Matthew Flinders: A Short Biography with Student Activities

Famous People for School Students

Matthew Flinders (1774–1814) NEW

Matthew Flinders was a British Royal Navy officer, navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to utilise the name Australia to describe the entirety of that continent including Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), a title he regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis.

This digital publication is supplied in interactive PDF format with a school site licence to reproduce for hard copy use and electronic use on all devices. The purchase of one copy allows its use in the whole school forever! This is a new edition of Matthew Flinders. All previous editions are out of print.

• Read on an electronic book reader
• Computer, iPad, Kindle, iPhone
• Print to read in hard copy
• Make class sets (No restrictions!)
• School site licence

Activities book (40 pages). School site licence. These resources can be used by teachers to encourage students to read widely and be inspired by the deeds of others.

• Reading and Comprehension Test
• Language Conventions Test
• Time Trial
• Crossword
• Interview
• Research activity
• Answers