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Flinders

By: Grantlee Kieza
Narrated by: Peter Houghton
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In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French.

Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead – a premature, tragic end to one of the world’s greatest maritime adventurers who circumnavigated and mapped the famed Great Southern Land, and whose naming of the vast continent would become its modern title: Australia.

Flinders took to the sea at age 16, inspired by the story of Robinson Crusoe and the adventures of Captain Cook. After sailing to Tahiti with William Bligh, Flinders was drawn to adventure, and by 1801 he was in command of an expedition to uncover the true nature of the great continent of the southern ocean.

©2023 Grantlee Kieza (P)2023 Bolinda Publishing 2023. This audio version produced by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Limited. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Historical Oceania Adventure Sailing Pirate
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Flinders was a remarkable man who led a remarkable life. Highly skilled in a number of areas, he was the right man at the right time to participate in and lead voyages of exploration in parts of the world almost entirely unknown at the beginning of his naval career. His discoveries and meticulous records literally put Australia on the map. His escapades were too numerous to mention individually here but they make for very exciting reading/listening. His many achievements contrast with the many sad points in his personal life, all of which makes a gripping story beautifully written by Grantlee Kieze and very competently narrated by Peter Houghton.

Gripping from beginning to end

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A great man Mathew Flinders. Tenacious and amazing individual. Enjoyed learning about Captain Flinders and others of that time.

Easy to listen

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Great book superbly written and researched also expertly narrated by Peter Houghton. Mathew Flinders the man that named Australia, what an amazing life he lead. These men from this time never cease to amaze me. What they did and achieved was aw inspiring. Such brave men that sailed out in those wooden boats, the courage is bravery they showed was remarkable. I am very proud to call my home Australia. What a life sadly cut short by an early death but forever remembered.

Australia Greatest Country on Earth

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I learned a lot about someone that I didn’t know anything about - although I knew of him because of places named after him. The book filled in an historical gap in my education.

Brilliant recording of the life of an important person in the history of Australia

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I thought I knew this story pretty well, after completing I came to the conclusion that I did not. I had no idea how well Trim did nor why Flinders spent so long as a prisoner of the French. He was a stubborn man it seems but a wonderful explorer. We owe the nam Australia to him and for that alone I am grateful. Finally I must say that the narrator was terrific. Well done Grantlee.

WONDERFUL

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Great education into the beginning of Australia and navigating the continent. Glad his remains were found.

History

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This is an exceptional story of one man's amazing life with a short span of 40 years. this should for a central pillar of a course for highschool students on the history of Australia.

An amazing man and an amazing achievement.

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As an Australian I had been taught about Flinders as a child. Literally that education actually going to the detail of the remarkable skill, expertise, service, and humanity of the Man. This is an excellent book.

What a ma was Flinders!

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Nothing it was to learn about a history and how Australia was named, and how they struggled to survive

A great story

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This is my first time listening to a book by this author and I must say that I am greatly impressed. Expertly researched, this is an amazing story, and I found it engaging at every stage of the book. Flinders truly is one of history's great explorers and it's a shame that he is not better known.

Loved it

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