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Poor old Matthew Flinders – nothing ever really went right for him. Not even now he's dead! Fascinating post, thanks!
Thanks Michelle. I suspect that's why Australians like him!
I'm with the Victorians about bones. There was a lot of fuss over here (WA) a couple of years ago about bringing Capt Stirling's bones back from England. I hope I'm turned into compost.
Thanks Bill. I agree, i like the idea of compost. But it depends on culture, I guess.
Thanks Peter. Yes, there are memories of him all over the map – Amity Point, etc.
Thanks Jane. So do I – though my first love is the pig, and I always rub his nose as I pass.
Hi Lisa – yes, I've got the book and keep meaning to write about it – it's quite beautiful. So beautiful, in fact, that I think most people won't recognise how important its argument is. I also heard John West-Sooby give a paper about Baudin and Flinders at University of Queensland a couple of years back. It puts quite a different perspective on the 'friendly encounters' of Encounter Bay, etc.
I think you've also left out the universities named after Alfred Deakin, John Curtin and Edith Cowan.
And Samuel Griffiths! I think perhaps I'd just better pull that bit of my argument altogether. Sorry!