STATUES
OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
in Australian Cities

Photos above
Sydney (NSW)
Flinders with
sextant (outside the State Library (which holds the Flinders Collection)
Additional:
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Note: a statue of Trim is nearby, in a wall recess of the Library
Photo of Trim
Melbourne (Vic)
Flinders on ship's boat, landing during exploration (opposite Flinders Street
Station)
Mornington (Vic)
1987 Statue by Marc Clark
Flinders with chart, gazing into the distance
Note: many items relevant to Matthew
Flinders' explorations
are located at Mornington Park-Schnapper Point

Adelaide (SA) - North Terrace
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Whyalla (SA) - Hummock Hill Lookout
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Statue of Matthew Flinders holding sextant, gazing over Spencer Gulf
Produced for 2002 Bicentenary of Flinders' exploration
of Spencer Gulf in HMS Investigator, Feb-Mar 1802
(The adjacent statue is of Louis Freycinet who explored Spencer Gulf in Le
Casuarina, Jan 1803)
[Nearby is a 1950 plaque commemorating Flinders' visit to this area]
Note: The Whyalla Maritime Museum contains information on the Flinders and
Baudin
expeditions - along with an early edition of Flinders' Voyage to Terra
Australis and atlas
Photos on this page by C,A,J Grant