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 ﻿ ﻿ In 1799, Matthew Flinders sailed to a town near by Sydney called 'Norfolk' from England. After he returned back to England, the government asked Matthew to completely sail around the coastline of Australia. Matthew Flinders was made a commander and took charge of a crew of 88 men onboard the boat called the 'Investigater'. Whilst Matthew was sailing around the coastline of Australia he named quite a few places, including Cape Catastrophe were two of the men in his crew drowned leaving him only 86 men on board.

After spending a while in Sydney, Matthew continued on his journey in the 'Investigater' and made his way up along the east coast of Australia﻿. When Matthew reached the Gulf of Carpentaria he followed the coastline and wondered if it led to an inland sea. But before he could reach the inland sea the Investigater (the ship) was badly in need of repairs, so Matthew sailed north to Timor and rebiult the Investigater (the ship) with the help of the86 men that had survived so far.

The //Investigator// sighted Cape Leeuwin in December 1801.

matthew flinders was born in 16 march 1774 and died in 19 july 1814

Matthew Flinders returned to England in 1800 where he wrote and published a book about his and Bass' explorations. Then in 1801 Flinders was put in charge of an expedition to sail around the Australian coastline to chart those parts of it that were still unknown.

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