferred
to a bigger ship which was also
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under the command
of Captain Paisley.
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By now Flinders had risen
to the rank of mid-shipmen.
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Over the next few months
Flinders found himself in a
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holding pattern quietly working
through an endlessly familiar
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working pattern with little
excitement and even less time
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out at sea. He was frustrated
by the lack of adventure
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and chasing to be
out where the action was.
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As it turned out he
didn't have to wait long
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he was transferred to
H.M.S. Providence which was
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heading out on an expedition
in Tahiti and Jamaica.
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Finally, he was being given
the opportunity to have a taste
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of the adventures he
had craved for so long.
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Though the voyage was a
far cry from the adventures of
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Robinson Caruso,
Flinders relished to opportunity
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to adventure out in the unknown
waters of the South Pacific
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and was equally excited
about serving under the command
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of the famous
Captain, William Bligh.
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Bligh was known in Naval circles
of the time for his adventures
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aboard his ship the HMS Bounty.
Bligh had lost the ship to
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a gang of 21 mutineers,
all members of his crew
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after it had left
Tahiti, in April 1789.
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Many of the crew didn't want
to leave Tahiti where they had
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formed relationships with the
natives and enjoyed the relaxed
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pace of life.
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After three weeks out at
sea a group of crew members
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under the leadership of
Christian Flitcher forced
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Captain Bligh and 18 of
his supporters on board a small
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open launch in the middle of
the ocean where they were set
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adrift. The group of mutineers
took the ship and high-tailed it
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back to the Pacific where
many of them settled on Pitcairn
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Island. Meanwhile, Bligh and his
ill fated supporters managed to
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navigate their way across 3,600
Nautical miles of treacherous
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water back to safety.
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It was an extraordinary fete
of nautical genius that turned
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Bligh into a hero overnight
bringing him to the attention of
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the king who favored him with a
special audience to congratulate
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him on his bravery and skill.
For Matthew Flinders preparing
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to set sail with Bligh on
what would be his second voyage
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transporting breadfruit from
Tahiti to Jamaica was a dream
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come true, an opportunity
to learn about sailing
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from a true Master Mariner.
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Being part of Captain
Bligh's successful voyage to the
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South Pacific proved invaluable
to the young Flinders,
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not only had they managed to
successfully transport all the
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breadfruit trees
to the West Indies.
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They've also discovered
new islands along the way
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and successfully navigated
and chartered the Torres Strait.
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It had given Flinders the chance
to be part of a historic venture
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mapping more of the unknown
world of the South Pacific
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and it had also given him
a taste of the swashbuckling
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adventures he had
craved as a young boy.
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When Flinders returned home
he found England preparing for
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war. France was embroiled in
revolution, King Louie's 14th
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was beheaded followed by
the Reign of Terror that sought
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over 40,000 people
slaughtered throughout France.
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Amid the uncertainty and
the swirling rumors that France
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had set her eyes on
an English Conquest.
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The Royal Navy was
hurriedly beefed up
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in an attempt to form a
front line to defend the
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English Channel, Flinders
was recruited by his old mentor
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Captain Paisley who was leading
search and destroy missions
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out into the English Channel.
Paisley invited Flinders to
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join him on board his ship
the Bellerophon as aide to come.
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After spending a brief period
of time on the battlefront
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Flinders returned home and
was given a posting on board
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the H.M.S. Reliance a 90 foot
full-rigged discovery vessel
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setting sail for the new Penal
Colony that had been established
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at Port Jackson
in New South Whales.
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Flinders had spent some
time in Van Diemen's Land
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known today as Tasmania during
his voyage with Captain Bligh
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and the prospect of returning
to this unchartered territory
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excited him.
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His sole objective for
the mission was clear cut
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to explore this great southern
frontier and to go where no
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European
explorer had gone before.
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During the voyage to New South
Wales, Flinders established
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himself as a skilled
cartographer/navigator
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with an attention to detail.
He also made friends with
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George Bass, the ships surgeon
and a man who shared his passion
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for adventure and discovery.
The connection between Bass
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and Flinders was immediate
and would prove to be lasting.
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Before long Bass and Flinders
had formed a plan to explore
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and serve a Botany Bay in the
Georges River a major tributary
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that flowed down to the
south- west corner of the bay
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along with Port Hacking.
They were grown to their
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Leave-of-absence from
their naval duties and the young
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explorers rummaged
around for a suitable vessel.
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They settled on a little boat
that Bass had brought with him
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from England, stowed away
with him on the HMS Reliance.
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The boat named Tom Thumb
was completely open and not much
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bigger than a bathtub
with a small tail attached.
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Taking the boat, they
sailed towards Botany Bay,
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this bay was where Captain Cook
first weighed anchor in 1770.
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Bass and Flinders completed
their mission in nine days
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and pulled their little bathtub
sized boat ashore without any
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major incidents. They went back
to their lives as Navy shipmen
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while they planned
their next adventure.
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Their second adventure called
for a new boat, one somewhat
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larger than the Tom Thumb.
They commissioned their crewmate
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Daniel Payne who had
been appointed as the colonies
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first mast boat builder
to build them a new boat.
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Payne hurriedly built them a
new vessel which they christened
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Tom Thumb II. They took the
boat out on an exploratory trip
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along the coast south from
Port Jackson to Lake Illawarra.
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During the trip they hit
bad weather and were forced to
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take shelter at
Guatemala a sheltered cove
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south of Port Jackson.
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After his two initial
expeditions, Flinders was forced
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to put his explorations on
hold and turn his attention to
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his work as a naval officer.
He was sent on an expedition
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to the Cape of Good Hope
in South Africa to buy cattle.
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When he returned, he
brought back a black cat he
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affectionately named Trimm.
In fact, Flinders was so fond
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of the little creature that he
later wrote a short biographical
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novel about his little
friend where he described him
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as an extremely
intelligent and brave animal...
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Then in 1798, the governor
of New South Wales commissioned
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Bass and Flinders to explore
the stretch of ocean between
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Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania,
and the southern coast of
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New Holland, the name which
was first given to Australia.
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To complete their mission they
were given command of a 25-ton
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sleuth named the Norfolk.
Flinders was given authority
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to sail south beyond
the known Furneaux Islands.
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A small cluster of islands off
the northeast coast of Tasmania
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and discover Van
Diemen's Land was an island.
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On the second of November, they
approached Van Diemen's Land
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and guided the ship through
the small passage between
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Water House Island
and a larger area of land.
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Beyond that, they discovered
an inlet which they named
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the Tamar River. Later in 1804
a little settlement would be
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established here on the banks
of this river at first named
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Patersonia after for its founder
Lieutenant Colonel Patterson.
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The settlement was later
named Launceston, they continued
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around the coastline of
Van Diemen's Land charting the
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topography of the island
and discovering that there was a
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straight between the island
and the mainland of Australia.
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When they returned home
Flinders recommended to the
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governor that the small passage
of ocean be named Bass Strait.
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After sailing the Norfolk out
on one more exploratory voyage
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which took him north up
to Norton Bay in Queensland,
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Flinders returned to Port
Jackson. In March 1800, he
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joined the crew of the Reliance
and returned home to England
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his beloved cat Trimm
traveling safely with him.
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Soon after returning home
Flinders wrote to Sir Joseph
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Banks, a renowned English
naturalist, botanist, and patron
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of the natural sciences
expressing his desire to
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continue his exploration
of the coast of New Holland.
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Flinders told Banks that he
would like to not only explore
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the coast but also chart it
and asked that the government
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provide him with a
ship for the purpose.
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Banks used his influence with
Earl Spencer who at the time
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was First Lord of the Admiralty
Earl Spencer spoke to the king
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and immediately secured a ship
for Flinders, in January 1801
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Flinders was given
command of HMS Investigator.
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Shortly after being given
command of the investigator
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Matthew Flinders found
time to travel to Lincolnshire
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where he married one of his
childhood friends Ann Chapel
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on the 17th of April 1801.
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After the wedding Flinders was
busy preparing for his voyage
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and wasn't quite sure that
his superior officers would
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take well to the idea of
marriage, especially if it meant
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having a young bride on board
an exploratory vessel headed for
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the very ends of the earth.
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As it turned out, he was right,
A month after they were married
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Flinders received a
letter from Sir Joseph Banks
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telling him in no uncertain
terms that the Lords of the
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Admiralty didn't want him to
take his wife to New South Wales
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with him. Faced with the threat
of being fired from his own
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exploratory mission Flinders
was stunned and tried to
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negotiate with the Lords of
the Admiralty but they wouldn't
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budge, and so with a heavy heart
Matthew Flinders left behind
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his new bride and sailed
for Terror Australis on the 18th
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of July 1801. On the 6th of
December 1801, Flinders reached
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the most southwesterly
mainland point on the Australian
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continent and after a
brief explanation named it Cape
00:18:59.77\00:19:05.04
Leeuwin From there, he continued
steadily towards the east
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and on the 8th of April spotted
Le Geography, a French Naval
00:19:09.31\00:19:13.62
Vessel under the
command of Nicholas Borden.
00:19:13.65\00:19:16.28
Now Borden was also exploring
and charting the coastline of
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Australia on behalf
of the French government.
00:19:20.76\00:19:23.66
The explorers met together
in a bay just off the coast of
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what we know today
as South Australia.
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They compared notes and charts
while discussing their voyages
00:19:31.03\00:19:35.24
and the
discoveries they had made.
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In honor of their
meeting Flinders named the spot
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Encounter Bay. Flinders
next stop was Port Phillip
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at the site of what
would later become Melbourne.
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He continued up the coast and
arrived in Sydney on the 9th of
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May 1802. After a short
break he set out again surveying
00:19:53.29\00:19:59.43
and charting the coast of
Queensland, from there he sailed
00:19:59.46\00:20:03.40
through the Torres Straight and
along the Gulf of Carpentaria.
00:20:03.43\00:20:07.40
The ship began to take on water
at this point forcing Flinders
00:20:07.44\00:20:11.77
to hurriedly continue his
voyage and complete the first
00:20:11.81\00:20:16.01
circumnavigation of
Terror Australis in 1803.
00:20:16.04\00:20:20.78
Now the term Terror Australis
is Latin and means Southland
00:20:20.82\00:20:27.02
The term dates back to 2nd
century legends which refer to
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Terror Australis incognita or
a great unknown southern land.
00:20:31.89\00:20:37.27
Today, Matthew Flinders is
credited as the man who named
00:20:37.30\00:20:41.40
not only a continent but
also a nation. "Australia"
00:20:41.44\00:20:46.88
On their return to Sydney
the investigator was pronounced
00:20:46.91\00:20:50.41
unseaworthy and condemned.
00:20:50.45\00:20:52.91
Unable to find another
ship to continue his exploration
00:20:52.95\00:20:56.82
Flinders decided to head
home to England, unfortunately
00:20:56.85\00:21:01.79
the new ship the HMS Porpoise
was severely damaged on the
00:21:01.82\00:21:06.43
Wreck Reefs in the
southern part of the Coral Sea.
00:21:06.46\00:21:09.56
about 1,000 Km, 700
miles north of Sydney.
00:21:09.60\00:21:14.40
Later in 1803 Flinders
took command of a new ship
00:21:14.44\00:21:18.84
for the voyage back to England
but was forced to turn into
00:21:18.87\00:21:22.84
the Port of Isle de
France know today as Mauritius
00:21:22.88\00:21:26.82
in order to conduct
urgent repairs to the ship.
00:21:26.85\00:21:30.02
Now at this time,
England was at war with France
00:21:30.05\00:21:33.15
and the French governor of
the island immediately arrested
00:21:33.19\00:21:37.39
Flinders as a spy. While he
was in prison Flinders produced
00:21:37.43\00:21:42.66
the first map of what he called
the Continent of Australia
00:21:42.70\00:21:46.37
in 1804, he also began to
write out the details of his
00:21:46.40\00:21:51.01
adventures in Australia
complete with maps and charts
00:21:51.04\00:21:54.91
detailing the terrain around
the coastline in a manuscript
00:21:54.94\00:21:58.91
called "A Voyage
to Terra Australis."
00:21:58.95\00:22:02.28
Flinders remained a prisoner
on the island for the next
00:22:02.32\00:22:05.85
six years until finally the
British negotiated his release
00:22:05.89\00:22:10.99
and he returned to England
in October 1810, in poor health.
00:22:11.03\00:22:15.60
He lived in a house in Fitzrovia
and continued work on his
00:22:15.63\00:22:19.73
manuscript, "A Voyage to Terra
Australis" which detailed his
00:22:19.77\00:22:24.17
expedition and observations.
00:22:24.21\00:22:26.07
He died four years later
on July 1814 of kidney failure
00:22:26.11\00:22:30.88
in London and his book A
Voyage to Terra Australis
00:22:30.91\00:22:34.98
was published just
the day before his death.
00:22:35.02\00:22:37.82
He was buried in the additional
burial grounds of St. James
00:22:37.85\00:22:42.26
Church near the current site
of Euston Station in London.
00:22:42.29\00:22:46.06
But 200 years later
archeologists discovered
00:22:46.09\00:22:51.90
his coffin in January
2019 and then Flinders remains
00:22:51.93\00:22:56.34
were returned to the St.
Mary and Holy Word Church
00:22:56.37\00:22:59.81
in Donnington to be
buried with his family.
00:22:59.84\00:23:02.51
Inside the church, you can
see the beautiful stained glass
00:23:02.54\00:23:06.78
etching of Matthew
Flinders besides Joseph Banks
00:23:06.82\00:23:10.72
and George Bass. Also in the
church on display is the book
00:23:10.75\00:23:15.26
A Voyage to Terra Australis
Flinders ground-breaking account
00:23:15.29\00:23:20.53
of his adventures charting
and mapping the new continent.
00:23:20.56\00:23:24.33
This book provides significant
insights into the new virtually
00:23:24.37\00:23:29.54
unexplored land Down Under.
00:23:29.57\00:23:32.27
Matthew Flinders was a
man of action and adventure,
00:23:32.31\00:23:36.78
he set out to explore
new and unchartered frontiers
00:23:36.81\00:23:40.85
with the hopes of making new
discoveries and bringing back
00:23:40.88\00:23:45.05
fresh insights of a great south-
land in a far-flung corner
00:23:45.09\00:23:49.66
of the world.
00:23:49.69\00:23:51.03
The Bible is full of stories
of pioneers and explorers,
00:23:51.06\00:23:56.93
men and women who ventured
out in search of new frontiers
00:23:56.97\00:24:01.44
in far-flung corners of the
world in order to bring fresh
00:24:01.47\00:24:05.24
insight to those who
lived in those distant lands.
00:24:05.27\00:24:08.84
The Book of Acts tells us
of the exploits of the early
00:24:08.88\00:24:13.35
church. Of men like Paul and
Barnabas, and Peter who traveled
00:24:13.38\00:24:18.89
the length and breadth
of the Great Roman Empire
00:24:18.92\00:24:21.42
always searching for
new territory but unlike
00:24:21.46\00:24:25.39
Matthew Flinders, they
were not just looking for new
00:24:25.43\00:24:28.53
terrain to explore, they
were in search of men and women
00:24:28.56\00:24:32.63
whose hearts
were longing for hope.
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.60
Perhaps the greatest
explorer of all time is Jesus
00:24:35.64\00:24:40.58
he left the safe
confines of his home in heaven
00:24:40.61\00:24:43.68
and came down to our earth
he sought out new territory
00:24:43.71\00:24:48.48
and breached the
perimeters of new frontiers.
00:24:48.52\00:24:51.62
The territory he sought
was the battled expanse of the
00:24:51.65\00:24:56.69
human heart. He forged
ahead with a deep desire to know
00:24:56.73\00:25:01.46
and understand humanity, our
joys, our sorrows, our trials.
00:25:01.50\00:25:06.60
He was so interested in
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00:25:06.63\00:25:11.11
shared our lot and then worked
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00:25:11.14\00:25:15.88
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early church who followed His
00:25:15.91\00:25:20.72
footsteps, Jesus was
most concerned with bringing
00:25:20.75\00:25:24.59
salvation to the unchartered
regions of the human heart
00:25:24.62\00:25:28.89
He was absorbed with helping
us understand our condition
00:25:28.92\00:25:33.16
as sinners and offering us the
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explore the deepest longings
00:25:43.94\00:25:47.51
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00:25:47.54\00:25:49.04
In Revelation 3:20 He says this.
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Jesus stands at the
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00:26:04.99\00:26:10.07
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00:26:10.10\00:26:14.04
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00:26:14.07\00:26:18.71
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00:26:18.74\00:26:23.11
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00:26:24.51\00:26:29.08
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