Captain Matthew Flinders, Royal Navy. Cartographer and Explorer...

Derek Richard Smith I don't know how the portal really works either, but that information is so cool!!!

Derek,I hope,if u ever get a cat,that it will be a tuxedo,(the black cat with lower half of the face white and white neck and probably top of chest,and u call it Trim.MF had one,loved it so much that it is buried with him. there is a book written by a now deceased Australian author,called Mathew Flinder's Cat.Also,each year,there is a reenactment ceremony on an island a short ferry ride from shore, here,where I live in Cleveland,Queensland,Coochiemudlo Is. commemorating MF landing for ship repairs.He was an amazing man.There is lots in council libraries on him
You can ask any library in Aust to get a loan from another,free of charge..His journals and letters home to his wife are amazing.Cheers,Hilary Ikstrums.

I have no idea how I even got onto this portal. I have no relationship to my captain Flinders!