Created and annotated by Jackie Miers

 

	The following pages are part of the Matthew Flinders Electronic Archive project which has been responsible for reproducing many of Matthew Flinders' personal papers held in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
	This is a description of Flinders voyages. Click on to the "next" icon at the bottom right hand of the page to go to the next page. http://www.slnsw.gov.au/flinders/voyaging/welcome.html This is a biography of Nicholas Baudin. Click on to the "next" icon at the bottom right hand of the page to go to the next page. http://www.slnsw.gov.au/flinders/biographies/baudin1.html This page is an extract from the Journal of the H.M.S Investigator of  Friday, 9th April  1802, in which Flinders describes his encounter with Captain Nicholas Baudin of the ship Geographe which was on a voyage of descovery from Mauritius. http://image.slnsw.gov.au/Ebind/s1_24/a055/a055432/a055432.html This page shows an electronic reproduction of the journal entry that Flinders made of his encounter with Baudin. http://image.slnsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=s1_24/a055;seq=432
	This is a biography of Matthew Flinders http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/flinders/flinders.htm
	This is an easier version of the biography of Matthew Flinders http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/flinders/flinders-easier.htm
	This page is a biography of Matthew Flinders and includes transcripts of the major plaques erected to commemorate his exporations. http://home.iprimus.com.au/templers/Seafarers/flind.htm
	This page is part of the Enchanted Learning web site and describes Flinders' expeditions. It makes reference to his exploration of Australia, which is illustrated with a simple map. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/f/flinders.shtml
	This page is a biography of Nicolas Baudin and includes transcripts of the major plaques erected to commemorate his exporations. http://home.iprimus.com.au/templers/Seafarers/baudin.htm
	This is the Encounter 2002 website. It provides information about Flinders and Baudin as well as an outline of important events happening during the year to commemorate the encounter between the two explorers http://www.encounter2002.com/

Links from EdNA
The following links are from the  Encounter 2002 & Matthew Flinders EdNA Online's Thematic Page for Schools, which provides a useful collection of resources for teachers to support classroom learning and activities connected with Encounter 2002 celebrations. The resources selected relate to the exploration of the Australian coastline by Matthew Flinders, Nicholas Baudin and others.
 

	This biography of Matthew Flinders, by Flinders Ranges Research, describes the explorers' charting of the Australian coastline with particular reference to the South Australian section of the coastline. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fliranre/mflinders.htm
	This page was written By Paul Brunton, of the State Library of New South Wales and describes Flinders' achievements. http://www.maritimeworld.net/sn.asp?PageNumber=32
	This page from The State Library of South Australia  provides an introduction to the achievements of Matthew Flinders and a guide to the materials held by the library. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/library/collres/rgsa/flinders_baudin.htm
	This page is a biography of Matthew Flinders from Spalding, which is near Donington in England, where Matthew Flinders was born. http://www.spaldingnet.com/flinders.html

Exhibitions and Celebrations

	This site provides details about the Encounter 2002 exhibition in the Art Gallery of South Australia. http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/Encounter.htm
	Provides information about the Encounter 2002 celebrations at the South Australian Maritime Museum http://www.history.sa.gov.au/general/release09.htm

 

2002 Jackie Miers

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March,  2002