A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia
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A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia

1988
Documentary | 01 January 1988
Edward Woodward
A documentary style drama depicting the life and times of one of Australia's greatest explorers. Matthew Flinders was the first man to circumnavigate the vast island continent known in the 18th century as New Holland. However few people are aware that he was also the first person to formally name it Australia.
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