In what critics are already calling the Matthew Flinders episode, The History Blokes look at this somewhat overlooked European explorer.
Flinders, like Cook, contributed to the colonisation of Australia, but his feats looked at in isolation reveal a brave and determined man beset by frequent misfortune.
Flinders, his crew and a Guringai man called Bungaree became the first people to circumnavigate ‘Australia’, a word Flinders coined – sort of.
And for cat-nuts, there's much talk of his moggie Trim, and a big cat quiz!
In what critics are already calling the Matthew Flinders episode, The History Blokes look at this somewhat overlooked European explorer.
Flinders, like Cook, contributed to the colonisation of Australia, but his feats looked at in isolation reveal a brave and determined man beset by frequent misfortune.
Flinders, his crew and a Guringai man called Bungaree became the first people to circumnavigate ‘Australia’, a word Flinders coined – sort of.
And for cat-nuts, there's much talk of his moggie Trim, and a big cat quiz!