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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The last voyage of a Royal Navy explorer credited with giving Australia its name will see his remains returned to the village where he was born. The remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, who led the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...